Ice Cream!

The objective: Fudge Ripple Ice Cream

And, chocolate Brownie... the Vehicle for our ice cream!

Okay... Here's the deal. A year ago I was all fired up about Creating my

own delicious, Homemade ice creams. I'd stumbled onto the blog of

David Lebovitz, learned that he is the author of The Perfect Scoop,

and promptly bought it, and the Ice cream maker attachment for my trusty

KitchenAid stand mixer, which David lists as one of the recommended

devices to successful ice cream making. Then, I put it away and did nothing.

Until this week when I received the latest edition of the Williams-Sonoma

catalog and saw this beautiful stainless steel model by Cuisinart! It's on

sale, (Yea!) and with purchase, a $20 gift card bonus. Double-Yea!

Remember the package I mentioned? The one I received this week

from Erinne after I sent her my extra glass mixing bowl? It was filled

with wonderful goodies. One in particular that will come in Handy today!

Oh, Yeah!

So let's get started, Shall we?

The cast... All the Good stuff!

You begin with Sugar into a saucepan

Add to it cream, milk and a bit of heat

After the mixture is Warm, add in the beans of one vanilla pod

Notice the Brownie vehicle for our ice cream is arrived!

After allowing the milk, Cream and vanilla to steep for 30 minutes, reheat

and add the egg Yolks, after tempering them with a bit of the warm

mixture. Cook and stir until the mixture coats the back of your spoon

For the Complete recipe, see it Here. Without the

chocolate covered peanuts, it's Fudge Ripple...

Which is what the man I love asked for!

Cooling my mixture over a quick Ice bath and then into

the refrigerator, while I take a dip in the Pool before the

storm that's looming rolls in and steals my Sunshine!

Nothing says I'm sorry thunder and lightening chased you

from your pool float better than premium Cacao powder!

Made into Fudge Ripple!

After the Custard completely cooled, I poured it into my new ice

cream maker and turned it on to Churn for twenty-five minutes

And it worked! After 25-minutes, I

found perfect, Soft-serve ice cream

If you enjoy creamy, Vanilla soft serve ice cream...

Stop right here!

Which is what I did when he came into the kitchen

and saw me pull the Mixing arm from the machine

He tends to be more Impatient than I am

And who am I to keep him from warm

brownie and decadent Vanilla ice cream?

Now that he has a Spoon in his mouth and his eyes rolled

back into his head... We can go about the business of Ripple!

To achieve fudge ripple, I simply layered my ice cream

with drizzles of the Fudge ripple sauce I made earlier

After an hour in the Freezer, we had perfect Fudge Ripple!