Green Tea Ice cream

I bought an ice cream maker attachment for my kitchen-aid mixer..


I bought it so that I could make green tea ice cream, which is not readily available...
When I went for sushi with my family over Christmas, my nephew, four years old, ordered this ice cream and I tried some and wanted it ever since.

Making ice cream without a machine is a pain in the neck..

Anyways, the recipe for the Green tea ice cream is simple:
just 2 egg yolks mixed with 5 tablespoons of sugar in a pan
then pour 3/4 of a cup of milk in and mix...
turn the heat on low and heat it until it thickens stirring constantly...
at this point, you should have already (haha) um, mixed a tablespoon of matcha tea (green tea powder) with three tablespoons of boiling water and mix well.

so when the egg mixture has cooled, immerse the bottom of the pot in ice water, (i used snow, haha) and when its cooled, ad the matcha mixture, still with the pot in the ice.. When that's cool, then fold in 3/4 heavy cream, whipped...

then you just put it in your machine and follow their directions-- it took me 20 minutes, then i put it in the freezer in a tupperwear to get nice and hard.

You can also make any ice cream really without a machine, you just have to take it out of the freezer and stir it like every half hour... like I said, its a pain in the neck.


Oh, but this ice cream is divine. Not too sweet, not too heavy, leaves you wanting more.
mmm.. you'd better make a double batch if you go through with it.

Pecan Pie

My brother and I had pie night.



He made a tourtière and I made this pecan pie!
The crust was one frozen, leftover from pumpkin pie at Christmas... And a little tough.
But other than that, I think it worked.

I served it with whipped cream. I'm learning.

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Well, it's been a while since my last post, but just so you know, I DID bake over Christmas break.. These are some pictures from my birthday party in December..



Shrimp Cocktail is always nice at parties.. but you usually end up with someone like me who winds up eating all of the shrimp. An excellent dip is simply mayonnaise mixed with a few dollops of Chili Sauce... its simple and delicious! dip dip.


These be pecan fingers.. A classic Christmas cookie in my family.


And these are shortbread, another classic and Ginger snaps, which I started making last year and are very easy to make and snappy and delicious.

The table is missing something key... punch. A great punch recipe, which I serve at all my gatherings is a bottle of sprite, a bottle of cheap, unsweetened sparkling wine.. I mean, you can use the good stuff if you want, but its not necessary. Then however much Gin you want.. Its nice when you get enough to give the punch a good kick, but not enough to make it taste very boozy...
Then top it off with a bag of frozen raspberries.. its a hit. try it.