Ice Cream Ice Cream....

A busy day in the kitchen kicking off with some granary bread then Ballymaloe’s ‘very rich and very delicious’ egg mousse based ice cream. Whisked up yolks, then added a boiling sugar syrup, and some vanilla essence until it becomes a thick, white mousse. Finally a pint of softly whipped cream is folded in. The milk and cream from this morning's milking going through the seperator outside the kitchen....

Paired the ice cream with poached pears and chocolate sauce for ‘Poires Belle Helene’, which I was fully intending on taking a picture of, but it got eaten fairly quickly, camera forgotten in pocket. But I do have a picture of the still-delicious surplus we’re using for pear and frangipine tart on Thursday…



Was volunteered up by my teacher to do the pickled beetroot, which wasn’t the most exciting thing on the menu and resulted in a pair of pink hands for the day, but glad I did in the end…

Actually pretty good, and the pickle not as overpowering as I thought it'd be. The secret to pickling is apparently white wine vinegar, malt is a major no-no! Lastly, I've been meaning to take a picture of this romanesco broccoli for weeks, how clever is nature for creating such a beautiful, edible 'logarithmic spiral'?!

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