Recipe: Maple Pecan

300 ml Cream
400ml milk
3 egg yolks
~200ml maple syrup
~150g pecans

Milk & eggs and syrup make the custard. While that's cooling, roast the pecans on a baking tray in a 180 degree oven (that's celcius folks) fr 10 minutes or so. Add the cream, put it in the machine, add the pecans once it starts to get thick.

Remarks: Arrgh! for the first time in the history of The Mitch's Ice Cream Sunday the ice cream did not work. Basically it just didn't freeze properly. It got into a semi-solid goopy state and stayed there, even after like 2 hours in the ice cream machine. The good news is I think this was entirely my own fault for putting the mix in the machine before it had totally cooled down (hey - I was in a hurry!) A secondary freezing (after sticking the tub back into the freezer for a few hours) was more succesful. Too late to feed the hungry Ice Cream Sunday patrons though - apologies to all...

So, as long as your careful to chill the mixture in the fridge for a while before you pour it into the machine, then this recipe should work. Don't blame me if it doesn't though. All care, no responsibility, that's our motto here at TMICS!

Oh, and when it finally does freeze, it tastes blow-your-mind mega-great. Nutty but sweet, just like The Mitch himself...awww...

Recipe: Nutella

BYO sliced white bread...

300ml milk
3-4 egg yolks
300ml cream
100ml sugar
200g nutella

Custardise the eggs milk and sugar. When it's cooled down a little bit, whisk in the nutella. When it's cooled down completely add the cream and chill, then put it in the ice cream machine. Easy!

Suggestion: Add some chopped/whole hazelnuts for a bit of texture and additional flavour.

Verdict: Good. Damn good. If you like Nutella, you will like this. If you don't , you won't. Sigh...If only life was always this black and white, huh?

Recipe: Avocado, peanut and honey

Sounds like a new facial product from the Ponds Institute, but it's actually a new ice cream flavour from the eccentric billionaire owner of the Mitchell Ice Cream Institute.

300ml milk
300ml cream
50g sugar
5 tbsp honey
2-3 avocados
1 tbsp lime juics
3 eggs

Make the custard with milk, eggs, sugar and honey. Once it's cooled down a bit put it in the blender with the avocado, lime juice and cream. Put the whole disgusting concoction into the ice cream maker and add the peanuts once it starts to freeze.

Remarks: Well, I don't quite know what to say. A mouthful of this makes you experience a whole cornucopia of emotions, from love to hate to anger to pain to joy and back again. It's weird, folks. It's not bad, it's just really WEIRD. The green colour looks pretty cool though...

Recipe: Peanut Butter with err...peanuts

3 egg yolks
200g sugar (could probably have got away with a lot less if I used unsalted peanut butter...)
600ml milk
~1 cup smooth peanut butter
150g scorched peanuts (you know - the ones with the chocolate on 'em)

Make custard. Beat in the peanut butter using an electric beater or hand mixer. Chill. Stick in the machine and add the peanuts once it starts to freeze.

Remarks: "Best flavour yet The Mitch"; "What a great texture The Mitch"; "Oh my God, this is fantastic The Mitch!"; "You are my hero The Mitch" etc etc. Seriously - I can't fault it.