This is perhaps the only way I can get rid of all the old chocolate. This includes all the unfinished, left-out-in-the-cold, forgotten-Christmas-presents that have been sitting around for quite a while and I doubt anyone would want to eat it any more.
Based on past experience, chocolate meant for eating is always not the most ideal ingredient to make into ice cream. Strange things happen to its texture when you heat them and turn out funny quite a lot of times - like being too soft or too mousse-like.
But nonetheless, we'll give it a shot: Once we are through, we shall evaluate how they taste.
Stick around for more updates in the days to come.
Inventing my own icecream flavours sounds good. May i know if ther's a very good basic custard recipe which i can add in different fruit purees and get various icecream flavours? I tried peach before using canned peaches. It was tasteless and didnt taste peachy at all. have u tried before?
ReplyDeleteHi there! Yes there is a very basic custard recipe to follow, however, like you mentioned, it does not always work well.
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, I have tried using canned peaches, but it does make good ice cream at all.
And here's why: Canned peaches are just too mild and don't have enough flavour to shine through in a custard. Canned peaches have most of their flavours removed because they have been heat-treated before being canned, and anytime heat is involved in the process, flavours tend to get lost as well. Not to mention the thick syrup that is used as a preservative robs some of the natural taste of peaches.
You might want to opt for frozen store-bought puree, such as those available at Phoon Huat.
And here is the basic custard recipe:
1 egg yolk
50ml milk
50ml cream
15g to 20g of sugar