After inheriting strawberries and raspberries on Plot No.2 and thinking ahead to those warm, balmy (ahem) days of summer, what to do with said berries became the subject of much brain bashing. I like jam but not all the time.
Son came up with the solution - ice cream.
So, being bitten by the ice cream bug early, I dug out my ice cream maker - a cheap thing I bought about 8 years ago but only used once. Plugged it in, turned it on and it made a grinding noise and stopped. Oh well. It wasn't a very good one in the first place.
Now the proud owner of a new Kenwood Gelato M200. Tried it for the first time tonight and made mint chocolate chip ice cream. None of your chemical rubbish here and not for anyone on a diet. Lucky for us, both son and myself are very slim built so never have to worry about weight.
It's quite a small machine but probably a good size for just the two of us.
I can see this little machine is going to be used a lot. I particularly like sorbets when it's hot and a nice lemon recipe came with the instruction book.
Now...where did I put the coolbox...?
