Ice Cream Adventures & Recipes
by Peter Gerard – August 30th, 2009 — chocolate, event, recipe, sorbet
We are big fans of Chocolate & Chile here and saw the opportunity to take our recipes to a new level for our annual Mexican party at John’s house. Lately I have been championing Chocolate Sorbet as the new pinnacle of chocolatey frozenness. It is the dark chocolate of the ice cream world, with an intensely dark flavour and smooth, creamy texture. On tasting, people are often surprised to learn it’s actually a sorbet.
by Dr Big D – August 29th, 2009 — event, ice cream, recipe
Blueberries are a regular theme on Triple Motion. This is the story of our latest blueberry experiment.
When Julie’s 30th birthday-party was approaching, we were trying to decide what kind of ice cream to make. We ventured out to the shops.
PETER: These locally-grown blueberries are great. These aren’t the native blaeberries, but they’re still tasty and I have been adding them to my daily-pancakes more days than not in the past month or so.
BIG D: Julie did write a song about picking blueberries while she was in Tennesee.
PETER: Decision made!
We scooped a stack of punnets of fresh Scottish Blueberries.
by Peter Gerard – August 29th, 2009 — ice cream, travel, video
Our first ice-cream movie – The Outer Hebridean Ice Cream Adventure is now online. Watch it in High Definition.
by Peter Gerard – August 26th, 2009 — ice cream
Roll up! Roll up!
More free ice cream is coming your way. At 5:15pm this Thursday 27 August (in celebration of my mother’s birthday!) we will be serving up another massive and delicious batch of ice cream at Dee Custance’s Lemon Custard Comedy Show at the White Horse. Those who missed the last two weeks have no excuse now (did I mention that it’s FREE?). Ben Kempas came all the way from Munich last week to eat the ice cream and take these pictures!
Last week we made a batch of vanilla that was almost not really vanilla. When I was rapidly preparing the mix I forgot the precious drops of vanilla extract and Thibault and I cycled in the rain to the Royal Mile only realising the mistake a few yards from the venue. Thibault quickly embarked on a wild-goose-chase (in the rain!), navigating Edinburgh’s road construction to find the only vanilla within a mile-radius. By the time he got back the ice cream was very near frozen and the comedians were getting anxious.
But we managed to stir in the flavour and delighted the audience with the Triple Motion goodness. It was again, a great success.
So don’t miss it this Thursday!
by Peter Gerard – August 14th, 2009 — ice cream
We are also cranking up some frozen chocolatey goodness for our friends at the Forest Cafe this Saturday.
Come along to Cocopsychosis for a psychedelic dance party with live ice cream, chocolate from The Chocolate Tree, and visuals by Accidental Media (that’s me). Starts at 8pm. details here
by Peter Gerard – August 11th, 2009 — event, ice cream
Following on last year’s über-successful collaboration between Triple Motion and Lemon Custard Comedy Club, we are back at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival to serve up delicious handmade ice cream during Dee’s comedy show.
Please come along to the White Horse on the Royal Mile this Friday 14 August. The show hosted by Dee Custance starts at 5:15pm. Guaranteed laughs and frozen creamy goodness for all.
Here are some samples from last year’s fun:
by Dr Big D – July 30th, 2009 — ice cream
I currently have the great pleasure of a houseguest from Hannover. Franzi is an old friend of Shiv (see Saffron icecream in Primrose Hill park) and is staying for a few weeks to enjoy to fabulous weather an sophisticated culture of the north of england (ahemm).
Then when Shiv also came to visit and I found myself with 2 lovely people in my house it was inevitable that the excitement would spill over into making icecream. Continue reading →
by Peter Gerard – July 28th, 2009 — ice cream
My friend Florian just sent this picture from India. It lists a fascinating array of flavours available in a Mumbai ice cream parlour.
by Jen Lee – July 23rd, 2009 — pancakes, recipe
As a kid, I never liked pancakes -they had too much grease and too much egg. The thought of the annual ritual of Pancake Day filled me with dread. You can only imagine how happy I was to discover the Triple Motion buttermilk pancake! These fluffy little nuggets are a joy to eat and I can (and do) eat them for any meal of the day and as often as possible.
I would not want to mess with something as fine as the classic TM buttermilk pancake, but when by total accident I happened upon this variation, I was so pleased with the result, I thought I should share it…
Although the soft fluffy texture of the TM pancake is on of its main attractions, after a weekend of excess, I was feeling like dinning on something a bit more wholesome and so swapped half of the regular flour for oat flour. My plan was to add lemon and raisins but Iwas foiled by my store cupboard and had to use finely chopped apricots instead.
The final recipe was as follows:
The above were all mixed together in the standard way so there were still some of those vital lumps that allow air expansion.
I served them up with a drizzle of honey, some strong coffee and some South African sun.
I would not put these in a head to head contest with the classic TM pancake, but if you ever hanker for something a little different, I can heartily recommend trying out this alternative.
by Peter Gerard – July 12th, 2009 — ice cream, recipe
I was hosting an impromptu dinner party this evening and someone else had promised to bring dessert. I tend to make a lot of strawberry ice cream this time of year, but wasn’t planning on cranking today.
When the promised dessert did not materialise I somehow ended up telling my five guests about the joys of the White Mountain Freezer. They were certainly intrigued, but since I’m from Missouri, just talking is never enough. For some reason, we were also talking about the Show-Me State.
The story goes that in 1899 a Congressman named Willard Duncan Vandiver from Columbia, Missouri (my hometown) was dining at a naval banquet in Philadelphia. Someone at the banquet must have been making some grandiose claims worthy of incredulity, and Vandiver remarked, “I come from a state that raises corn and cotton and cockleburs and Democrats, and frothy eloquence neither convinces me nor satisfies me. I am from Missouri. You have got to show me.”
So in true “show-me” spirit, we quickly procured some double-cream and whipped up a unique batch of ice cream with ingredients I had on hand.
