WE ALL SCREAM

There are over two gallons of ice cream in my freezer right now.

Flavors for this weekend’s Pasadena Food Swap, a friend’s birthday pool party and my neighbors’ Summer Shindig.

Celery with Rum-soaked Raisins
Cherry Lambic Sorbet
Basil Lime Sorbet
Soy Sauce + Star Anise (it wasn’t my idea!)
Spicy Dark Chocolate
Pistachio + Apricot
Thai Pineapple Curry
Balsamic Strawberry + Black Pepper
Ginger Orange
Caramel Apple
Oolong Tea
Lemon + Blackberry Sauce
Sweet Corn + Corn Flakes

- Lili x

Most of the recipes on this blog have been created and adapted with Jeni Britton-Bauer’s “eggless” ice cream making technique in mind, and I am absolutely thrilled about her new book, Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams At Home, which arrived in the mail this week!

HOW COOL IS THIS - “Your Go-To Recipe for Experimenting”.

Of course, thanks to Amazon’s “Click To Look Inside!” feature, months ago I had already scrutinized those few pages and sucked in whatever information I could. So much so that I felt knowledgeable geeky enough to draw up this ROUGH GUIDE for myself…

*Note that my illustrated process doesn’t exactly match what is in the book. Jeni recommends adding the “flavor” after cooking and straining the ice cream base, but I tend to add the flavor to cook with the ice cream base.

As for the “Ziploc bag in Ice Bath” …. I am too lazy to set this up so I just stick the hot bowl in the freezer for 30 minutes or so before transferring it to the fridge. I also rarely churn the ice cream on the same day and usually let the flavors deepen overnight.

Back to the book - I love it and highly recommend it.

Lots of yummy recipes categorized by season; a pleasing minimalistic design (= easy to follow) with beautiful photos of Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams.

TIP: If you live in Los Angeles and don’t want to pay the $35 shipping fee to order these ice creams from Columbus OH, head on over to Handy Market in Burbank. They carry seasonal flavors too!

I wish I had remembered to take photos! I had a ‘Ice Cream Soiree’ at my home last night with some fabulous friends. The flavors on the table were:

Mexican Coffee
Pistachio-Apricot
Orange-Date
Tamarind
Coconut & Cherries
Blackberry Sorbet
Papaya-Lime Sorbet
Goat Cheese & Pears
Horchata
Vanilla Peach & Blackberries
Avocado

It was so much fun, and even more so to receive glowing compliments from my foodie friends/ice-cream tasters.

TWEETS:

@Faustfatale: Blown away by @lilita_yaya ‘s ice cream as usual. Fave flavors: Pistachio apricot and coconut with roasted cherries. Also papaya lime sorbet

@ChanningHansen: @lilita_yaya makes the best ice cream ever. Yes, better than Scoops. Honey Goat Cheese + roasted pears (w goats milk) is to die for.

Aw! Better than Scoops? Wow, what a compliment!

On June 26th, 2011 I am going to be at the Pasadena Food Swap with some homemade ice cream. I have never participated in a public food swapping/sharing event before and I’m both nervous and excited. Sign up! Join in! See you there!

In addition to my Cuisinart Ice Cream Maker, here are a few things that I can no longer live without:

Hand immersion blender - I recently bought one and I love it!!! So much easier to clean than a regular blender.

Microplane Zester - According to David Lebovitz in The Perfect Scoop, you have to double the amount of zest used in a recipe when you use a regular grater. Bye bye, regular grater.

Ice Cream Containers by SweetBliss - From experience, when you gift ice cream in plastic containers, you don’t get those containers back.

E.ggtimer.com/25minutes  <— Go on, type this into your browser! (Yeah I know I need to get myself a real kitchen timer)

Lactaid- self-explanatory.

To be continued…The Ice Cream Lifestyle #2 

Thank you all for visiting my ice cream recipe blog!

I am holding a mini contest to help me promote We All Scream.

You are looking at a brand new Cooking Conversions fridge magnet designed by Yours Truly. This magnet measures 6 x 4 inches (postcard size), is thin and flexible with a bright glossy coating, and features Boogie my blue-eyed boston terrier. 

I am giving away FIVE of these groovy magnets! 

To enter, all you have to do is:

1. TWEET, FACEBOOK or BLOG about www.we-all-scream.tumblr.com and let us know what your favorite ice cream flavor is.

2. Leave a comment with a link to your post/tweet so that I know who you are and how to contact you if you win.

The 5 random names will be chosen on May 16th. 2011 

This magnet will be listed in my etsy store after May 16th, 2011.

- Lili

CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED and the (randomly picked) winners are…….

Jenfer, Noah, Nora, Alicia and Mike. Congrats!!!! 

Please email me your address! lili dot chin at gmail dot com