Author: Peter Gerard

Chocolate and Coconut Ice Cream

Though our chocolate gelato recipe produces an incredible result, it’s an awful lot of work and takes a long time to prepare and chill before you can freeze it. I eventually decided that there...

Chocolate Gelato

When I was a kid I did not like chocolate ice cream. Strange as it seems now, I didn’t really have any interest in the stuff. If I was given a serving of Neapolitan...

Beetroot Ice Cream

This weekend we embarked on a flavour experiment inspired by my brother Tim, who is the Chef de Cuisine at Tru Restaurant in Chicago. Just before Christmas, I took my cousin Sam, his wife...

Blueberry Sorbet

UPDATE: We recently made a much better Blueberry Sorbet using wild Scottish Blaeberries. Last May Big D took me to the Vintner Rooms in Leith for dinner with his mum… That could be interesting...