Think vanilla ice cream with a ginger honey flavor and bits of roasted salted pistachios – yeah, that’s how I would describe this ice cream. Just like having chocolate chip ice cream when you get bits of chocolate pieces, in this ice cream you get bits of crystalized ginger and nuts. It’s clean no fuss flavors with a spicy ginger kick. Truth be told I’ve had this recipe in my mind forever! But getting in the mood to make it is another story. Finally its gotten hotter around here (if you consider 80s and low 90s hot) and a giant carton of cream waiting to be used is what motivated me to just make it! An ice cream with my favorite ingredients – pistachios, honey and crystalized ginger 😋! Continue reading Pistachio Ginger Ice Cream
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Orange Marmalade Ice Cream
An orange ice cream that is so easy to make that it requires just four ingredients – cream, honey, vanilla and orange marmalade. You don’t even need the fresh orange fruit to make this creamy sweet treat. Orange marmalade is what adds wonderful orange flavor along with delicious bits of orange peel that give the ice cream a bittersweet edge. Honey is the sweetener of choice here and vanilla for that extra floral fragrance. There really isn’t anything else to add. Give it a try! Continue reading Orange Marmalade Ice Cream
Mango Frozen Yogurt
This is the perfect ice cream to make when mangoes have become too ripe to cut and serve. You know how sometimes the skin of fresh mango becomes shriveled and the flesh is so soft that the mango is more juicy and mushy making it hard to cut? These are perfect mangoes for a mango frozen yogurt. Continue reading Mango Frozen Yogurt
Ginger Saffron Ice Cream
I know! This combination of flavors sounds amazing doesn’t it? Ginger Honey Saffron ice cream is a flavor that my daughter Anjali gave me the idea for when she sent me a text with a photo of this ice cream she was having at a new ice cream parlor here in Los Gatos called Glazier Rolls. “You will love it Mom! They add saffron milk to the ice cream and then combine it with candied ginger pieces and honey and then top it with more ginger candy and drizzle of honey!” I asked Anjali how did it taste? To which she answered, “It was really good! You should try and make it at home.” Continue reading Ginger Saffron Ice Cream
Akbar Mashti Ice Cream. Rose Saffron Pistachio Ice cream
Akbar Mashti ice cream is an extremely popular Persian ice cream flavor that I had for the first time last summer when we were on holiday in Vancouver, Canada. At popular local gelato parlor Bella Gelateria is where I had this delectable ice cream and absolutely loved it. Flavored with saffron, rose water and pistachios, seriously folks, this ice cream is creamy delicious! Continue reading Akbar Mashti Ice Cream. Rose Saffron Pistachio Ice cream
Toasted Almond Cardamom Ice cream with Mint and Almond Liqueur
Almond and cardamom together in a recipe is nothing new to me as I have made many Indian sweets with these two ingredients, so I knew this combo would taste wonderful in an ice cream, but mint on the other hand is a new addition and I was dubious about adding it to this combo. This combination of flavors might sound unusual together but they actually taste really good in this ice cream. I would even venture to say this is an avant garde ice cream with flavors that are not typically seen together. Surprisingly though mint tastes wonderful in this ice cream as it adds a burst of unexpected minty freshness to the cardamom spice and almond flavors. It doesn’t take much to infuse the mint flavor as just a hint is all you need to give the ice cream that perplexed “I wonder what that flavor is 🤔?” type of reaction. Give it a try! Continue reading Toasted Almond Cardamom Ice cream with Mint and Almond Liqueur
Orange Honey Saffron Ice Cream
Think vanilla ice cream with the delicate flavors of saffron, the sweetness of honey, and tender bits of orange. A while back I had bought over six jars of honey from a local beekeeper and I had so much honey that it gave me the opportunity to get adventurous with them. I made a few jars of flavored honey. One of the flavors I tried was tangerine flavored honey. To make this flavored honey I submerged tangerine slices along with saffron in a jar of honey. I then let the tangerine and saffron marinate for a few weeks. At the end of four weeks the honey developed a wonderful saffron orange flavor, and here’s the best part! The orange slices themselves had become nice and tender and honey sweet! Continue reading Orange Honey Saffron Ice Cream
Lemon Vanilla Ice Cream
When preserving lemons with powdered sugar lemons become deliciously tender and sweet including the rind. These tender lemons are easy to blend into a wonderful sweet lemon sauce. The chunky lemons sauce is so delicious I sometimes just have a teaspoon or two to satisfy my sweet tooth! The sauce can also be topped over yogurt or had as a compote with pancake or crepes. Another idea is to use this wonderful lemon sauce in an ice cream. The sauce not only adds a fresh sweet lemony flavor it also adds texture to the ice cream. This is is delicious creamy, sweet and tart ice cream with tender lemon pieces. Give it a try! Continue reading Lemon Vanilla Ice Cream
Dark Chocolate Brandy Cardamom Ice Cream
With Father’s Day upon us this Sunday I thought I would share one of my most popular ice cream recipes that I posted around this same time last year. The ice cream flavor is a dark chocolate brandy cardamom ice cream and folks absolutely loved it. Brandy and dark chocolate are so good together and cardamom just takes it to the next level, and our guy (Father of three) absolutely went gaga over it! Naturally, this ice cream is not meant for kids, however of you are looking for an adult ice cream that takes care of after dinner drinks and dessert all in one – then this decadent dark chocolate and cardamom brandy ice cream is the one. Continue reading Dark Chocolate Brandy Cardamom Ice Cream
Ginger Honey Ice Cream
Ginger ice cream is hard to find at ice cream parlors and grocery stores, however there was one candy shop here in Los Gatos called Powells that did have ginger ice cream and it was amazingly delicious 😋🍨. Sadly the parlor closed down a few years back and another candy shop opened in their place, still selling ice cream but not my favorite ginger ice cream 😞. A craving for that ginger ice cream is what prompted me to make my own version of ginger ice cream with all the ingredients that make ginger ice cream taste awesome – sweetened ginger and heavy cream. And since ginger and honey are so good together in tea I decided to sweeten my ice cream with honey. This ginger honey ice cream hits all the sweet and ginger cravings in one delicious ice cream. Sweet and creamy with a spicy ginger flavor and little bits of candied ginger, this ice cream is truly ginger decadence 😋🍨🍨! Give it a try! Continue reading Ginger Honey Ice Cream