Lou Decruss wrote:

On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:26:25 -0500, Sky
wrote:

Lou Decruss wrote on 6/23/2008 14:08 :
(snippers)

I made the following over the weekend. The second batch I used a
drained can of mandarin oranges instead of the strawberries. I liked
the orange the best. It was just like the orange creamsicles I loved
as a kid.

Lou

strawberry ice cream Gourmet | August 1997

Makes 1 quart.
ingredients
3/4 pound strawberries (about 1 pint)
8 ounces cream cheese, softened
3/4 cup sugar
1 cup milk
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup heavy cream
preparation
Coarsely chop strawberries and in a blender purée with all remaining
ingredients except cream just until smooth. Stir in cream and freeze
mixture in an ice-cream maker. Transfer ice cream to an airtight
container and put in freezer to harden. Ice cream may be made 1 week
ahead.

How do y'all think the above recipe can be converted to make chocolate
ice cream? What about coffee ice cream? Or, a combination of the two -
mocha ice cream G? I realize the substitutions are fairly easy - it's
the proportions of the flavoring ingredients that I can't guess.

Good lard this is funny. Louise left not 5 minutes ago to get heavy
cream so I can make a batch. She needs a desert for tomorrows lunch
at work, and she got some peaches last night that are riper than she
thought. So that's the plan. I'm very curious to see the replies you
get here!! I really like the cream cheese in this recipe and It's
sooo easy.

Lou

It's the cream cheese that intrigued me, too. I so wanna try to make
this recipe But, I don't have enough peaches or strawberries on hand
right at this moment, but I always have cream, cream cheese, chocolate,
and coffee on hand ; So, I thought this recipe would work wonderfully
with chocolate - if I only knew the appropriate proportions of chocolate
to melt, etc. Not to mention, what sort of chocolate, much less which
brand G.

Sky

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