Publisher's Synopsis
Do-it-yourself ice cream is a refreshing treat. Your imagination and taste have no boundaries. While vanilla and chocolate ice cream are the most popular flavors, you should experiment with new flavors as well. What about some savory ice cream, for instance? Alternatively, you could make homemade popsicles, ice cream cake, or baked ice cream.
If you've ever worried that you might not be able to get the most out of your ice cream maker, put those fears to rest. Ice cream recipes include flavors like lavender, chestnut, rhubarb, and Earl Grey tea. Even Weinstein's vanilla ice cream isn't boring, with flavors like Vanilla Crunch, Vanilla Rose, and Vanilla Cracker Jack. There are also a slew of light, refreshing sorbet and granita recipes with flavors like Apple Chardonnay, Coconut, and Kiwi. Finish with the author's recipes for homemade sauces. The Ice Cream Book has everything you need to make any occasion a little sweeter, whether it's a special occasion or a midnight snack.
Choice is what it's all about: Choosing your favorite flavor, favorite topping or swirl-in, favorite frozen dessert. For no matter what kind of ice cream maker you own -- an inexpensive canister or a top-of-the-line electric freezer -- there's an extra special treat here for you.
Exciting flavors include an assortment of vanillas of varying degrees of richness, several great chocolates, Butter Pecan, Sensational Strawberry, Peaches 'n' Cream, Utterly Peanut Butter and Double Ginger to mention only a sampling. For an extra flourish, there's a collection of ice creams with add-ons -- swirls and twirls, sauces and toppings. There is even an entire chapter of great reduced-fat light ice creams and nonfat frozen yogurts with names like Creamy Banana, Cappuccino, Date Rum and Maple Crunch.
Many completely fat-free frozen delights are covered in the chapter called "Sorbets, Granitas and Other Ices." Enticing and refreshing, they come in flavors such as Kiwi-Lime, Mango Margarita, Spiced Rasberry and Strawberry Daquiri. And for showstopping, truly fabulous desserts, made completely in advance, turn to the last chapter, which contains ice cream cakes, pies and other frozen desserts.
