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In this section, recipes for homemade ice cream (like this) and sorbet (such as this), as well as concoctions made with store bought ice cream (like this).
What is a sorbet? Think of it as ice cream but with neither milk nor cream. Like a low-fat version of ice cream. But to call it frozen sweet drink would be misleading. A properly made sorbet scoops like ice cream. It is smooth and evenly textured with no large ice crystals.
When I was a child, no Christmas or New Year family reunion was complete without ice cream. We’d drive to the Magnolia ice cream factory behind the ice cream parlor along Aurora Boulevard in Quezon City, buy four gallons in different flavors and bring home the ice cream packed in boxes with dry ice. That ... (more)
Got overripe fruits? Make the easiest dessert ever. Top with whipped cream and a whole cherry and you got yourself a dessert that’s pretty and delicious and, best of all, very inexpensive. Speedy did this, not me. He was cleaning out the fridge, I guess he didn’t want to throw anything away so he made ... (more)
It’s been quite a while since I last made ice cream. It’s been raining and storming for weeks and ice cream just didn’t seem to go with the weather. But, last weekend, we were able to buy a huge bag of strawberries at a discount and the first thing that came to mind was ice ... (more)
One of my favorite musicals of all time, Nine, was on Star Movies last night. I got LSS as usual. I was humming “Be Italian” (sung by Fergie) and “Cinema Italiano” (sung by Kate Hudson), both partly featured in the credits, all morning. By noon, perspiring from the summer heat, I decided it was just ... (more)
While we were all busy with our everyday lives performing mundane tasks, summer crept in. The cool nights and chilly early mornings have gone. A bit sad for me for I’ve never been a fan of tropical summer heat. But, if there’s a consolation, it’s also the start of mango season. Prices have dropped to ... (more)
A cross between a boozy dessert and a decadently rich coffee drink, you can choose to enjoy this ice cream coffee with cherry brandy with a dessert spoon or by simply drinking it straight up. Inspired by a concoction prepared by Chef Jeo Espino, formerly of Cafe Inday, this dessert cum drink is made with ... (more)
Alex wanted ice cream, I made chocolate cappuccino ice cream and she loves it! This time, I didn’t use my basic vanilla ice cream recipe. Once you get the hang of this ice cream making, you can afford to get a bit bolder to try experimenting with other formulas. See, I was wondering how the ... (more)
After Alex discovered how wonderful it is to mix home made vanilla ice cream with home baked chocolate chip cookies, she asked me to bake another batch of cookies that would do well for the purpose. That led to the huge batch of chocolate chunk cookies that I baked last Sunday. While the cookies cooled, ... (more)
I’ve posted my homemade vanilla ice cream recipe and I’ve also posted my version of the classic Toll House chocolate chip cookies. Now, let me tell you how I combined those two lovely sweets to make the best ice cream I’ve created so far. And it wasn’t even my idea. My younger daughter, Alex, and ... (more)
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In 2003, a time when I hadn't heard of the term "blog", I started a recipe website at cooking.houseonahill.net using a now defunct content management system that ran on ASP. Ok, never mind the geek talk, I'm sure you're not interested in that. The contents easily multiplied and, in 2004, I moved the food site to pinoycook.net. Always unhappy with the fact that the dot com versions of houseonahill and pinoycook weren't … (click here to read all »)
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Diverting from the basic recipe for the ice cream custard base of egg yolks, sugar, cream and whole milk, I replaced the sugar and part of the whole milk with sweetened condensed milk. The result was absolutely delightful — the ice cream tasted like leche flan (custard or cream caramel).
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