Ice Cream

I don't know what to do with myself now that the two year ordeal of residency is over. Still feel like a resident (although a little more relaxed) - probably because I only got two days of vacation before I transitioned to my new life as a real pharmer, and probably because I'm still wrapping up some projects. heh heh.

Pat bought me two new toys to play with now that I have more "free time" (and because I kind of begged him to after seeing how amazing Ev's ice cream and baked goods were).

For our first attempt at ice-cream making, we decided to try the hardest recipe we could find - custardy pistachio ice cream. Because we are awesome and no recipe is too hard for this duo.

At first, it seemed like we were off to a fabulous start. Bought some delicious pistachios, pureed them, tempered some eggs into the mixture, stuck the batter into the fridge, and poured it into the ice-cream machine. 

You know the ice cream is going to turn our most excellently when it forms the shape of a nice butt.

The ice cream looked, and smelled decent - but when we tasted it, realized it had the consistency of dry soap. The ice cream was rock hard, and we had to leave it out at room temperature for about 45 minutes before it was soft enough to scoop out. Thought it would taste better after it softened up a bit, but it still had the consistency of dry pudding. Made pat eat the rest of the batch because it was $20 worth of pistachios. That guy is a beast. I love him. 

For our next attempt - we decided to try something much simpler (and cheaper). Vanilla custard ice cream and chocolate gelato. This was a bit more successful and now I'm in love with this machine. Will be trying out many more flavors in the near future - and will perhaps post the worthwhile recipes.