Ice Cream Addiction
So my ice cream addiction continues and my love affair with David Lebovitz’s book, “The Perfect Scoop“, keeps getting stronger and stronger. I tried out these two new recipes for a cooking class that I taught yesterday…more photos and recipes will come later with that posting, but for now I thought I’d wet your appetite by posting these two delicious recipes. I wanted to try one recipe that was rich and sinful and another recipe that was fruity and lighter, so my choices were “Chocolate-Peanut Butter Ice Cream” and “Apricot-Pistachio Ice Cream”. Both of these in my opinion were winners. Hands down everyone was more obsessed with trying to get a taste of the Chocolate-Peanut Butter one, but can you blame them…just hearing the title makes me want to make another pint. However to be fair, I thought that the Apricot-Pistachio one was quite yummy too. If you are an apricot lover then this one would be a huge winner for you! So enough chattering…here are the recipes!
Apricot-Pistachio Ice Cream
5 ounces dried California apricots, quartered
¾ cup white wine, sweet
½ cup shelled unsalted pistachio nuts
2/3 cup sugar
2 cups half-and-half
A few drops of lemon juice
In a small saucepan, warm the apricot pieces in the wine. Simmer for 5 minutes, cover, remove from the heat, and let stand for 1 hour. Coarsely chop the pistachio nuts.
Puree the apricots in a blender with the sugar, half-and-half, and lemon juice until smooth.
Chill the mixture thoroughly in the refrigerator, then freeze it in your ice cream makers according to the manufacturer’s directions. During the last few minutes of churning, add the chopped pistachio nuts.
Chocolate-Peanut Butter Ice Cream
2 cups half-and-half
¼ cup unsweetened Dutch-processed cocoa powder
½ cup sugar
Pinch of salt
½ cup smooth peanut butter
Whisk together the first four ingredients in a large saucepan. Heat the mixture, whisking frequently, until it comes to a full, rolling boil. Remove from the heat and whisk the peanut butter in until thoroughly combined.
Chill the mixture thoroughly in the refrigerator, then freeze it in your ice cream makers according to the manufacturer’s directions.
I would love to hear which one you would choose!
Apricot Pistachio. No question. I just happen to have some dried apricots! ;0
I would choose the Chocolate-Peanut Butter. My husband loves peanut butter and I love chocolate, so it’s perfect. I think I will make it for him tomorrow!
Thanks for sharing the recipes! And just in time, it’s getting hot outside. They both look great, I’m sure they taste wonderful too. Lebovitz’s recipes always work!
I have an ice cream addiction too and that looks like heaven.
Oh, my! Do I have to choose? If pressed, I’d pick the chocolate-peanut butter, but the apricot sounds (and looks) lovely too.
Hey Gilrie-
Wow! They both look so yummy!! I would have to choose the chocolate and peanut butter! I am a sucker for a Resse’s Peanut Butter Cup!! You are imspiring me to bust out my ice cream maker!!
These look and sound even better….choco-pb..yummy.
They both look fantastic, but I can’t think of a better combination than Apricot and Pistachio.
Perfect!
Oh, I am totally making that chocolate peanut butter ice cream, that looks decadent!!
I’d definitely go for the apricot pistachio ice cream. Somehow I’ve never really liked chocolate ice cream. But maybe that’s because I never had really good one
Zowie,
It’s ice-cream seaon again! I love how that pistachio apricot combination looks! It’s gorgeous! I’m going to have to haul out the ice cream maker soon too!
I am an ice cream addict as well and chocolate peanut butter sounds so decadent, rich, creamy… yummy!
that’s easy! pb & chocolate…………..MMMM!
chocolate peanut in a heartbeat. i love, love, love The Perfect Scoop. Every recipe I have tried so far has been excellent!!!
Chocolate peanut butter is brilliant. I have never understood why I can’t go to the supermarket and get this flavor!
Summer is here and with it my appetite for ice cream is coming too:) I love the combination or apricots and pistachios. Sounds delicious! I yet have to buy myself an ice cream maker:(
Both of these ice creams look really good!
I just keep chocolate peanut butter ice cream in my freezer the whole summer and sneak in for spoonfuls constantly. It’s probably not such a great habit for bathing suit season, but I can’t help it.
I adore David Lebovitz! The Perfect Scoop is one of my current top 10 reasons to love summer. Both of ice creams look fantastic, but I would definitely have to try the apricot-pistachio. I am a total sucker for new flavors. I live in Long Beach too, where do you give classes?
Thanks for posting this. It looked so yummy I went ahead and tried out the chocolate peanut butter. YUM! We also sprinkled some Reese’s PB cups chopped up on top. I can’t wait to eat some more.
Thank you so much! Peanut Butter and Chocolate ice cream is my favorite, so I made that, and loved it.
It’s really peanut buttery, and it was kind of wierd eating something that looked like chocolate ice cream, and tasting peanut butter, but it was still delicious!