Ice
Cream
Eating ice cream in winter? Why not? People have been known to down fiery hot red chilli peppers in foods like chilli con carne, pizzas, pasta, and stews during the summer. In fact, ice cream has paved the way for other ice-based preparations into easy desserts such as frozen yogurt that uses fat-free dairy products, the ice cream sandwich that has an ice cream filling between two soft biscuit-like cookies, the ubiquitous popsicle made of fruit juice frozen on a stick, sorbets which don’t use any dairy products but only pureed or liquefied fruits, and halo-halo from the Philippines made from shaved ice, milk, sugar, and boiled fruits like bananas, sweet potatoes and jackfruit, and kidney or pinto beans. Some of the most delicious homemade ice cream recipes that you can make even during winter include toasted pecan and peach, cherry and bourbon, and key lime pie, which you can find online and in cookbooks. When you do experiment, don’t forget that you can use cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, ginger, all kinds of nuts, dried, fresh and candied fruits, rose petals, lime, orange and lemon zest, dessicated coconut, cornflakes, oats, and even jellies and preserves to give your homemade ice creams a special touch.