Hiatus

The Mitch's Ice Cream Sunday will be on hiatus for at least 4 months. I'm off to do some travelling in India and SE Asia, so I don't think there'll be much in the way of Ice Cream production for a while.

The good news is that ICS will almost certainly be back in the summertime, with a whole new exciting range of flavours, some of which will no doubt be inspired by my travels in the east (saffron? cardamon? durian?).

Thanks for your support, Sundaynauts! It's been fun!

Recipe: Wattleseed & Grand Marnier Redux

Well, I pretty much followed exactly the same recipe as last time, but with only 160g of sugar and a little more of the booze. It was good. damn good.

Recipe: Cherry Ripe Redux

Coming in equal third in ICS greatest hits is this interpretation of the chocolate bar of the same name.

400 ml milk
300 ml cream
100g sugar
4 egg yolks
1 vanilla bean
~350g sweetened morello cherries in syrup
shredded coconut
150g dark chocolate, chopped

- Put a slit down the whole length of the vanilla bean and add it to the milk in a sauce pan.
- Heat the milk until not quite boiling
- Remove the vanilla bean and carefully scrap out all the seeds, stirring them back into the hot milk
- Beat the egg yolks and sugar together, then pour in the hot milk while stirring.
- Put the mixture back into the saucepan and heat, whilst stirring, until custard forms
- Put the custard aside to cool
- In another saucepan, cook the cherries in syrup and coconut with a little extra sugar.
- Once the syrup has mostly evaporated and the cherries have lost their formation, set aside to cool.
- Once the custard has reached room temperature, add the cream and refrigerate.
- Pour the custard mixture into the ice cream maker.
- Once the ice cream starts to set, add the chopped chocolate pieces, and small balls of the sticky cherry and coconut.
- Once the ice cream maker stops, freeze for a little bit longer if necessary then enjoy it, goddamn it!

Remarks: Even better than the last time, for sure. To quote James - 'The way the cherries and coconut combined was like a symphony." To quote everyone else - 'This is the best one ever." I will sleep with a smug smile on my face tonight...

Recipe: Mint - Redux

500ml milk
300 ml double cream
3 egg yolks
100g sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 bunch mint leaves

Make custard with milk, eggs, sugar and vanilla. Let cool then whisk in the cream and add chopped mint leaves. Mix in the ice cream maker and enjoy.

Remarks: Oh hell yeah! Better than Mint v1.0, for mine...

Poll results

Well, the polls have closed, the votes have been counted and the allegations of electoral fraud have been dismissed. The top flavours are:

1st - Peanut butter (16 points)
2nd - Wattle seed and Grand Marnier (15 points)
Equal 3rd - Mint / Cherry Ripe (12 points each)

Thanks to all that voted. Three cheers for democracy! And me!