Ice Milk is a lighter version of Ice Cream and it is simple to make at home. You can make this with sugar or a substitute and add any flavors that you wish. This is the base recipe.
3 cups cold milk - I use the 1% but you can use any you like
3/4 cup of sugar
1 teaspoon of vanilla
pinch of salt - optional
Mix all of the ingredients until the sugar is dissolved. Pour into an ice cream maker and churn for 30 minutes. When it is the consistency of soft serve stop the machine. Take the dasher out, cover the mixture and place in the freezer for 2 - 4 hours to cure. You can use it before you let it get a hard freeze. This is also the time to add other ingredients like crushed cookies or chocolate fudge.
If you do not have an automatic ice cream machine just put in a bowl and stir it every 30 minutes . It will be fine.
Saturday, July 9, 2011
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Summer Fruit
AS you may have noticed, the stores are full of strawberries and other fruit right now. I like to find some good fruit and make jam or jelly at this time. Here is a link to a great resource that will give a step by step process along with a lot of good ideas. This page is all about cooked jelly.
http://www.pickyourown.org/jam.htm
This is a great recipe for frozen jam
http://www.food.com/recipe/freezer-strawberry-jam-31972
In these financially tough times, preserving food is great way to stretch your budget and let your family help with a task that will reward them. If you want to limit the amount of sugar or use a sugar substitute, there are ways to do that do. Pectin is made from apples so if you cannot find pectin you can always add some apples to your recipe. This is also a good way to limit sugar.
Go out a find a Farmers Market or pick up some fruit and make some jelly or jam. You will be glad you did.
http://www.pickyourown.org/jam.htm
This is a great recipe for frozen jam
http://www.food.com/recipe/freezer-strawberry-jam-31972
In these financially tough times, preserving food is great way to stretch your budget and let your family help with a task that will reward them. If you want to limit the amount of sugar or use a sugar substitute, there are ways to do that do. Pectin is made from apples so if you cannot find pectin you can always add some apples to your recipe. This is also a good way to limit sugar.
Go out a find a Farmers Market or pick up some fruit and make some jelly or jam. You will be glad you did.
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
French Onioin Soup
Yes I know it is hotter than the Hinges of Hell. But a friend of mine got some bad news. So in honor of her I told her that would blog about her favorite soup.
The thing to remember when you make French Onion soup is that the onions need to cook slowly. It is very similar to caramelizing them. Also remember that onions do cook down so be afraid to put a lot in the pan. I always use Olive oil AND butter to cook them. The other tip is to use Cognac to deglaze the pan. Be Careful!! It will flame up! I also use a combination of beef stock and chicken stock. Some people will use vela stock, but honestly, I prefer the other combination.
I will post my recipe in the future, but for now just think about a cold day and a hot bowl of French Onion Soup with a nice crouton of sourdough a topped with a slice of Swiss cheese
The thing to remember when you make French Onion soup is that the onions need to cook slowly. It is very similar to caramelizing them. Also remember that onions do cook down so be afraid to put a lot in the pan. I always use Olive oil AND butter to cook them. The other tip is to use Cognac to deglaze the pan. Be Careful!! It will flame up! I also use a combination of beef stock and chicken stock. Some people will use vela stock, but honestly, I prefer the other combination.
I will post my recipe in the future, but for now just think about a cold day and a hot bowl of French Onion Soup with a nice crouton of sourdough a topped with a slice of Swiss cheese
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