Ice Cream Adventures & Recipes
by Peter Gerard – August 18th, 2008 — chocolate, ice cream, recipe
Back at the Fringe last week we decided to spice things up a bit for the Lemon Custard Comedy Club.
A few days before, Leo met Steph, a nice Canadian selling cookies, and invited her to combine powers with the White Mountain. I couldn’t help thinking about Ernie and the Cookie Monster sharing milk and cookies back in the day.
by Peter Gerard – August 11th, 2008 — ice cream, recipe, savoury
For some considerable time we have been discussing the possibilities of savoury ice creams. While I know this concept may strike fear into the hearts of many, especially those long devoted to the Russell Recipe, the White Mountain’s reign of glory must eventually encompass all courses of a meal.
So finally we have turned our debates about freezing points, sugars, salts, and alcohols into action. Big D came up to Edinburgh for the weekend insisting we finally try the Frozen Stilton Cheese Cream recipe from the Ices book. This is the weekend of savoury ice cream.
by Peter Gerard – August 5th, 2008 — ice cream
It was bound to happen. Why it took so long is some mystery, but thanks to Dee Custance and the Lemon Custard Comedy Club, I’ve finally cranked out a batch of ice cream at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
Dee is hosting a weekly free comedy show at the White Horse on the Royal Mile and she asked me to make ice cream for the audience.
by Peter Gerard – July 27th, 2008 — ice cream, recipe
This is a classic and an old favourite for sure. Despite having made it countless times, and being delighted by the flavour over and over, we are always trying to perfect it.
A few weeks ago Thomas and Becky were about to move to Berlin and for some reason they still had never tasted my ice cream. I promised to crank up a batch in honour of their departure. The party was to take place at Star Bar and good fortune would have it that the management didn’t mind us cranking ice cream outside.
by Peter Gerard – July 25th, 2008 — ice cream, recipe
Leo has been pressuring me into making mango ice cream for a long time. Strange that I should resist such a delicious potential, but the truth is that ripe and tasty mangoes are incredibly difficult to find, especially way up here in Scotland. We have made mango ice cream a few times, even combining it with ginger (and recently strawberries), but like the mango’s own elusive flavour, the perfect batch is always slipping away from our reach.
by Peter Gerard – July 25th, 2008 — ice cream, recipe
The amazing and delightful french rapper OneSP recently took off for a long trip to South America. Before leaving, we got together for a farewell ice cream party.
I brought strawberries and 1SP had a couple very ripe Pakistani mangoes. When our powers combine we make some crazy things, and this ice cream party is no exception.
by Peter Gerard – June 19th, 2008 — ice cream, recipe
This is one of my favourite recipes and I only make it during the strawberry season, which has recently begun in Scotland. Scottish strawberries are some of the best in the world and when they’re at their best they deserve to be turned into this delectable dessert.
by Peter Gerard – June 16th, 2008 — travel
While Thibault is impressing us with his sorbet and ice cream talents, we mustn’t forget his musical skills. Here’s a video clip from our Outer Hebridean Ice Cream Adventure. Check him out:
Watch it in HD or on YouTube.
P.S. We have almost finished the full story of the Outer Hebridean Ice Cream Adventure. Stay tuned!
by Peter Gerard – May 25th, 2008 — breakfast, recipe
Sorry folks, don’t let the title fool you. We haven’t made Biscuits and Gravy Ice Cream yet (though now it’s sounding like a challenge…). Really this post is to educate Europeans about one of America’s great breakfasts. Due to some accidental oversight in our effort to replace British English with American English, people here still think of “cookies” when I say “biscuits” and they really have no idea what sausage gravy is like either. Biscuits ‘n’ Gravy is a classic of the American diner and something every grandmother does well.
A quick back-story: For the past five weeks or so, Thibault and I have had pancakes for breakfast every day. (Actually we missed two days, but made up for them by doubling the quantity the following days…) We decided daily pancakes is a the best way to perfect the technique. It’s also a really easy and fast way to have a delicious and healthy breakfast each day. In less than 10 minutes you can have a big plate full of pancakes with maple syrup to wolf down. And they go so well with ice cream!
Anyway, I digress. Pancakes are best when made with buttermilk, as are biscuits. And since we’ve had pancakes every day for the past five weeks, the house is always well-stocked with fresh and tangy buttermilk from Longley Farm. Today we had some nice lamb sausages from the Farmers’ Market in the fridge and decided to buck the trend and make Biscuits ‘n’ Gravy instead of pancakes.
by Peter Gerard – May 25th, 2008 — recipe, sorbet
Here’s the last of the four flavours we made on Blackford Hill recently.
This Raspberry Sorbet was absolutely delicious – probably one of the best sorbets I’ve ever made!
Thibault and Celine hoped to make a Peach and Basil Sorbet, but had no luck at finding ripe peaches. Instead they bought a few punnets of raspberries from Europe (we’re still waiting for the Scottish raspberry season…).
