Friday, April 24, 2009

The All Seeing Eye Scream.

The plan was to make a kiwi custard for banana splits. I started with a dozen kiwis mashed them up, tossed two tablespoons of sugar on them, and stuck them in the fridgerator for an hour. I suppose some science goes to work at this point and breaks the fruit down a bit. I took the kiwi out and processed them to a liquid and tried my best to strain the seeds out.
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Putting the fruit to the side, I made a standard custard with egg yolks, milk, and sugar. When the custard was finished I let it cool for a bit. Later on I mixed in the kiwi and some cream, then waited until the next day to freeze it.
I didn't find the time to freeze it for a few days and then when I did I forgot to put the mixing blade into my machine. A few minutes passed as I assembled the tools needed to store the finished custard. It had only been a few minutes, but it was already too late. The custard had started to freeze in a solid sheet to the bottom and sides of the machine. Trying in vain to scrape the sides and get the blade in there I realized I would have to save the unfrozen custard, clean and refreeze the frozen part of the ice cream machine and try again the next day. Sadly, I didn't get back to the custard for two or three days. By this time the custard smelled a little funny, so I poured it down the drain.
However, the day wasn't a total loss. I went to Louis st. without the custard, and got another tattoo from the cutest up and comming tattooer I know.
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Sunday, March 8, 2009

Cocoa Cheesecake Brownie Milkshakes.

I started with all the good stuff. Milk, egg yolks, sugar, vanilla, and cream. Also on hand cocoa and cream cheese.
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I put the milk on the stove and mixed the eggs, sugar, and cream cheese in the machine. It whipped up nice and when the milk was hot I added some to the egg mixture and some to the the cocoa. I'm not sure if I really needed to make the cocoa paste, but I read I should, so I did.
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I put the egg mixture and cocoa paste into the remaining milk and I cooked it the rest of the way. Put it in a pitcher, mixed in the vanilla and cream, and stashed it in the fridge.
The next morning I froze that shit.
At this point the ice-cream tastes like a Frosty. That's a good thing. The cheese doesn't really come through, but I think it adds to the texture. It's rich and smooth. The cocoa is a nice change from a heavy chocolate.
I packed up the ice-cream and head over to a second location.
We baked brownies. From a box and a bag.
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Ice-cream, brownies, and a little milk went into the blender. We saved some bits of brownie to dip and mix into the milkshake. Four servings.
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