How sweet you like your whipped cream is up to you – the proportions here are just a guideline. When the dessert is particularly sweet, like a rich chocolate cake, I tend to add less sugar than for a less sweet one, like a simple berry cobbler.
Sticking with the natural sweetness of the fruit and just a bit of sugar yields a light ice cream with intense pear flavor.
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Honey Ice Cream With Ginger-Spiced Pecans
Honey Ice Cream With Ginger-Spiced Pecans
The glazed pecans heighten the ice cream’s honey sweetness — and add a nutty crunch and a prick of gingery spice to boot.
Read more about this recipe in The New Intercourses: An Aphrodisiac Cookbook.
Though everyone has their favorite ice cream flavor, sometimes nothing beats plain old vanilla, especially accompanied by a warm slice of pie or dark chocolate cake. This recipe calls for whole vanilla bean to give the ice cream authentic vanilla flavor.
Salt is a flavor enhancer that produces a subtle, sweet-and-salty taste that puts a whole new face on caramel sauce in this sophisticated ice cream sundae.
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This is wonderful accompanied by poached pears, served chilled or warm, and a dollop of whipped cream.
Read more about this recipe in Denise Landis' Dinner for Eight.
Fabulously rich, with the contrast of the fresh ginger bite.
Like this recipe? Find more like it in one of Barbara Kafka's many excellent cookbooks.
This scrumptious dessert tastes like eating a scoop of vanilla ice cream atop a fat slice of pumpkin pie. This ice cream is best served the same day that it is made.
Read more about this recipe in Julie Hasson's The Complete Book of Pies.
This refreshing recipe is perfect for cooling down in the summer or brightening up a winter snack. Try spooning a bit into a cup of hot chocolate.
Read more about this recipe at Coconut & Lime.
Goat Cheese And Toffee Ice Cream
Goat Cheese And Toffee Ice Cream
While on vacation in the French countryside, we tried goat cheese ice cream. Every tangy, creamy bite was bliss.
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Crème fraîche gives this ice cream a subtle sour-cream flavor reminiscent of cheesecake.
Read more about this recipe in Fresh From the Farmer's Market.
No machine is required to make this Indian ice cream called kulfi. If you can't find canned or frozen mango purée, make your own by blending ripe mango pulp in a blender or food processor.
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