We have just had one of these in New Zealand (Christchurch) where celebrity chefs were invited to show off their achievements. I live a long way from the venue, but the reports show that one top US celebrity chef produced ice cream flavoured with olives and balsamic vinegar.
Do people in the US eat this sort of thing do you know? I have never heard of it.
Some of these rather exotic exhibitions where chefs strut their stuff seem to feature dishes of the type I would never think of producing in a thousand years. Why mix up flavours simply to experiment? Savoury ingredients do not belong in sweet ice cream - or at least they don't where I live.
Perhaps someone can throw some light on this new type of exhibitionism.
Daisy
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Do people in the US eat this sort of thing do you know? I have
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heard of it.
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Some of these rather exotic exhibitions where chefs strut their stuff seem to feature dishes of the type I would never think of producing
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a thousand years. Why mix up flavours simply to experiment?
Savoury
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ingredients do not belong in sweet ice cream - or at least they don't where I live.
I have a set of recipes here by US chefs using all sorts of savoury flavours for ice cream - sweet corn, white pepper, black pepper, chocolate chili and finally, Guiness Stout. The chefs were from NY restaurants of the time. This is going back a few years. The only one I have made with great success is the Chocolate Chili and it is really delicious with just a hint of hot chili flakes. The black pepper one has balsamic vinegar in it and the notes say it would go well with fresh berries because the Italians often sprinkle fresh sweet strawberries with pepper and b. vinegar. So, I don't know the answer to your Q. re Americans eating these icecreams regularly or whether they just appear as novelty tastes in expensive restaurants.
I have just returned from a trip to NZ and you guys have the best ice cream ever - and I love ice cream - that place near Bay of Plenty that looks like a castle had totally delicious treats! Cheers Bronwyn Qld Oz
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Perhaps someone can throw some light on this new type of exhibitionism.
Daisy
Carthage demands an explanation for this insolence!
