Christmas Pudding Icecream Recipe

I've finally got around to posting my Christmas Pudding Ice Cream recipe on my website: http://www.katspace.org/gusto/recipes/Christmas_Pudding_Ice_Cream/

I've made it on previous Christmases, and my family seemed to like it. There are two kinds of "Christmas Pudding Ice Cream" that I've come across: one is where one takes vanilla ice cream and mixes in pieces of Christmas Pudding (and/or dried fruit) and re-freezes it. That's the most common kind. The other kind is where one makes the ice-cream oneself, with an ice-cream maker. My recipe is the latter kind. It was based on a recipe I found on the net (which has since vanished) but I tweaked it quite a bit.

My secret ingredient? Oats. Pureed and soaked and pureed again, one gets a thick and creamy "goop" which gives the ice cream a pudding/cake undertone. The yoghurt lightens that up again. And of course the dried fruit and brandy and honey and spices give it the delicous flavours.

Christmas Squee

THANK YOU to reynardo for the Christmas card (featuring Severus and Lucius and a ... rhyme) which was delightful. Thank you!

Also, Youngest Niece is staying with me as part of the Family Christmas migration. There was much shuffling around as we discovered there had been a communication breakdown as to who was staying where, but it's all sorted now.

My holiday starts tomorrow.
( plans )