Awards Moderator Onyx2 Posted November 13, 2023 Awards Moderator Share Posted November 13, 2023 I bought that book this year from a charity shop Rick. Even if you don't make the ice cream the cookie recipe is really good. B&J ice cream base recipe is nice, but I find a prefer a custard-base ice cream. More creamy and luxurious, though ruinously fattening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members tiger_rick Posted November 13, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted November 13, 2023 10 minutes ago, Onyx2 said: I bought that book this year from a charity shop Rick. Even if you don't make the ice cream the cookie recipe is really good. B&J ice cream base recipe is nice, but I find a prefer a custard-base ice cream. More creamy and luxurious, though ruinously fattening. When I've seen people making Ice Cream on YouTube, it's normally been with a custard base. There are three different bases in the book and in my memory, one of them was a custard one, but when I dug it out, it turned out they are two different cream bases and one with condensed milk. I'm gonna do a couple of different ones from the book, definitely the cookie dough, which I'll also make the cookies with, before I try something more adventurous. Out of interest, I spent £1.30 on cream, the chocolate was £1.25, Oreos 89p and 75p worth of Eggs and around 60p worth of sugar. Not sure about the extracts and Milk as quite a small amount of each, relatively, but I'd estimate around 50p for them. So £4.49 for about 1.3l of Ice Cream. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathrey Posted November 13, 2023 Share Posted November 13, 2023 (edited) Is the B&J book good? I had no idea of its existence, may have to track it down. Â The ice cream looks pretty good Rick, I've never tried making my own but think I may give it a go Edited November 13, 2023 by deathrey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awards Moderator Onyx2 Posted November 13, 2023 Awards Moderator Share Posted November 13, 2023 3 hours ago, deathrey said: Is the B&J book good? I had no idea of its existence, may have to track it down. Â The ice cream looks pretty good Rick, I've never tried making my own but think I may give it a go It's much better than you think it would be, with lots of discussion about what goes into good ice cream and company history too. I got mine in a charity shop. There are plenty of second hand copies floating around eg WOB Go check out Polar Ice Creamery on YouTube who really knows his stuff and likes to make B&J knock offs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted November 13, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted November 13, 2023 Surprised you didn't post this, @Onyx2Â - genuinely a good watch: Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted November 13, 2023 Share Posted November 13, 2023 20 minutes ago, Carbomb said: Surprised you didn't post this, @Onyx2 - genuinely a good watch: He’s far too modest for that!  But yeah Onyx, you’re super talented and make what seems daunting very approachable for novices.  Real niche stuff here. My girlfriend has a sensory processing disorder, as a result all sauces I use in cooking have to be blended which isn’t an issue. She’s recently discovered that mango is used in a lot of south East Asian dishes and is intrigued by this, but cannot eat anything coconut, so anything with coconut milk is a no no. Would I be ok just adding mango purée to base gravy as a substitute? It wouldn’t be the same but could it work with a few spices? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted November 13, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted November 13, 2023 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Keith Houchen said: He’s far too modest for that!  But yeah Onyx, you’re super talented and make what seems daunting very approachable for novices.  Real niche stuff here. My girlfriend has a sensory processing disorder, as a result all sauces I use in cooking have to be blended which isn’t an issue. She’s recently discovered that mango is used in a lot of south East Asian dishes and is intrigued by this, but cannot eat anything coconut, so anything with coconut milk is a no no. Would I be ok just adding mango purée to base gravy as a substitute? It wouldn’t be the same but could it work with a few spices? Depends on what you'd be adding the coconut for - if it's for thickening, you could just add the usual slurry of cornflour dissolved in cold water, or, if she's gluten intolerant, arrowroot dissolved in cold water. Edited November 13, 2023 by Carbomb Had a complete wingus-and-dingus moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BigJag Posted November 13, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted November 13, 2023 (edited) Hmmmm. The Mango in East Indian dishes is a powdered ingredient, Amchoor. I think a puree may be too sweet and fruity. Worth a try though. Edited November 13, 2023 by BigJag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted November 13, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted November 13, 2023 5 minutes ago, BigJag said: Hmmmm. The Mango in East Indian dishes is a powdered ingredient, Amchoor. He doesn't need you to be sure, he needs you to know for certain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Gus Mears Posted November 13, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted November 13, 2023 Fine Monday plate this. Changed up my mushroom sauce and parmentier recipe, both to better results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awards Moderator Onyx2 Posted November 14, 2023 Awards Moderator Share Posted November 14, 2023 Many thanks @Carbomb @Keith Houchen. I wouldn't post that recipe anyway as it's oddly specific and not for everyone. Fun fact, the fried egg in the thumbnail is an AI image. @tiger_rick here is Heston's base vanilla recipe I usually start from: 20 hours ago, Keith Houchen said: Would I be ok just adding mango purée to base gravy as a substitute? It wouldn’t be the same but could it work with a few spices? In a helpless and hopeless piece of cultural appropriation, I often add mango chutney to my curries just before I add say, tinned tomatoes (I did this only last week). You could then cook this all out to taste, blend then return to the pan for finishing. You get the mangoeyness (real word, look it up) plus additional spicing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathrey Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 I am disgusted at that revelation @Onyx2. On behalf of all Punjabi's I condemn you. Â Â Â Carry on as you were. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awards Moderator Onyx2 Posted November 14, 2023 Awards Moderator Share Posted November 14, 2023 22 minutes ago, deathrey said: I am disgusted at that revelation @Onyx2. On behalf of all Punjabi's I condemn you. Â Â Â Carry on as you were. My work were doing a BYO 'food of black origin' event organised by the race and diversity committee. Many people asked if I was going to bring something, but how could I, as the most Warburtons of white men whose lineage has never left the Eastern counties of England as far as I can tell, rock up with his goat jollof? "This is how you do it." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted November 14, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted November 14, 2023 The irony of Jamie Oliver's face on something labelled "punchy jerk" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted November 14, 2023 Moderators Share Posted November 14, 2023 (edited) I did at first think it was a photoshop like the classic 'prick with a fork' one..  It's a really old picture of him though either way. Edited November 14, 2023 by Chest Rockwell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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