Ludlow Lifestyle Jul - Aug 2022
Summer is here – we’ve got an issue filled with sunshine! We’ve interviewed French chef Raymond Blanc, got some delicious recipes and are looking at all the ways to transform the home and garden in a few easy steps.
Summer is here – we’ve got an issue filled with sunshine! We’ve interviewed French chef Raymond Blanc, got some delicious recipes and are looking at all the ways to transform the home and garden in a few easy steps.
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ICE AND<br />
Some simple and delicious<br />
ice cream recipes from<br />
the appliance experts<br />
Cuisinart<br />
Easy<br />
RASPBERRY RIPPLE<br />
ICE CREAM<br />
Prep takes only 20 minutes, then just<br />
leave the Cuisinart Gelato and Ice Cream<br />
Professional to churn it to perfection.<br />
INGREDIENTS<br />
300g raspberries<br />
150g caster sugar<br />
1 tbsp lemon juice<br />
160ml full fat milk<br />
300ml double cream<br />
1 tsp vanilla extract<br />
METHOD<br />
In a saucepan, combine the raspberries,<br />
50g caster sugar and 2 tbsp water. Bring<br />
to the boil and simmer for a few minutes,<br />
until the fruit is soft. Pass through a sieve,<br />
discarding the pips.<br />
Pour the purée into a clean saucepan and<br />
simmer for about 10 minutes, to reduce<br />
down to a syrup. Stir in the lemon juice<br />
and cool, before chilling completely in<br />
the fridge.<br />
To make the ice cream, pour the milk and<br />
remaining caster sugar (approx 100g)<br />
into a bowl and whisk, until the sugar has<br />
dissolved. Add in the cream and vanilla<br />
extract and stir until combined. Chill for<br />
an hour.<br />
Insert the paddle into the bowl of the ice<br />
cream maker.<br />
Whisk the chilled mixture, before pouring<br />
into the bowl of your ice cream maker<br />
and churn, for approximately an hour.<br />
Just before the ice cream is ready, add<br />
the raspberry puree, so that it creates a<br />
ripple effect.<br />
The ice cream is ready when it begins to<br />
thicken and freeze. To produce a firmer<br />
ice cream, freeze for several hours in an<br />
airtight container.<br />
WHITE CHOCOLATE<br />
COOKIE ICE CREAM<br />
SANDWICHES<br />
Ready in just 22 minutes, this recipe will<br />
make 12 cookies - 6 ‘sandwiches’<br />
INGREDIENTS<br />
225g plain flour, sifted<br />
½ tsp bicarbonate of soda, sifted<br />
¼ tsp salt<br />
150g unsalted butter, softened<br />
80g light muscovado sugar<br />
80g granulated sugar<br />
2 tsp. vanilla extract<br />
1 large egg<br />
100g white chocolate chips or chunks<br />
METHOD<br />
Heat the oven to 180˚C / 350F / Gas<br />
Mark 4. Then line two baking trays<br />
with greaseproof paper. In a medium<br />
bowl, whisk together the sifted flour,<br />
bicarbonate of soda and salt.<br />
Mix the softened butter and sugars<br />
using the Cordless Pro Hand Mixer - it’s<br />
wireless design means you can use it<br />
anywhere in the kitchen. Add the vanilla<br />
extract and 1 egg and continue to beat.<br />
Add the combined dry ingredients and<br />
gently beat on a lower speed, until fully<br />
incorporated. Fold in the white chocolate<br />
chips until combined. Cover the bowl<br />
with cling film and place in the fridge to<br />
chill, for approximately 1 hour.<br />
Using an ice cream scoop, make balls<br />
with the chilled cookie dough and place<br />
the, on the prepared baking trays. Gently<br />
place a thumb on top and squash down<br />
slightly. Leave enough room for the<br />
cookies to spread a little.<br />
Bake for 12 minutes, until they start to<br />
turn a light brown and then transfer to a<br />
wire rack to cool. Sandwich scoops of<br />
your favourite ice cream between two<br />
cookies and enjoy immediately.<br />
GELATO AT HOME<br />
There is no substitute for delicious<br />
homemade ice cream, made using your<br />
choice of fresh ingredients. The instant<br />
freeze bowl means there is no need to<br />
pre-freeze in advance so you can prepare<br />
batch after batch of your favourite frozen<br />
desserts, each ready in as little as 40<br />
minutes.<br />
The machine comes with 2 specialist<br />
mixing paddles to give the perfect texture<br />
to your frozen dessert. The ice cream<br />
paddle incorporates more air during<br />
mixing to give ice cream a lighter texture.<br />
The gelato paddle is perfect for gelato<br />
and sorbet, incorporating less<br />
air and leaving the gelato<br />
denser than ice cream<br />
with a silkier, softer<br />
texture.<br />
Cuisinart Gelato<br />
and Ice Cream<br />
Professional,<br />
£300 and<br />
Cordless Pro<br />
Hand Mixer,<br />
£90, both<br />
cuisinart.co.uk<br />
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