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espresso ice cream – sweet & creamy!

Do you know affogato al caffé? It’s an Italian dessert: you put a small scoop of vanilla ice cream in a bowl & add freshly brewed hot espresso … Just enjoy – the mingling of espresso & vanilla ice cream is just great. So when thinking of the combination of summer/sun/heat & espresso/vanilla ice cream I decided to make home-made ice cream … An espresso ice cream … I started dreaming of espresso flavor combined…

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key lime ice

Dieser Beitrag enthält Werbung – advertising. At the moment the weather turns towards autumn & winter rapidly, but after dinner a ball of creamy ice cream is just fine – even when already dark after 7 pm, the heating slowly starting to do its duty … lounging on a comfy sofa watching some movie … To some extent ice cream is bound to seasons especially when working w/ fresh fruit like strawberries … Otherwise there…

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last minute summer ice cream

Dieser Beitrag enthält Werbung – advertising.   I admit I rarely have a container w/ ice cream sitting in my freezer.   For the record: There is the exception that I just bought a container of exquisite vanilla ice cream for my espresso mania i. e. to create espresso affogato whenever I think I need a little reward … This is btw independent of season, however, it’s no permanent condition.   So sometimes – especially during…

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mashed strawberries & no churn yoghurt ice cream

Dieser Beitrag enthält Werbung – advertising.   I couldn’t resist to try another ice cream: mashed strawberry & raspberry in a yoghurt mix… It’s perfect: easy to make, full of fruity summer flavors, creamy… & you don’t need an ice cream maker!     My last post was on home-made ice cream & now there’s another one… (Don’t be afraid: I don’t intend to  reinvent this blog as a „How to make ice cream?“ blog.) I…

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