Ice cream sauce
Discussion
After years of buying premium ice cream (and f
king enjoying it, don't get me wrong) I'm kind of realising that it can be as much as five times as expensive as a decent everyday vanilla ice cream (e.g. Mackies). But you can dress it up with other stuff, so what quality ice cream sauces are out there? The supermarkets only really ever have that Treat stuff which while undeniably chocolate tasting probably isn't the pinnacle of sauce engineering.
king enjoying it, don't get me wrong) I'm kind of realising that it can be as much as five times as expensive as a decent everyday vanilla ice cream (e.g. Mackies). But you can dress it up with other stuff, so what quality ice cream sauces are out there? The supermarkets only really ever have that Treat stuff which while undeniably chocolate tasting probably isn't the pinnacle of sauce engineering.ScotHill said:
After years of buying premium ice cream (and fking enjoying it, don't get me wrong) I'm kind of realising that it can be as much as five times as expensive as a decent everyday vanilla ice cream (e.g. Mackies). But you can dress it up with other stuff, so what quality ice cream sauces are out there? The supermarkets only really ever have that Treat stuff which while undeniably chocolate tasting probably isn't the pinnacle of sauce engineering.
I love old school lime syrupking enjoying it, don't get me wrong) I'm kind of realising that it can be as much as five times as expensive as a decent everyday vanilla ice cream (e.g. Mackies). But you can dress it up with other stuff, so what quality ice cream sauces are out there? The supermarkets only really ever have that Treat stuff which while undeniably chocolate tasting probably isn't the pinnacle of sauce engineering.
If I've got any over ripe bananas, and don't want to make another banana bread, I freeze them, then mash them up in a cheap vanilla ice cream, tastes great.
Also my wife will sometimes order a Mcdonalds pancake delivery for the kids on a weekend, the Hotcake syrup sauce that comes with it is saved in the fridge, that is lovely too.
Also my wife will sometimes order a Mcdonalds pancake delivery for the kids on a weekend, the Hotcake syrup sauce that comes with it is saved in the fridge, that is lovely too.
Waitrose do a nice raspberry and vanilla coulis which is works well for this. It's in a glass bottle, usually on the shelves in the sweet home baking section.
Edit: this stuff https://www.waitrose.com/ecom/products/waitrose-ra...
Edit: this stuff https://www.waitrose.com/ecom/products/waitrose-ra...
Edited by Dr Slotter on Tuesday 22 November 14:00
tomsugden said:
I make a chocolate sauce sometimes. Melt a knob of butter in a pan then add about 3 spoons of golden syrup and a couple of spoons of drinking chocolate. Stir until everything is combined and pour over ice cream.
My mum used to make this when I was a kid, very simple and very good!Pitre said:
Whatever happened to that chocolate sauce that went solid when squirted onto ice cream? Don't see it anywhere now. Ice Magic?
Askey's Crackin Sauce is probably the nearest thing available now, a couple of different flavours. It's a syrup that hardens to a shell as soon as it touches a cold surface, so can also be used to seal burst pipes in winter.ScotHill said:
Pitre said:
Whatever happened to that chocolate sauce that went solid when squirted onto ice cream? Don't see it anywhere now. Ice Magic?
Askey's Crackin Sauce is probably the nearest thing available now, a couple of different flavours. It's a syrup that hardens to a shell as soon as it touches a cold surface, so can also be used to seal burst pipes in winter.
ScotHill said:
Pitre said:
Whatever happened to that chocolate sauce that went solid when squirted onto ice cream? Don't see it anywhere now. Ice Magic?
Askey's Crackin Sauce is probably the nearest thing available now, a couple of different flavours. It's a syrup that hardens to a shell as soon as it touches a cold surface, so can also be used to seal burst pipes in winter.200g chocolate (preferably 70% cocoa solids)
30ml refined coconut oil
Melt together over a double boiler, stirring. Use while hot / warm, obviously. The coconut oil makes the 'crack'.
ScotHill said:
After years of buying premium ice cream (and fking enjoying it, don't get me wrong) I'm kind of realising that it can be as much as five times as expensive as a decent everyday vanilla ice cream (e.g. Mackies). But you can dress it up with other stuff, so what quality ice cream sauces are out there? The supermarkets only really ever have that Treat stuff which while undeniably chocolate tasting probably isn't the pinnacle of sauce engineering.
Slightly O/T but what premium vanilla ice creams cost up to 5x more than Mackies? I know this is PH but I rather naively thought Mackies was on the more premium end of the spectrum?king enjoying it, don't get me wrong) I'm kind of realising that it can be as much as five times as expensive as a decent everyday vanilla ice cream (e.g. Mackies). But you can dress it up with other stuff, so what quality ice cream sauces are out there? The supermarkets only really ever have that Treat stuff which while undeniably chocolate tasting probably isn't the pinnacle of sauce engineering.Quhet said:
Slightly O/T but what premium vanilla ice creams cost up to 5x more than Mackies? I know this is PH but I rather naively thought Mackies was on the more premium end of the spectrum?
Sorry, just premium ice creams in general, not vanilla - was going to buy a 500ml tub of Hackney Gelato hazelnut for £5 when I saw it was £1 per 100ml and Mackies was 20p per 100ml, for a 2 litre tub. I'm guessing Haagen Dazs vanilla is going to be about £4, so still four times more expensive.I've stopped buying cheaper ice cream than that though, it doesn't taste as good, the mouth feel isn't as good, and stuff like the Carte D'Or or Tescos own in the rounded tubs just disappears in no time because it's light as f
k.I've also made my own ice cream, although I have to promise myself to give half of the batch away otherwise I spend the weekend comatose!
Quhet said:
Slightly O/T but what premium vanilla ice creams cost up to 5x more than Mackies? I know this is PH but I rather naively thought Mackies was on the more premium end of the spectrum?
Maybe not 5x more expensive but Häagen-Dazs and Ben & Jerry's is a fair bit more expensive than Mackie's around here. ShampooEfficient said:
It's impossible for me to resist Aldi and Lidl's "premium" tubs. I'm a boring old git so vanilla is my favourite but the strawberry cheesecake one is also divine.
Sauce wise... What about a bit of posh chocolate broken into the bowl with a drizzle of double cream?
Too crunchy, and the cream would be wasted, it would just blend in with the ice cream. I like the idea of heating the cream with sugar and a bit of other stuff to make a sauce though.Sauce wise... What about a bit of posh chocolate broken into the bowl with a drizzle of double cream?
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