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What’s new in ice cream sodas? How about a shot of tequila, rum, vodka or liqueur? The Barclay New York Hotel is helping guests beat the heat with a spiked ice cream soda menu. Using their recipes, you can give new meaning to the concept of an ice cream social. Pick a date, choose your…
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Here are two ideas for cooling-off drinks, courtesy of ChocolateBox Café in Malibu, California. Instead of an ice cream soda, scoop gelato or ice cream into an iced espresso and sorbet into iced tea. Iced Coffee Float. Coffee lovers can pair an iced espresso with gelato in chocolate chip, coffee, hazelnut, tiramisu or vanilla (you…
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Tip #2: Garnish sorbet with simple cookies. Photo by Bruce Shippee | CST. Sorbet is a popular, easy, light and lower-calorie dessert. The only challenge is that if you’re serving a table full of people, the first dishes can start to melt while you’re still scooping. The solution: In advance of dessert, scoop balls of…
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Sprinkle olive oil ice cream with sea salt or shaved Parmesan. Photo courtesy Canard Inc. Celebrate National Ice Cream Month with something new and exciting. Like olive oil ice cream. If the concept sounds strange, the flavor blew us away when we first had it in 2003, at Mario Batali’s Otto Enoteca in New York…
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If you won’t be polishing off that carton of ice cream in a day or two, make your ice cream container “airtight” so that ice crystals don’t form on the surface of the ice cream. Due to temperature fluctuations or other improper storage, crystals of moisture can form, degrading the texture and the flavor. The…
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