Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #52641 in Books
• Published on: 2007-04-30
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 256 pages

Review
I enjoy making and eating ice-cream all year round, but the cold and wet summer we had this year really put me off. Our ice-cream machine, which has been working hard for more than 7 years, didnt see much action this summer. So when we had some brief sunshine and warmth last month, I opted for an intensive ice-cream making session. I know I m a bit late in the game, but I finally got my hands on Davids new book which is full of great recipes and just like his blog, there is an interesting story behind each one. Nordljus, Wednesday 5 September --Nordljus; Wednesday 5 September

Synopsis
Presents a generous assortment of more than two hundred taste-tempting recipes for homemade ice creams, granitas, sorbets, and accompaniments, including a variety of international specialties, classic favorites, and innovative new treats that range from Chocolate Sorbet to Mojito Granita, as well as a host of sauces, crunchy toppings, and tempting

Customer Reviews

The perfect ice cream book
I stumbled across the author when I was looking for help on the web on how to make caramel. Then I spotted his salted butter caramel ice cream recipe, which is frankly the best ice cream I've ever tasted (not in this book incidentally, but don't let that stop you buying it). So I asked for his book for my birthday and I have not been disappointed. The Gianduja Gelato (choc praline) is amazing, and there are a host of accompaniments, sauces and vessels to go with the ice cream. There is a section at the start about the basics which is useful if you're new to ice cream making. And he writes personal little notes about each recipe that I find really interesting. Lots of fab pictures too. If in doubt, google "salted butter caramel ice cream", make that and then you'll know why you need to buy this book.

perfect
This is a very good collection of ice cream recipes. It's also a very good collection of recipes for things that go with ice cream. Born of the most glorious, obsessional, refinement David Lebovitz provides the perfect inspiration to put your ice cream maker to use.

An exceptionally fine book.

the best ice cream book in existence? I think so...
This is a sensational book. I have a couple of other cookbooks on icecreams but this is the best, hands-down.

It contains an almost overwhelming number of recipes (for icecreams, sorbets, other frozen desserts and other elements to serve alongside like sauces, cookies etc). It has great photography, the author is warm and informative, based on straightforward ingredients.

So far I have made the vanilla frozen yoghurt, the strawberry frozen yoghurt and the vietnamese coffee ice cream. All 3 have worked perfectly - the vietnamese coffee icecream, in particular, was the best coffee icecream I've ever tasted.

The only teeny negative point I can think of is the text lacks a bit of the cheeky, outrageous tone you get from the author's blog. But that's it. I now want to buy every other book David has written!