Gelato di crema (and on gelato in general)
Gelato di crema – sometimes described as “vanilla ice cream without vanilla”! Following in the footsteps of the late great Marcella Hazan and her recipe from a restaurant in Bologna, we’ll be testing out...
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Presidential ice cream – Thomas Jefferson’s Vanilla
Like most of us, several US Presidents have expressed their love for ice cream: something which began much earlier than with the well-known ice cream fans Biden, Obama and Reagan! The records show that...
Christmas Pudding ice cream
Christmas is coming, so why not celebrate with a very British Christmas pudding ice cream! But doesn’t it take weeks to bake one of those puddings? That’s true so unless you already have one,...
The Lady in Vanilla White – Belgium’s iconic Dame Blanche
The Lady in White – Belgium’s signature ice cream dessert has a haunting name, but it is easy to see why this particular combo of sweet, pale vanilla and rich, dark chocolate has enjoyed...
Banana ice cream (the infused way!)
Bananas must be among the most beloved of all fruits (to be botanically correct, it is actually a berry!). For ice cream lovers, the attraction is obvious – good, genuine banana ice cream is...
Chocolate-Raspberry ice cream
Take two of the most delicious flavours I know and mix them! The result? – A tantalising amalgam of dark, sinful chocolate and serene raspberry. The inspiration for this seductive mix of raspberry and dark chocolate...
Sweet Thyme ice cream
Dear adventurous culture-lovers! Today, we are going to make ice cream on a culinary herb that has fascinated humans since ancient times: Thyme. Once hallowed to Venus and Aphrodite, Thyme has been used as...
Halva ice cream
Ever heard about Halva? Or Halvah, helva, alva, or any of the other half-dozen or so labels under which this particular dessert is known and loved? Yours truly recently went to the Middle East,...
