Gourmet Ice Cream
Discussion
Armchair_Expert said:
I dunno, that whippy multi coloured gelato stuff you get from italian food supermarkets looks ghastly.
I’ve eaten a *lot* of ice cream and a *lot* of gelato over the years. And I’ve made my own ice cream and my own gelato. Gelato is superior. Hands down. There’s obviously bad gelato and good ice cream, but at the top end, or if you make them yourself, gelato is appreciably better.
Those lurid colours are just colouring and shouldn’t affect texture or flavour, but if they are being used it would put me off.
horselesscarriage said:
giblet said:
Any recommendations for gourmet ice cream in or around Leeds?
If you can bear a trip into York - Roberto's in Goodramgate is superb, and Trinacria on Bishopthorpe Road is worth a visit too.Getting a bit more pricey recently as it gets more popular but its nice up there and good for kids.
If you come up North, lancashire/Cumbria the best two we have up here are English lakes, and Wallings Farm. A dairy farm located in Cockerham, just south of Lancaster.
https://www.wallings.co.uk/
They use their own milk for the ice cream with a cow to cone traceability ;-) their Christmas pudding ice cream is amazing!
S.
https://www.wallings.co.uk/
They use their own milk for the ice cream with a cow to cone traceability ;-) their Christmas pudding ice cream is amazing!
S.
This thread has got me going 
Only proper stuff off the shelf here is mackies which tbh is delicious, especially with a load of strawberries and sugar on them!
Keep meaning to order some of that new forest stuff and im considering an ice cream maker, just reckon it might end up sat in a cupboard like these things do.
Only proper stuff off the shelf here is mackies which tbh is delicious, especially with a load of strawberries and sugar on them!
Keep meaning to order some of that new forest stuff and im considering an ice cream maker, just reckon it might end up sat in a cupboard like these things do.
Well I have just ordered my third batch which arrives on Monday. Salted Caramel, Choc Chip Cookie Dough, Malted Milk + Choc Chip, Strawberry ( first repeat flavour ).
Previous flavours we have consumed:
White Choc Chip and Brownie = One of our faves, amazingly light yet chocolatey, could eat this all day
Honeycomb Swirl = Very good, but quite strong. Easily overpowers other flavours if eaten in combo. One of the kids faves
Bannoffee = Wonderfully fresh but dominating flavours, again wasn't easy to mix with other flavours
Strawberry = Fantastic taste, subtle and fresh, and always cuts well when mixed with other flavours
Then we had
Millionaires Shortcake = Brilliant, tasty, pleasing and not over powering. More subtle than I expected, biscuity flavour ice-cream to die for.
Raspberry Ripple Meringue = Kids favourite, very nice but not as much raspberry flavour as I expected. More meringuey / eton messy.
Chocolate Orange = Great flavour but dense and behaves differently to lighter ice creams. Hard to combine so really needs eating solo
Jaffa Cake = Utterly unbelievable flavour and texture, hands down the best ice-cream experience I have ever had.
The next load listed at the top arrive Monday, and that wil be pretty much all the flavours we wanted to try dealt with. Owing to the sizes of the tubs we are limited with combinations we can get, so 2 x long Napoli trays and 2 x 4L tubs is the only combo really. There may be a further order after this where we try the final 4 flavours we want to, probably do Lotus Biscoff, Toffee Crunch, Vanilla and something else.
Previous flavours we have consumed:
White Choc Chip and Brownie = One of our faves, amazingly light yet chocolatey, could eat this all day
Honeycomb Swirl = Very good, but quite strong. Easily overpowers other flavours if eaten in combo. One of the kids faves
Bannoffee = Wonderfully fresh but dominating flavours, again wasn't easy to mix with other flavours
Strawberry = Fantastic taste, subtle and fresh, and always cuts well when mixed with other flavours
Then we had
Millionaires Shortcake = Brilliant, tasty, pleasing and not over powering. More subtle than I expected, biscuity flavour ice-cream to die for.
Raspberry Ripple Meringue = Kids favourite, very nice but not as much raspberry flavour as I expected. More meringuey / eton messy.
Chocolate Orange = Great flavour but dense and behaves differently to lighter ice creams. Hard to combine so really needs eating solo
Jaffa Cake = Utterly unbelievable flavour and texture, hands down the best ice-cream experience I have ever had.
The next load listed at the top arrive Monday, and that wil be pretty much all the flavours we wanted to try dealt with. Owing to the sizes of the tubs we are limited with combinations we can get, so 2 x long Napoli trays and 2 x 4L tubs is the only combo really. There may be a further order after this where we try the final 4 flavours we want to, probably do Lotus Biscoff, Toffee Crunch, Vanilla and something else.
Armchair_Expert said:
Well I have just ordered my third batch which arrives on Monday. Salted Caramel, Choc Chip Cookie Dough, Malted Milk + Choc Chip, Strawberry ( first repeat flavour ).
Nice. Some of their flavours do look good, I'd fancy their blackberry clotted cream. Do they always give you a named delivery day then, as you would definitely want to be home to receive.We were supposed to get some blackberry clotted but currently out of stock. They make 1000 litres at a time. I asked them to make a Black Forest flavour but they said they would need the demand to make 1000 litres for it to be worth their while.
They deliver to set places in the country per day, so my area is served Mon and Thurs. I call up and order / pay over the phone, and it then arrives on your selected day. Only need 24 hrs notice and cleared payment. They also call you on the day before arriving but yes you need to be there as it is handed over from the refrigerated truck.
They deliver to set places in the country per day, so my area is served Mon and Thurs. I call up and order / pay over the phone, and it then arrives on your selected day. Only need 24 hrs notice and cleared payment. They also call you on the day before arriving but yes you need to be there as it is handed over from the refrigerated truck.
They are excellent, but I have a theory and I don't know how right or wrong I am.
Having now had around 40 litres of the stuff, I think there is some sort of concoction of secret ingredient they put in all their ice-creams. Just some sort of blend of something that gives each of their flavours a distinction or a trademark taste. I can't put my finger on it but its like a sugary vanilla type taste and bizarrely the most detectable this seems to be is via the sense of smell. Regularly, well after demolishing a bowl, I pick up the "new forest" scent on my fingers and it stays there until I wash my hands. Its quite a specific scent, and it has been present throughout my months of over indulgence.
I wonder whether it is like a dollop of syrup they add to the mixture containing a set of pre-determined ingredients, maybe a blend of rose water, sugar, vanilla pod and orange or something, plucking flavours out the air to make my point.
Could be rubbish though. But, there is definitely distinguishable sugary scent that lingers on my hands post gobble.
Having now had around 40 litres of the stuff, I think there is some sort of concoction of secret ingredient they put in all their ice-creams. Just some sort of blend of something that gives each of their flavours a distinction or a trademark taste. I can't put my finger on it but its like a sugary vanilla type taste and bizarrely the most detectable this seems to be is via the sense of smell. Regularly, well after demolishing a bowl, I pick up the "new forest" scent on my fingers and it stays there until I wash my hands. Its quite a specific scent, and it has been present throughout my months of over indulgence.
I wonder whether it is like a dollop of syrup they add to the mixture containing a set of pre-determined ingredients, maybe a blend of rose water, sugar, vanilla pod and orange or something, plucking flavours out the air to make my point.
Could be rubbish though. But, there is definitely distinguishable sugary scent that lingers on my hands post gobble.
Armchair_Expert said:
They are excellent, but I have a theory and I don't know how right or wrong I am.
Having now had around 40 litres of the stuff, I think there is some sort of concoction of secret ingredient they put in all their ice-creams. Just some sort of blend of something that gives each of their flavours a distinction or a trademark taste. I can't put my finger on it but its like a sugary vanilla type taste and bizarrely the most detectable this seems to be is via the sense of smell. Regularly, well after demolishing a bowl, I pick up the "new forest" scent on my fingers and it stays there until I wash my hands. Its quite a specific scent, and it has been present throughout my months of over indulgence.
I wonder whether it is like a dollop of syrup they add to the mixture containing a set of pre-determined ingredients, maybe a blend of rose water, sugar, vanilla pod and orange or something, plucking flavours out the air to make my point.
Could be rubbish though. But, there is definitely distinguishable sugary scent that lingers on my hands post gobble.
Might be a vanilla essence (many use it) or even Tonka bean. Having now had around 40 litres of the stuff, I think there is some sort of concoction of secret ingredient they put in all their ice-creams. Just some sort of blend of something that gives each of their flavours a distinction or a trademark taste. I can't put my finger on it but its like a sugary vanilla type taste and bizarrely the most detectable this seems to be is via the sense of smell. Regularly, well after demolishing a bowl, I pick up the "new forest" scent on my fingers and it stays there until I wash my hands. Its quite a specific scent, and it has been present throughout my months of over indulgence.
I wonder whether it is like a dollop of syrup they add to the mixture containing a set of pre-determined ingredients, maybe a blend of rose water, sugar, vanilla pod and orange or something, plucking flavours out the air to make my point.
Could be rubbish though. But, there is definitely distinguishable sugary scent that lingers on my hands post gobble.
Armchair_Expert said:
Mobile Chicane said:
Artificial flavourings used, for cheapness.
Meanwhile, obvious advertising, is a tad... obvious.
Is that in relation to me?Meanwhile, obvious advertising, is a tad... obvious.
So if I tell you about how cool my 2 series is, am I advertising BMW too?
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