An Easy Frozen Dessert Granita That Doesn’t Require an Ice Cream Machine My favorite summer cocktail is the ultra-refreshing Cuban Mojito. It was the inspiration behind this minty-lime ice that’s layered with fresh blueberries and spiked with rum. The granita can be done days ahead and kept in the freezer, and the whipped cream can be made the night before, […]
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Nectarines Foster with Dulce de Leche Ice Cream
Bananas Foster Made with Summer’s Nectarines and Purchased Ice Cream Sun-kissed juicy nectarines replace bananas in this summery take on the classic New Orleans dessert, Bananas Foster. Dulce de Leche ice cream intensifies the caramel notes and compliments the fruit beautifully. It would also be delicious made with peaches or pineapple. Print Nectarines Foster with Dulce de Leche Ice Cream Author: Sarah Tenaglia […]

Chocolate Almond Biscotti Ganache Ripple Ice Cream
Create Your Own Delectable Ice Cream Flavor Mocha, that combination of chocolate and coffee, is a favorite of mine. In fact, my desert island dessert (we should just call it dessert island) is coffee ice cream with hot fudge sauce. This recipe takes purchase coffee (or vanilla) ice cream and combines it with espresso soaked […]

Betty Boop Ice Cream Float
Easy to Make Ice Cream Float The Soda Fountain book is filled with nostalgic recipes such as this one as well as newfangled creations like the Sundae of Broken Dreams, featuring salty pretzels, caramel and vanilla ice cream. Read our interview with the authors Peter Freeman and Gia Giasullo and try this easy, fizzy, fun float, […]

Pineapple Mango Vegan Ice Cream
Pineapple and Mango Make a Creamy Vegan Ice Cream Vegan Ice Cream(originally released as Vice Cream) should be on the shelf of every vegan or anyone who loves ice cream but is trying to eliminate dairy. The use of mangoes in this recipe is brilliant as their rich flavor adds to the body of the dessert […]

Chocoholic Delight Vegan Ice Cream
Chocolate Vegan Ice Cream If you are vegan or simply just trying to eliminate or go lighter on dairy you may have given up ice cream – but you don’t have to! Vegan Ice Cream was originally released as Vice Cream, but the new title gets to the point. Dozens of fruity, chocolaty, nutty, fragrant, […]

Chocolate Ice Cream Shell
Chocolate Sauce that Hardens Over Ice Cream for a Perfect Ice Cream Shell Ice Cream Shells: certain ice cream chains and shops specialize in a chocolate sauce that hardens when it comes in contact with cold ice cream. There is a certain mystique to it. How come most sauces stay fluid? Why does this one […]

Vanilla Ice Cream
This vanilla ice cream is presented within the Fricassée of Winter Fruits recipe of Payard Desserts. It is a simple, straightforward recipe for whenever you need a great vanilla ice cream. Reprinted with permission from the publisher, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, from Payard Desserts by Francois Payard with Tish Boyle. Copyright 2013. Image: Dédé Wilson Print Vanilla Ice Cream Author: Francois […]

Buckwheat Honey Ice Cream
© Jenny McCoy’s Desserts for Every Season by Jenny McCoy, Rizzoli New York, 2013. Image © Pernille Penderson. Chef Paul Kahan of Chicago’s Blackbird introduced me to my first taste of buckwheat honey. My initial instinct was to spit it out – my 20-year-old palate was not ready for this very distinct flavor. But over that autumn […]

Homemade Ice Cream Cones
Recipe © 2013 by Kathy Strahs and used by permission of The Harvard Common Press. This is worth screaming from the rooftops: You can make ice cream cones with your Panini press! Easily! With no special ingredients! And they’re really, really good! Get ready for your inner child to leap with joy once that familiar […]

Lemon Lime Granita
A granita is an icy, slushy treat. It’s sort of like an Italian ice that you fluff up with a fork into crystalline crystals and then you get it into your mouth as soon as possible – it melts quickly! It is also made quite quickly and you do not need an ice cream machine, […]

Pumpkin Ice Cream
Dede lives in the Pioneer Valley and Herrell’s Ice Cream is nearby in Northampton, MA. They have rotating seasonal flavors and pumpkin ice cream is one of them – it is fantastic. Problem is, of course, that they don’t always stock it. Even during the colder months, it’s catch as catch can. Now none of us have […]