I guess I'm not really into the habit of blogging yet, hence the silence for the last week or so. On top of that, I've had the worst cold ever - that'll teach me not to venture out on the beach before summer has actually arrived! But meanwhile, I've been very busy with my ice cream maker! There have been a few mishaps and a few mediocre results, but let's concentrate on the happy outcomes.

Saturday, I went strawberry-picking. That's right, I actually went out to a strawberry field and filled a couple of container with delicious, plump, red berries. Yum. After that, naturally I had to make a strawberry ice cream. I found a recipe for Strawberry Frozen Yoghurt on Simply Recipes, which turned out fantastic! I also added the vodka as suggested. The result was a very fresh and tasty strawberry ice cream, but it did become very hard when frozen overnight (that's right, I didn't eat it all in one go).

I also tried making the vegan Chocolate-Coconut Ice Cream from City Mama which was sort of a mixed experience. The result was a deeply intense taste of cocoa with a hint of coconut. Very good. The consistency, on the other hand, varied between very creamy, mousse-like to rock hard after a night in the freezer. Very rock hard. And it just didn't thaw...

Lastly, I did a bit of investigating into the world of Italian ice cream, where I discovered that gelato from the south of Italy (Sicily) is traditionally made with cornstarch instead of eggs, and milk instead of cream. Which I had to try, of course. This recipe in the NY Times was very good. I even made it with skim milk, and it still turned out very creamy and flavourful.

And so ends my adventures with my ice cream maker for now.

To be continued...