… the summer is still very much in full-swing on this side of the world and for me there’s nothing quite like a classic ice-cream to cool the brow and soothe the soul. I think my ice-cream desires have fluctuated over the years. When I was young there was nothing I desired more than a fruity ice-lolly, be it the shop-bought multi-striped ‘rocket’ lolly or my mum’s home-made ‘ribena’ on a stick… I also remember that mum used to wrap a banana in foil and freeze these, creating a perfect little frozen popsicle of fresh fruit. By the look of some of your wonderful creations out there in blog-land I think things have become a little more sophisticated these days but recently my tastes have changed once more and now I favour the more nutty and richer ice-creams and, if given a choice I would opt for a tub over a cone although if there’s something available that comes in a sandwich then i’ll always go for that…
… so this month I have linked up the random recipes challenge with my blog-sister Kavey from the brilliant Kavey Eats and her fun bloggers challenge Bloggers Scream for Ice Cream… I think it’s going to be really fun and very easy to take part, here’s what you’ll need to do to enjoy the random ice-cream fun…
firstly, this doesn’t just have to be ice cream… this can be gelato or semi-fredo or sorbet, frozen yoghurt, ice lollies… any frozen dessert will be accepted!
… so the book I randomly selected is called Desert Island Dishes which is produced by the good people at maldon Salt who sent it to me along with a selection of salts that I reviewed back in the Spring this year… the book is packed full of recipes by some of the worlds top chefs, all using Maldon salt so as you can imagine I was very excited to see if i’d even find an ice-cream recipe at all… and there on page 166 in a recipe for Maldon salted caramel and macadamia ice cream by Ben Purton, Executive Head Chef at the Royal Horseguards Hotel and One Whitehall Place… I am off to buy nuts now…
go on then… go choose a recipe!
Very happy to be running this joint event with you, blog sibling!
And your random recipe looks FABULOUS!
SUCH a great partnership with Kavey and her ice cream challenge! Count me in you two! Karen
There is a book called Desert Island Dishes! I love the sound of this. Great challenge 🙂
Salted caramel and macadamia nut ice cream! I can't think of anything better… Maybe I could cheat and somehow arrange for Jane to make that one?? You know how good she is with these “Challenge” thingies…
Love the ice-cream falling into your logo and what a perfect challenge pairing. It must be time I stocked up my freezer with ice-cream again 😉
Weirdly, I was making my raspberry and tarragon ice cream before reading this! Spooky