Riot and Frolic

If you like to cook or bake and you don't follow Food52 (likewise with The Kitchn), you're missing out.  They constantly churn out great tips, recipes, and pretty gadgetry to inspire your daily dining.  

Recently, there was the mind-blowing link to a fuss-free ice cream recipe by Nigella Lawson; a recipe that promised four ingredients, a maximum 10 minutes of effort, and an amazing frozen confection a few hours of freezing later.  

SOLD.

The news came right after my beloved Coffee Heath Bar Crunch from Ben & Jerry's got a makeover in favor of non-GMO toffee bars.  

Now.  You know.  Non-GMO = fantastic.  I mean, really.  I'm  a big fan of non-GMO products and just real food in general.  

But SOME THINGS SHOULD NOT BE MESSED WITH. 

LIKE MY ICE CREAM.  

The new toffee pieces that B&J are using are more burnt and less buttery and I was sad, so the possibility of creating my own coffee HEATH BAR ice cream at home was EXHILARATING after spotting this recipe by Nigella.

The recipe is almost too easy; there was even a trip to the liquor store to make things merrier.  Pour the four ingredients in the Kitchenaid mixer bowl, turn on the mixer to a medium speed for about 5 minutes, and put the contents in a fancy-ish bowl to pop in the freezer.

6 hours or so later, I dig in.

Y'all, it was really good.  Rich, creamy, coffee-y.  

But about 4 spoonfuls in, I called it a day.  

WHAT FUN IS THAT?!

I mean, if I open a pint of ice cream, I fully expect more than half of it to be gone [4 servings my ass] when I am sated.  

Two weeks later, I sadly left the remaining contents in the sink to melt down the drain.  Because what kind of sick pint of ice cream sits in the freezer for two weeks?

No pint I've ever known.

On the plus side, if I were to serve it a la Italy, on adorbs little brioche buns to a dinner party or some grand gathering, I would totally make the recipe again.  It would be the most impressive, easy, delicious, fattening dessert!

P.S.: if you think I'm not making the no-churn pomegranate ice cream, you'd be wrong.  Because POMEGRANATE.

P.S.S.: there's also rumor of a gin-and-tonic inspired version, sooooo, there's that.

Three years ago: LLLL, in which I'm hot.