Glace a la Fraise

Posted by Nerdyy

It's summer aka ICE CREAM TIME!

Today's edition covers the recipe for the yummiest home made ice cream ever.

2 cups heavy cream
1 cup milk
5 egg yolks
2 cups fresh strawberries
1/2 cup sugar
1 tbsp vanilla extract
1 ice cream maker (Necessary)

Mix cream and milk and sugar and bring to almost a boil over heat (about 185F). Turn off the heat,  beat the five egg yolks. Transfer the heated milk and cream one spoon at a time to temper the egg yolks, to make sure you don't end up with scrambled eggs. Keep stirring the egg and warm milk mix. When the eggs and milk+cream are almost the same temp, pour the egg and cream mix back into the rest of the milk and cream. Keep stirring, add vanilla extract. Take off heat at approximately 200F. One good indicator is when the mixture thickens to coat the back of a spoon.

Pour the milk cream egg mix into a bowl and place bowl into an ice bath. Grind the strawberries into a coarse smoothie consistency, when the milk cream mix has cooled, add and mix the pureed strawberries to the milk cream mix, gently folding it in so it becomes a pinkish mix. Keep in fridge for about 3 hours to chill.

The ice cream maker has to be appropriately chilled, check the directions. Mine needs to be kept in the freezer for the bowl to freeze. Once ready pour the chilled mix into the ice cream maker and turn on according to directions.


Churnin"
The ice cream maker basically churns the mix to add air into the mixture, while at the same time the sides of the liquid freeze and the paddle collects the frozen bits so slowly the mix freezes and becomes fluffy. About 20-30 mins. Gently scoop out the ice cream into a tupperware or other freezer safe bowl, and cover tightly. 


Looks yummy the next day! Its not going to be exactly the store bought stuff or the artisinal stuff, but it is homemade and tastes great!

OK that's it from this weekend in Chez Nerdyy or Casa Nerdyy, however you wish to call it!

California Dreamin'

Posted by Nerdyy

"Hello can you hear me?"

Tbt June 27 2019, Carmel CA, two thirds done on an epic 28 day road trip, a reminder to me that I really need to move here.

Also blooms of gorjus, i mean how can you not stare!

Baked Chickpeas, Olives, and Feta

Posted by Nerdyy

Guess who is back midweek, Bitch (and I say that in the most platonically loving tone!) - well there is this recipe I HAD TO SHARE!

1 can chickpeas rinsed (use turkish or israeli chickpeas, tend to be crisper)
1/3 lb feta cheese
1 cup Kalamata olives pitted
2 roma tomatoes diced
2 cloves garlic crushed
a bunch of radish greens (sharp tasting, in this case home grown - of course), chopped
a bunch of mint (also home grown), chopped
3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

Pour oil in oven safe dish, along with crushed garlic and roast in a 300F oven for about 10 mins, the garlic will smell heavenly. Put in all the other ingredients in the bowl, arranging them artistically (!!), isn't that the point?
Bake for about 25 mins. Take out of oven and sprinkle some mint leaves on top.



Seriously, this reminded me of the early artistic works of my favorite food porn creator, in later months she has moved on to creating color and texture separations between different foods.

Bon Apetit, mon ami!