The Types of Ice Cream Texture

The Types of Ice Cream Texture

Friday, 29 May 2015 / No Comments

Hello everyone...

Do you like ice cream? I’m sure most of us will love this smooth and sweet dessert. There are so much kind of ice cream, and this time we will talk about the texture, that if you can understand them further it will help you to enjoy them more. Well let’s talk about ICE CREAM…

1.       Hard Ice Cream

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Hard ice cream has more hard texture than the other kind of ice cream because this ice cream is use some whole eggs. This ice cream is made with cream and/or milk, sugar, and may contain eggs, stabilizers and other flavouring ingredients such as vanilla, chocolate, fruit and many other add-ins. Maybe if sometimes you want ice cream that heavier in your mouth just eat this one.

2.       Soft Ice Cream

Soft ice cream usually served at the ice cream shop. This ice cream is more smooth because don’t use the eggs. To have a smooth texture you need a machine to keep the temperature of the ice cream when you put the ice cream to a bowl or a con. This ice cream made only with milk and/or cream, sugar, stabilizers and flavourings.

3.       Light Ice Cream

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The texture of the ice cream is lighter because it use 25% lower fat milk. I think it will work for your diet if you worried about the fat. This ice cream also will treat your mouth better if you want such a really soft one. This ice cream made with  milk ingredients, sugar, stabilizers and other flavourings that contains at least 25% less milk fat than regular hard ice cream.

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Dessert Around The World: Italy

Dessert Around The World: Italy

Sunday, 24 May 2015 / No Comments

Hi everyone! So, today's destination is Italy! Enjoy!

Gelato

Gelato or Gelati is the Italian word for ice cream. This type of ice cream is made with Milk, Cream, Sugar, and various flavorings such as fruits or nuts. Gelato have lower calories, fat, and sugars than normal ice cream. Gelato is popular in 1920s-1930s in the city of Varese.

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Angel Wings

This traditional pastry dessert is made of thin dough shaped to twisted ribbons and deep fried and topped with sugar powder. Angel Wings are usually eaten on Festivals and Carnivals, such as lent, mardi gras, fat Thursday, and Friday the 13th.

Semifreddo

Semifreddo means semi-frozen, is a typical Ice-cream cakes, semi-frozen custards, and fruit tarts. The texture is like a frozen mousse, cause it's made by uniting two equal parts of ice cream and whipped cream.

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That's all from me today guys. Until next time! Bye!

How to Make Poire Belle Helene

How to Make Poire Belle Helene

Monday, 18 May 2015 / No Comments

Good day guys…

Before I already posted about the steps to make our creamy panna cotta. So this time, we will go out from Italy to French. I just found such a unique dessert from French. This classic French recipe comes from a classic French chef, Alain Benech, which is much appreciated by everyone. I think it is so easy to make a t home. Lets check this out…

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Ingredients:

• 4-6 Pears

• 1 Liter Water

• 200g Sugar

• Lemon or Orange zests

• Optional: Vanilla

• Optional: 1 Star Anis

• 250g Dark bittersweet chocolate

• 30cl Heavy cream

• 50g Butter (room temperature)

• Slivered toasted almonds

• Ice-cream

Steps:

1. Slowly heat up the cream in a heavy bottom pan or even better in a double-boiler (“un bain-marie”) (a container on top of a simmering pot of water).  Once it’s heated (never bring to a boil!), then add the chocolate (chopped up into small even pieces).  Keep mixing until the chocolate completely melts.  Then add the butter and mix gently until it has all melted and incorporated the chocolate mixture.

2. (Note: in the picture that I took, I kind of screwed up my chocolate by trying to go a little too fast.  This is why the texture is more granular and not silky smooth… Still delicious but much less presentable.  You’ll do a lot better than me I’m sure!)

3. In the other place, stir the heavy cream and sugar in a saucepan, cocok in the medium heat.

4. Firstly, you need to prepare your pears. Peel the pears and cut off the lower part to make the pear stand nicely in the plate when its serve. Then, from the bottom, core the pears.

5. In a large saucepan. Add the water and mix it with sugar, the zests and optionally the star anis and the vanilla. Cook it and let it come to very gentle simmer.

6. Add the pear, and simmer the pears inside the syrup liquid until smooth.

7. In the other place, prepare the chocolate sauce. In a heavy bottom pan, heat the cream then add the chopped chocolate. Cook it until the chocolate melts. Then, add the butter mix it gently until the chocolate mixture perfectly melted.

8. In a desert dish, place one of the pears standing up.  Add an ice cream scoop and then drizzle the warm chocolate sauce on top of both the pear and the ice-cream. Pour the almond on the top.

Now you have your own Poire Belle Helene. Hopefully you can enjoy this recipe. Have a great day…

Fun and Classic Milkshake Recipe

Fun and Classic Milkshake Recipe

Saturday, 9 May 2015 / No Comments

Hi there everyone! Welcome back to Our Foods and Cuisine Blog. Lately, I've been thinking about blended drinks all the time. The one with ice cream and creamy texture. I don't know why though. and because of that i start carving sweet things like chocolate, candy, ice cream, smoothie, and milkshake. So, since i wrote about Smoothie recipe, now i'm going to write about Milkshake Recipe! And the recipe i'll be writing is simple, i promise you, so you can enjoy your home made and cheap milkshake at home without going through weeks of craving! Enjoy!

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Vanilla Milkshake: This is the most simple milkshake you will find i guarantee. Just pour 1 cups of plain milk, 5 scoops of vanilla ice cream, and 1 tsp of vanilla extract in to a blender, and blend them all together until it's mixed. Your Classic Vanilla milkshake is ready to serve!

Caramel Milkshake: This is a fun milkshake. Cause, you can use 2 Flavor Ice cream and Caramel syrup! all you need is 1 cup of plain milk, 2 scoops of vanilla and caramel ice cream (one scoop each), and LOTS of Caramel syrup (actually, not too much, just as you deem fit :)). Blend it all together, and your Caramel milkshake is done!

Cookies and Cream Milkshake: If you are an Oreo lover, than this milkshake would definitely suit you! so, as usual, 1 cup of plain milk, 2 scoops of vanilla ice cream (if you want to use other flavor it's also okay, but the taste won't be the same as when you use vanilla ice cream), and 4 pcs ( i like to put 5) of original Oreo, or other Oreo flavor. Blend it all together and your Cookies and Cream Milkshake is ready to enjoy!

Banana Milkshake: This one includes real fruit! all you need is 1 cup of plain milk, 2 scoops of vanilla ice cream, 1 ripe banana, and 1 tsp of vanilla extract. blend it all together and your banana milkshake is ready to serve!

Choco-Strawberry Milkshake: This milkshake is also a fun and two-flavored milkshake! But if you don't like chocolate or strawberry flavor be free to change one or the other ingredient to the ones you like. So, you will need 1 cup of plain milk, 2 scoop of chocolate ice cream, 1/2 cup of strawberries, and 1 tbs of chocolate chips. blend it all together and your two-flavored milkshake is done!!

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So, that's all the milkshakes flavor i could think of right now, tell us of what milkshake flavor you like the most! and also don't forget to tell us what to write next on the comment section. Don't forget to experiment with your milkshake and have fun! until next time! BYE!!

How to Make Matcha Ice Cream

How to Make Matcha Ice Cream

Thursday, 7 May 2015 / No Comments

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Good day everyone… how was your blessing day? I hope you can eat more and more delicious food to enjoy every second in your life. Eating delicious food is the best blessing, isn’t it?

Well in the afternoon I just ate such a delicious ice cream. That’s green tea ice cream or maybe many people called this one as matcha ice cream. This ice cream is from Japan, you can find many brands in the stores. But if you can make this one at home it will be perfect.

Ingredients:

• 2 cups Half & Half (or 1 cup whole milk + 1 cup heavy whipping cream)
• 3 Tbsp. (18 g) green tea powder (matcha)
• ½ cup sugar
• Pinch of salt (about 1/16 tsp.)

Equipment:

• Ice cream maker

Instructions:

1. Freeze the ice cream bowl for 24 hours.

2. In a medium saucepan, whisk together the half and half, sugar and salt.

3. Start cooking the mixture over medium heat, and add green tea powder. Stir often and cook until the mixture starts to foam and is very hot to the touch but not boiling.

4. Remove from the heat and transfer the mixture to a bowl sitting in an ice bath. When the mixture is cool, cover with plastic wrap and chill in the refrigerator for 2-3 hours.

5. Once the mixture is thoroughly chilled, transfer to a pre-chilled ice cream maker and churn according to the manufacturer’s instructions (20-25 minutes). Transfer the soft ice cream into an airtight container and freeze for at least 3 hours before serving.

I this most of the people will like the taste of this ice cream. So you must try this one in your home. If you don’t have any ice cream machine, please check our next post about how to make ice ream without ice cream machine. See you in the next post, have a great day…

How to Make Ice Cream Without Machine

How to Make Ice Cream Without Machine

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Hello everyone. As I told you before I will share about how to make ice cream without ice cream machine. Ice cream has founded far before the electricity, so actually the original ice cream before was made without the machine. At home we are definitely can make delicious ice cream by our own.

These are the steps:

1. Prepare your ice cream mixture, then chill it over an ice bath.
2. Put a deep baking dish, or bowl made of plastic, stainless steel or something durable in the freezer, and pour your custard mixture into it.
3. After forty-five minutes, open the door and check it. As it starts to freeze near the edges, remove it from the freezer and stir it vigorously with a spatula or whisk. Really beat it up and break up any frozen sections. Return to freezer.
4. Continue to check the mixture every 30 minutes, stirring vigorously as it’s freezing. If you have one you can use a hand-held mixer for best results, or use a stick-blender or hand-held mixer. But since we’re going low-tech here, you can also use just a spatula or a sturdy whisk along with some modest physical effort.
5. Keep checking periodically and stirring while it freezes (by hand or with the electric mixer) until the ice cream is frozen. It will likely take 2-3 hours to be ready.

Making the ice cream is so simple right? Enjoy your own ice cream.
See you next time…

How To Make Ice Cream Cake

How To Make Ice Cream Cake

Tuesday, 5 May 2015 / No Comments

Hi there everyone! Welcome back! So, i am a big KPop fan, and i just saw the newest music video from Red Velvet: Ice Cream Cake. The opening picture was an Ice cream cake, a pretty looking at that, and i LOVE ice cream and cake.So, today i've decided to show you how to make a Red Velvet Ice Cream Cake!! (Got the hint? ;))

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Ingredients:

   1. 4 oz of softened Cream Cheese
   2. 14 oz of sweetened condensed milk
   3. 4 cups of heavy whipping cream ( put them separately)
   4. 2 1/4 cups of all purpose flour
   5. 2 tbs of cocoa powder
   6. 1 ts of salt
   7. Half cup of room tempratured butter
   8. 1 1/2 cups of sugar
   9. 2 large eggs
 10. 1 cup of buttermilk
 11. 3 tbs of red food coloring
 12. 1 ts of vanilla exstract
 13. 1 ts of distilled white vinegar
 14. 1 ts of baking powder
 15. 1/2 cup of powdered sugar

Method:

Cheesecake Ice Cream:

  1. Mix the cream cheese and sweet condense milk together. Whisk the heavy whipp cream (use only 2 cups) in a different bowl until stiff. Then gently wrap it around the cream cheese mixture.

  2. lined 2 9-inch baking pan with 1 layer of plastic wrap and evenly divide the ice cream mixture into the pans. Cover the tops woth another plastic wrap. Put it into the freezer for 6 hours to freeze.

Red Velvet Cake Layer:

  1. Line 3 9-inch of baking pan with parchments paper, spray it with some non-stick cooking spray. Pre-heat the oven to 350°F.

  2. Whisk together Salt, cocoa powder, and flour. Then, mix together tge butter and sugar for 5 minutes until its light and fluffy, then add the eggs, one at a time after 30 sec. Add in 1/3 flour mixture and half of the butter milk and another 1/3 flour mixture. Then add the remaining flour mixture and buttermilk. Mix the Red food coloring and vanilla extract after. Mix it until the batter turns red.

  3. Mix the white vinegar and baking powder, the mixture will bubble when you mix it so don't worry. Then gently mix it with the cake batter.
  4. Divide the batter evenly into the 3 baking pans. Bake them for 20 minutes. The cake is ready when it springs back when you touch it. After 20 mins, take the cake out of the oven, let it cool for 10 minutes. Then pull it out of the pan.

Cake Frosting:

Whisk 2 cups of whip cream until soft, then slowly add the powdered sugar, and keep whisking it until stiff.

 assembling Red Velvet Ice Cream:

Put thefirst layer of cake in a baking station, remove the plastic wrap from the ice cream then put the ice cream over the first layer. repeat the action for the second layer. Then put the last/third layer of cake on top of the second layer ice cream. Cover the whole cake with the cake frosting we made earlier. Freeze it for a couple of minutes, and your cake is ready to serve! Oh, and don't forget to decorate!

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Ice cream cake is just a wonderful dessert isn't it?  It's casual, you can it eat anytime you want, but you can also serve it in a party. Wash it down with a cup of water or an iced coffee. Chill with your friends and beloved ones with your home-made Red Velvet Ice Cream cake. That's all from me today guys. Let us know what to write next on the comment section. See you next time, Bye!! 주세요 달콤한 그맛 아이스그림 게익!

The History of Baked Alaska

The History of Baked Alaska

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Good day everyone… how was your day? I hope you still have more time to enjoy with the things that you like.

Well, today I want to tell you about a cute dessert that for me, has a really good story. That’s Baked Alaska or also known as glace au four, omelette à la norvégienne, Norwegian omelette and omelette surprise. Baked Alaska was a spectacular cake, topped with solidly frozen ice cream, the whole enveloped in meringue, then browned and served still warm from the oven.

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When I read this dessert name I just wondered about what kind of relation between this dessert and Alaska. After I read the history, I’m amazed with the fact that this food is made when United States purchase Alaska from Russia in 1867 by Charles Ranhofer, chef at the famous Delmonico's restaurant in New York. Firstly it was called as Alaska Florida Cake but soon changed to Baked Alaska.

Far before that day, in 1802 according to some historians, Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), third president of the United States from 1801-1809, was one of the first to serve ice cream at a state banquet in the White House. He is reported to have served ice cream encased in hot pastry at a White House dinner during his presidency. Although the name came much later, it is likely that this was a dish similar to Baked Alaska.

After I know about this history, I just really want to try this dessert, not only because this dessert contains my favorite (ice cream) but also I want to try this one because I want to enjoy the feeling of the winer that the United States felt when they grabbed Alaska, or imagining the feeling if I eat that dessert in the White House with president Thomas Jefferson. Ha-ha, just ignore me.

The most important thing that I want to tell you is everything was have their own history, including the food that you eat every day. That’s mean they are life with us, and we always have our own chance to take a lesson from them, every one of them. Just respect everything that we got. Because they are special by their own.

If you have ever enjoyed this dessert, please tell me how amazing is that in the comment below. Have a good day, see you next time…