It all started with my desire to make a buttermilk ice cream. The first home made ice cream of the season!
The only size carton that was available when we went shopping was the 2-litre. I wasn't sure what I would do with all of it, but I bought it anyway with vague promises to my husband of buttermilk scones and pancakes for breakfast.
I used it all up in record time though, so he never did get his pancakes.
But that's okay.
Because what he did get was:
- 1 litre buttermilk, orange and cardamom ice cream
- 1 litre dark chocolate and cinnamon ice cream
- 300 grams gorgeous soft ricotta (which got made into some amazing pasta)
- and a big ole bowl of crispy proscuitto, green pea and dill potato salad....
And that, my friends, is how you use up 2 litres of buttermilk in one afternoon.
recipes to follow shortly...
PS - if, like me, you can totally justify buying and using a kilo of proscuitto, check out the Italian Centre Shop on the South side. They have a little meat ends section where you can buy approximately 1-kilo pieces of proscuitto (unsliced) for $9.98/kilo! I just keep mine in the freezer and shave slices off with my super sharp Global knife whenever I need some, which is practically daily in my house. It's way easier to slice thinly if it's mostly frozen. I also sometimes buy their meat ends packs. For about 5 bucks you get enough random Italian deli meats to chop up for 3 amazing, meaty pizzas! Yum.
Amazing, but what about ice creams recipes ? I'm interested in both ! Shortly, really ?
Posted by: Tiuscha | May 24, 2007 at 01:42 AM