Monday, August 24, 2009

spice cream


i invented something delicious. 

here's how it went down:

basically, i love putting cinnamon on vanilla ice cream. so, today as i was looking through the spices, something occurred to me. if vanilla beans, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and and ginger all taste weird on their own, but delicious when you add sugar, would it not be the same with other spices as well? 

i set out to learn for myself. i tried three spices.

the first was turmeric. i love the color it gave the ice cream, it mixed in very well, and made it look like mango ice cream. it tasted good, but so much like indian food that it was hard to remember i was eating ice cream. 

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the second was probably my favorite. it was cardamom. i love this spice so much, and i think i will definitely have it again on ice cream... probably mixed with cinnamon. it didn't mix in as well, and looked like vanilla beans, or even black pepper, but boy was it tasty!

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the last one was red curry. that's right. curry ice cream. it was surprisingly delicious, and somewhat spicey... think mexican candy... the flavor is also so associated with indian food that it was hard to mentally mix the two flavors of vanilla ice cream and curry. the spicey-ness remained in my mouth long after the ice cream was gone, which was a fun little treat.


 
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i loved the way the spices brought me back to the old streets of jerusalem. i think we should all be a little more bold in our usage of spices. why not throw some saffron in your rice next time? or sprinkle that salmon with some sumac? 

i think i shall.  


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5 comments:

  1. i like the title. catchy. you should market spice cream. i'm serious.

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  2. Oh yum! You should try saffron with ice cream- so delicious, esp. if you add rosewater and frozen chunks of heavy cream. Oh how I love Persian ice cream.

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  3. Oh, and how could I forget pistachios! You have to add a lot of pistachios.

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  4. oh how right you are natalie! i'm in love with persian ice cream... and i happen to have a huge bottle of persian rose water in my cupboard... soooo good!

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  5. hilarious. yes, market the name and start a little on campus spice cream shop!

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