Free Range Friday...pretty much

When your throat feels like someone has used a grinder on it, the most soothing thing imaginable is, what else, ice cream! So I went out and bought an ice cream maker, found some mint and chocolate and made some Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream to make my throat feel better.

Ok, that's a lie, c'mon, where would I buy an ice cream maker on Culebra? I did try to BUY some mint chocolate chip ice cream and couldn't find any, so I bought vanilla instead. But if I felt better and if I had an ice cream maker, I'd make this ice cream in a heartbeat or 700.

Because I'm not going to adapt it, I'm presenting this as it is from his website...so here is the recipe! David Lebovitz's Mint Chip Ice Cream.




You are going to need these items:

1 cup (250 ml) whole milk

3/4 cup (150 g) sugar

2 cups (500 ml) heavy cream

pinch of salt

2 cups packed (80 gr) fresh mint leaves

5 large egg yolks

5 ounces (140 gr) bittersweet or semisweet chocolate, chopped

Oh, and an ice cream maker is nice too. But guess what! You don't really need an ice cream maker! You can follow the recipe and then put the mixture in the freezer, stirring occasionally until it is frozen solid. If you have a large type baking pan to use, that's the best sort (like a lasagna type of pan). What the ice cream maker does is make it smoother, which is nice, but shouldn't stop your ice cream making. Just so you know.

And while you are enjoying your ice cream, please give a thought to the people of Japan who are, as we speak, being affected by a huge earthquake, 8.9 on the scale, as well as Sendai, the town wiped out by the ensuing tsunami. As I type, those waves are headed east, toward the Pacific islands, toward Hawaii, toward the US West coast. Let us hope for the best for all in front of those waves.