Hazelnut Chocolate Ice Cream

Nuts about Chocland Yard

I was banned from entering London during the State opening of Parliament in 2005, on the ground that the metropolitan Police could not "guarantee" my safety so I stayed at home and made this Ice Cream instead.
Described by my arresting officers as a curfew-breaking blend of cream and hazelnut chocolate that would be used in evidence against me do I love this ice cream?
Guilty as charged your honour!

PUT YOUR CLOTHES ON AND I'LL BUY 

YOU AN ICE CREAM   James Bond

(The IceCreamists)

Watermelon & Vodka Sorbetto

Brainfreeze

Turn your mind to pulp with this cunning sorbetto.
In my youth I discovered watermelon is a great conductor of alcohol, and I became this transport device of choice for stashing illicit contraband - so over that it's covert. Simply cut a plug in the top of the melon. Wedge a Vodka bottle upside down in the plug and leave until its contents have dissolved into the watermelon flesh.
This is a softcore reinvention of the hardcore method and is utterly intoxicating. 
Warning: over-indulgence will freeze the parts other sorbettos fail to reach and may affect your faculties.
Adjust Vodka content to mental taste!

THE KETAMINE OF COOL!

(The IceCreamists)

Peanut Butter Pancakes with Chocolate Chips

Ingredients:
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup whole wheat flour
2 Tbsp. baking powder
2 Tbsp. packed light brown sugar
1 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
2 cups milk (add a little more milk for a thinner batter)
1 cup creamy peanut butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2/3 cup semisweet chocolate chips

Combine all dry ingredients in large bowl. Mix eggs, milk, and vanilla in a separate bowl. Pour wet mixture into dry mixture. Add peanut butter. Stir only enough to combine all ingredients. Chocolate chips can be added to batter or used to top pancakes on the griddle. Drop by 1/3 cupfuls onto hot griddle.

The Crybaby

Here's our surrogate alcoholic interpretation of the storm in a D-cup that was baby Gaga.
A titivating, Italian-inspired formula of Madagascan Vanilla pods and double cream but through with lemon zest, sparkling Prosecco and a cheeky splash of Limoncello.
So potent! It will leave you gurgling in a corner slowly going Gaga!

2 scoops of Vanilla Ice Cream
a shot of Limoncello
a shot of Prosecco
Lemon juice

A DEVIL-MAY-CARE BLIZZARD OF MADAGASCAN 

VANILLA AND LIMONCELLO CUT THROUGH 

WITH LEMON ZEST AND SPARKLING FIZZ 

TO FORM THE PERFECT COCKTAIL!

(The IceCreamists) 

Madagascan Vanilla Ice Cream

The Vanilla Monologues

This is the mother of all meltdowns - the ice cream that sets benchmark for every other in this book.
This is sub-zero classic will leave you monologuing for hours.
A great vanilla ice cream made with soul that goes straight to the heart!

Ingredients:
250 ml. fat milk
125 ml. double cream
1 fat vanilla pod
2 egg yolks
88 gr. caster sugar
pinch of salt

"MY SEX IS ICE CREAM!" Marilyn Monroe

(The IceCreamists)

Whisky Fudge

Ingredients:
1 package of dark chocolate chips
1 cup of Whisky (es: Jack Daniel's)
2 boxes of powdered sugar
1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans (optional)


Melt chocolate bits in a microwave or double broiler, stirring frequently. 
As soon as chocolate is melted, mix Jack Daniels with the powdered sugar in a large bowl,and add to the melted chocolate, stir well, add nuts.
Turn into a 13x9x2-inch pan and cover with plastic wrap. 
This sets quickly and you want to cool it long enough to set but still warm enough to cut. 

Nutella Pancakes

Good morning Friday!

Ingredients:
1 cup flour
pinch salt
3 tablespoons sugar
1 egg
1 cup milk
1/4 cup Nutella

Whisk together all the dry ingredients and set aside. Whisk together wet ingredients and mix well.
Pour in the wet ingredients and whisk until a smooth batter forms.

Add 1 teaspoon of butter into a small frying pan over a medium heat and swirl until it coats the pan. Thrown in another teaspoon and swirl again so you have a well-greased pan.
 Pour in about 1/3 cup of the batter into the pan and cook for a couple of minutes or until lots of bubbles have popped on the surface of your pancake. Flip over and cook for another 30-45 seconds.

Remove from the pan and keep warm in the oven until ready to serve.

Mascarpone & Amarena Cherry Ice Cream

Under The Cherry Spoon

Nicola Fabbri is the fashionably elegant proprietor of Fabbri, purveyors of the finest Amarena cherries in the world, which are sold in iconic white and blue ceramic jars.
This Ice cream is inspired by my visit to their factory in Bologna in the blistering summer heat of 2009.
Nicola's english was never very good but when it came to beating the mass market competition, he has extraordinarily fluent "Yes, when you F*&K them, you tell me how hard you F*&K them".

THE SPOON IS MIGHTIER

THAN THE KNIFE...           - 

CHANGE YOUR CUTLERY

(The IceCreamists Book)

Magic Bars

Finally holidays! I'm leaving in few hours and I'm a bit concerned to see my boyfriend again..in Paris!
What I could desire more? I can't wait to fly and meet him there! So excited!!
Meanwhile, I baked something for him. Quick, easy and goooooood!

Ingredients:
113 gr. unsalted butter, melted
150 gr. graham cracker crumbs (or crushed Digestive Biscuits)
90 gr. sweetened or unsweetened flaked or shredded coconut
1 cup (170 grams) semisweet chocolate chips
1 cup (100 grams) chopped walnuts or pecans (I used Butterscotch Chips)
1  can (396 grams) sweetened condensed milk

Preheat oven to 177° and place the rack in the center of the oven. Lightly butter or spray with a non stick cooking spray a 9 x 9 inch (23 x 23 cm) square baking pan. 

Melt the butter and pour it evenly over the bottom of your pan. Sprinkle the graham cracker crumbs evenly over the butter. Sprinkle the coconut over the crumbs. Sprinkle the chocolate chips over the coconut. Sprinkle the other chips over the chocolate chips. Finally, evenly drizzle the sweetened condensed milk over all the ingredients. Do not mix the ingredients together, just layer them.

Bake in the preheated oven for about 30 to 35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the middle of the squares comes out clean. Remove from oven and place on a wire rack to cool. 

Cut into squares. Store in the refrigerator!

Chilli Jacket Potatoes

Leaving Party in Dollis Hill!

Ingridients:
600 gr. pounds ground beef
1 medium onions, chopped
1 small green pepper, chopped
1 can diced tomatoes, undrained
1 canchili beans, undrained
2 teaspoons chili powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
7 Baked potatoes

Cook the beef, onions and green pepper over medium heat until meat is no longer pink.

Add the tomatoes, beans, sugar and seasonings.

Bring to a boil, reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 30 minutes.

Serve with potatoes.

Chewy No-Bake Cookies Cream Treats

-5 days to leave! So excited! Can't believe to going in holidays after 4 months... Paris and home with SEASIDE are waiting for me. As everyone else is waiting for me: mommy, daddy, my sister, my friends...obviously my boyfriend...my lovely boyfriend, without whom I could'n live!
It's gonna be a very amazing month!
These are for you!

Ingredients:
5 cups-1 package mini marshmallows
1 package (16 onces) Oreo cookies
4 tablespoons butter


Line an 8x8-inch baking dish with aluminum foil, allowing the foil to hang over the edges, and set aside.
Place Oreo cookies in food processor (or crush in a large Ziploc bag with a rolling pin) and pulse until crumbly, but not ground.

Melt marshmallows and butter in a large microwave-safe bowl until puffy, about 1 1/2 to 2 minutes.

Remove and pour in ground cookies.

Quickly stir to combine, then transfer to baking dish. 

Allow to set for 10 to 15 minutes. Remove bars from pan by foil edges. Cut, serve, and enjoy!