Posts Tagged ‘vanilla’

Banana Split Shakes

Wednesday, May 6th, 2009

Ingredients:

1/2 cup milk
1 small ripe banana, cut into chunks
10 marachino cherries
1 tablespoon baking cocoa
1/2 teaspoon coconut extract
3 cups vanilla ice cream, softened

Directions:

Place the first five ingredients in a blender; cover and process until smooth. Add ice cream; cover and process until blended. Pour into chilled
glasses. Serve immediately.

Basic Vanilla Ice Cream

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Ingredients:

1 litre full cream milk
2 1/2 tsp. cornflour
1 tsp. gelatine
3/4 cup sugar
1 cup fresh cream
1 tsp. vanilla essence
1/2cup cold milk

Directions:

Bring milk to a boil. Boil for 15 minutes on low, stirring occasionally. Mix cornflour in 1/2 cup cold milk, keep aside. Add sugar to milk, stir. Add cornflour paste, stirring continuously till boil resumes. Boil for a further 4-5 minutes, take off fire. Sprinkle gelatine over 3 tbsp. water in a small pan. Allow to soak for 5 minutes. Warm over gentle heat, till dissolved.
Do not bring it to a boil. When boiled milk cools a little, add gelatine solution and mix well. Cool to room temperature, freeze in covered tray, till set but not hard. Break into pieces, beat with an egg beater till soft. Add cream and essence, mix well. The texture should be light and creamy. Reset in the freezer till frozen.