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| Ginger Spiced Ice Cream |
It's
been WEEKS since I posted anything! I have had a slew of houseguests and visiting
Bajans, so I have been busy cooking, eating and well, shall I just say
"enjoying cocktails" with some great friends over the last few weeks. So, now I am back on the job and should prob be back on the
wagon...
When my Aussie's mum was visiting recently, we all decided to
trek to Queens to check out Little India and enjoy its culinary
offerings. We had a brief
look around but quickly, and hungrily, settled down to a highly
recommended (thank you Yelp) buffet lunch at place called Delhi Heights. The food was
lovely, the service was great, and it came in at a meager $9.99 per
head. Nowhere in my blessed Bimshire can you find such a deal.
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| Savoury, fried delicacies in Little India |
After
eating our fill, we dragged our lazy bums out into the sunshine and had
a good look around - what a treat! Tons of gorgeous, exotic fruits and
veg, as well as heady spice markets and sweet shops to choose from.
Not to mention offerings of colorful saris and über shiny, over the top jewellery.
These treats, combined with twangy Indian music playing loudly from
random shops and the sunshine kissing my shoulders... Well, I was one
happy little Kitchen Witch.
By the time we left we were laden with
spices, fruits, bad music, worse movies, a chapati press (can't wait to
use and write about it!) and an awesome pair of earrings..
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| All around, a successful shopping day. |
In
our haul we bought a ton of fresh ginger with the intentions of making
ginger beer. These days I am so digging the flavour of ginger and the
Aussie loves him some dark and stormies, so making ginger beer excited
us both. Well, as I had mentioned, we've been busy, so the project is
on pause with the ginger safely stored in the fridge to be used this
week, hopefully... So this post is not about the ginger beer. It is
however about an amazing ginger spice ice cream that would thrill
Ganesha himself.
My Aussie, who is a total gem, spoiled me with this:
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| Isn't she cute?? |
When
my little ice cream maker was delivered I danced with joy. Yes, I'm a
bit of a food nerd... So far I have made strawberry ice cream which was
good, but my spiced ginger ice cream truly is money. Now if only I
could get someone to pay me for it...
Spiced Ginger Ice cream
Makes approx. 32 oz.
Ingredients:
1 1/3 cup milk
3” piece of ginger, cut
into coins
1 cinnamon stick
1 whole star anise
1 black cardamom pod,
seeds only
1/8 tsp ground nutmeg
10 black peppercorns
1 1/3 cup heavy cream
¾ cup sugar
Pinch of salt
Process:
1.
In a medium saucepan bring the milk, ginger and
spices just to a boil and simmer, stirring for 15 mins. Mixture will reduce.
2.
Add cream, sugar and salt and bring back up to a
simmer, stirring for 5 mins.
3.
Take off heat to allow spices to steep and the
mixture to cool for half an hour.
4.
Once cool, pour into a bowl, cover with plastic
wrap and chill in fridge for 1-2 hours or overnight.
5.
Strain spices out of mixture and pour into ice
cream maker, following the manufacturers instructions.
