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February 27, 2014

Earl Grey Ice Cream with Chocolate TrufflesThis photo will have to do for now 🙂
(I keep forgetting to snap one of the ice cream!)

 

My good friend David (I wish) has a lovely ice cream book that I turn to for fantastic flavor ideas whenever I’m ready to get my ice cream on, which is always. One particularly well-loved page is the one titled Black Currant Tea Ice Cream. He says I can use Earl Grey or oolong tea instead, so I do. He also suggests pairing it with Dark Chocolate Truffles, so I did. It’s divine.

Ben and I recently went to an event at Smitten Ice Cream, the trendy liquid nitrogen ice cream spot that just opened up in Los Altos, and got to sample several scoops of ice cream, including generous portions of their Earl Grey with Milk Chocolate. Long story short, Ben likes my (er, David’s) Earl Grey with Dark Chocolate Truffles better than theirs. Done.

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February 27, 2014

My favorite kind of truffle is simply a chilled ganache dipped in chocolate, so naturally I would enjoy a version of this as a chunky mix-in for ice cream! David Lebovitz has this great recipe that includes some alcohol and corn syrup, which helps keep them soft and pliable for scooping in ice cream. I like to drop these into his Earl Grey Tea ice cream, and imagine they would be good paired with other ice cream flavors such as coffee, vanilla bean, or anything else that goes well with chocolate!

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