Lemon Verbeena Ice Cream

[crafty_packrat]

It's like summer in a bowl. I used this recipe, though I used only 5 yolks, not six, and added the sugar after the milk/cream/lemon verbeena had steeped.

I am very curious about the candied bacon ice cream recipe. I think i could even eliminate the whiskey without effecting the taste.

I'm also keeping an eye on the Ice Cream Social Challenge for interesting recipes. I don't have time to do it myself this year, but I think I've got a handle on the basic French custard now, so I should be able to experiment with flavors. Honey-Mint ice cream, maybe?

Comments

[twistedchick]

I'd love to taste the lemon verbena ice cream after I get back next week (if there's any left).

Did you ever read much Faulkner? In one of his novels, lemon verbena leaves are worn in Southerners' hats as the emblem of not being vanquished despite defeat.

[laughingrat]

It's like summer in a bowl.

*swipes*

ALL MINE. NONE FOR YOU.

*eats*

[nugatorytm]

Would a candied ginger or honey/ginger recipe seem appealing? A few years ago, Coldstone Creamery offered up a ginger/wasabi ice cream as a flavor of the month. As expected, it was awful. But it would have tasted better if the wasabi was removed.

[crafty_packrat]

I've made ginger ice cream several times. It always goes over well at parties -- adding candied ginger at the end gives it an extra bit of kick.

Making honey ice cream is a bit tricky, since honey tends to soften the ice cream.

[crafty_packrat]

Bad rat! No cookies!

[laughingrat]

HAHAHHAA HAS COOKIES AT HOM

No, wait, I'm OUT OF COOKIES. Curses!