MAIS CON QUESO ICE CREAM (Sweet Corn with Cheese Ice Cream)

Another popular Filipino ice cream flavor. This is my 3rd Filipino ice cream that i've made this summer and we are loving it. If you have noticed, i am basically using similar ingredients and measurements to all my ice cream recipe with some adjustments to the liquid quantity depending on how much juice/liquid i will get from the fruit i'm using.

This ice cream is not just your plain mais (sweet corn) ice cream, it has bits of cheddar cheese in it hence the name Mais con Queso (Sweet Corn with Cheese). Sounds weird? nah...it's actually a perfect combination. Cheddar cheese is a good cheese for dessert, you don't believe me, go surf for desserts using or with cheddar cheese you'll have an array of recipes. Also, check this website Here so you'll have an idea of the other tropical ice cream flavors.

Ingredients:

2 large fresh sweet corn
1/4 C cheddar cheese (diced)

4 egg yolks
1 cup heavy cream

1 1/2 c milk

1/2 cup sugar (adjust if your corn isn't the sweet corn variety)

1. Grate corn kernels and milk off the cob.

2. In a pan over medium heat, combine cream, milk and corn kernels and corn milk. Let it simmer.

3. In the meantime, whisk sugar and egg yolks until pale and thick.

4. When cream mixture reaches a simmer, slowly temper your egg mixture w/ the cream mixture about a laddle or two, whisking constantly.

5. Reduce heat to low, add the warmed egg mixture into the saucepan and cook, whisking until mixture is thick.

6. Let this chill for at least an hour.

7. Add and mix the minced cheddar cheese right before you churn the mixture.

8. Pour the mixture in an ice cream maker following the manufacturer's instructions.

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Lami ni kaayo!

GREEN TEA ICE CREAM

Bring out your ice cream maker machine and put it to work! My machine has been churning away.

Ingredients:
3/4 C milk
2 egg yolks
6 T sugar
1 C heavy cream
1 1/2 T matcha green tea powder
3 T hot water

Mix hot water and green tea powder together in a bowl and set aside.
Lightly whisk egg yolks in a pan.
Add sugar in the pan and mix well.
Gradually add milk in the pan and mix well.
Put the pan on low heat and heat the mixture, stirring constantly.
When the mixture is thickened, remove the pan from the heat.
Soak the bottom of the pan in ice water and cool the mixture.
Add green tea in the egg mixture and mix well, cooling in ice water.
Add whipped heavy cream in the mixture and stir gently.
Pour the mixture in an ice cream maker and freeze, following instructions of the ice cream maker.

*No ice cream maker- pour the mixture in a container and freeze, stirring the ice cream a few times.

Makes 6 servings.

MATCHA- I BOUGHT MINE AT A JAPANESE GROCERY STORE.

Green Tea Powder diluted in hot water

Egg Mixture

Green Tea Ice Cream served w/ Broas (Lady Fingers)



Yummm!!!

Or serve with Pam's Green Tea Mini Cup Cakes click for the recipe HERE

HOW TO SLICE A MANGO-NO MESS NO FUSS

MANGO ICE CREAM

Mango Ice Cream is one of our favorite Philippine Ice Cream, Magnolia Brand to be specific. I have been planning on making this but always end up buying Magnolia Ice Cream w/c is a bit expensive. Last couple of weeks i was in an Ice Cream mood, that i made 4 different flavors. I will be posting them one at a time.

Y: 1 Quart

Ingredients:
2 medium sized ripe mangoes, peeled and pitted (I suggest Asian mangoes, they are sweeter and not fibrous as the greenish/reddish mangoes we see at the grocery stores)
2 cups heavy cream
1 cup whole milk
2/3 cup sugar
4 egg yolks

Directions:
1. Puree one mango and finely chop the other mango. Put in separate bowls.
2. Lightly whisk egg yolks in a pan.
3. Add sugar in the pan and mix well.
4. Gradually add milk and mix it well.
5. Put the pan on low heat and heat the mixture, stirring constantly.
6.When the mixture is thickened, remove the pan from the heat.
7. Soak the bottom of the pan in ice water and cool the mixture.
8. Add the mango puree in the egg mixture and mix well.
9. Add whipped cream in the mixture and stir gently.
10. Fold in the chopped mangoes and stir gently.
11. Pour the mixture in an ice cream maker, following the manufacturers instructions. Freeze until firm.

Egg and Cream Mixture/ Mango Puree

Mango Ice Cream oh so yummy!

AFRICAN RICE SALAD

I got this from Weight Watchers International Cookbook..and made some modifications.

Serve as a separate course. Cook the rice so grains are separate, not mushy. If necessary, fluff them with a fork or separate by rinsing quickly in colander.

2 cups cold cooked brown rice( you can use white long grain rice)
1 cup chopped fresh parsley.
8 ounces diced scallions.
1/4 to 1/2 c chopped fresh mint.
1/4 c veg. oil (but i used olive oil).
1/4 c lemom juice.
Salt & pepper
cumin to taste
4 med. tomatoes, chopped (i used grape tomatoes)
8 radishes sliced (thin jullienne)
1 head romaine lettuce, quartered.

In wooden salad bowl combine rice with parsley, scallions, mint, oil, lemon juice, and seasonings. Chill. Just before serving, toss well, Add tomatoes and radishes: serve over romaine lettuce. Makes 4 servings.

*I made extra dressing on the side.

African Rice Salad with Piri-Piri Meat balls

Ground beef, Piri-Piri Sauce, Yogurt, S&P. Mix all ingredients and form mini meatballs. Chill in the ref for at least 30 minutes and shallow fry.

For the Piri-piri sauce check it HERE