Last week, ice cream makers all over the world were brought out of hibernation to make Honey-Peach Ice Cream, our Tuesdays with Dorie selection du jour. Although we've had really iffy June weather here in Connecticut - rain, followed by a smattering of sunshine, then more rain - I was more than ready to kick off ice cream season with my trusty Cuisinart and this recipe, chosen by Tommi at Brown Interior. You can find the recipe on her blog, in addition to great photography and pithy verse.
What you won't find here is a picture (sorry). I brought the finished ice cream to a friend's house for a moms' group meeting. A child psychologist came to answer our child development questions, such as "Why are four-year-olds so frigging annoying sometimes?" and "Am I a bad mother for wanting to hide in my closet sometimes?" As she explained the mysteries of young children to us, we ate the ice cream, and I didn't get a picture. I'm sure any other picture on anyone else's blog will be aptly descriptive, and probably much better executed than anything I could have done.
If you don't own an ice cream maker, start scavenging tag sales and find a cheap one so you can make this ice cream. Don't let the lack of good local peaches stop you, either. I could only find rock-hard Southern peaches in my supermarket. I know that you Southerners and Westerners are enjoying fabulous stone fruit right now, and I don't begrudge you for it. But I also know that you're sending the really questionable fruit up to the Northeast and saving the good stuff for yourselves. I can't blame you. In a couple of months, we'll have good Connecticut peaches. But for now...frozen peaches will have to do.
This ice cream...what can I say? It was incredible. I used tupelo honey from the Savannah Bee Company, and the honey flavor didn't overwhelm at all. I didn't care for the little icy specks of peaches which were folded in at the end of the freezing process, and would probably just puree them all next time. But that's a very minor complaint. I loved this ice cream and will make it again. Thank you, Tommi!
Next week: Coconut-Roasted Pineapple Dacquoise, selected by Andrea of Andrea in the Kitchen (pages 293-295)
Last week: Parisian Apple Tartlets
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
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LOL on your comments about 4 year olds, been there done that! ;) As for the ice cram, I'm really glad you liked it. I don't like peaches so I opted for plums, but alas it was horribly bitter and I had to throw it out :(
Okay...so why are 4 y/o's so freaking annoying sometimes?!? :o) Good to know that when I hide in my closest, I'm not alone as well. Glad everyone enjoyed the ice cream. IT was some good stuff.
I wish I had been able to attend that meeting!
I would have sent you my peaches - we don't eat them in my house!
Hahaha they should share their stone fruits! The ice cream looks great! And I missed that step about folding in the peaches at the last minute ... and I am glad I did! haha! Glad you enjoyed it!
I think I'll just stick to chocolate.
Sounds like you ice cream was a big hit. Glad you enjoyed. And don't worry, four year olds grow up... to be sixteen years olds... oh, well...
I'm the ice cream was a success. I'm absolutely a strong believer in the necessity of an ice cream maker in every kitchen. :P
I didn't get to use the Southern Peaches we have here in GA - none of the "men" in my house will eat them. I used GA blueberries instead! And YUM....
Oh - I made mine without a ice cream maker, it wasn't as hard as I thought.....
Yours was better than mine...or perhaps it as just the thrill of eating it outside at night in darkness that made it better...hmm..
4 year olds are annoying?! Having never had children, I thought it was me, but now I see mothers sometimes think so, too. I bet your ice cream provided just the calming influence that was needed in such an important gathering!
Is it alright to hide in the closet from my 18 year old???
Great treat for THAT kind of meeting.
And not all of us southerners have great peaches. Not for another 3/4 weeks anyway!!!
Late to the party, but I wanted to second the vote for a *used* ice cream maker . . .
I got mine via Craigslist last summer and I spent about $10 on a $50 machine. It works like a charm, and maybe someday I'll spend money on something bigger and better, now that I know I actually enjoy using one!!
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