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Honey Peach Ice Cream and Mace Blades

Posted June 16th, 2009 by Carol Peterman

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Sunny warm air and a bounty of ripe fruit can only mean summertime. Of all the luscious seasonal offerings a perfectly ripe peach stops my world. Plump and fuzzy with blushes of ruby red, orange and pale yellow, based on appearance alone there is a promises something lovely.

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This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe, selected by Tommi of Brown Interior, had me down at Pike’s Place Market searching for some beautiful peaches to make Honey Peach Ice Cream, and though I love ice cream, I knew it would be a challenge to forgo eating the fresh peaches to make this recipe. Standing at the counter staring at glistening pile of juicy ripe peach slices was a test of will, but most of them did make it into the ice cream.

I really can’t seem to heat milk or cream without the thought of a flavor infusion creeping into my mind. I became fixated on the idea of mace with this ice cream and infused one large mace blade in the cream and milk for 10 minutes, and then preceded with tempering the eggs and cooking the custard with the mace blade, removing it before chilling the mixture. The flavor was exciting, spicy, warm and peachy. The mace seemed a touch too pushy but when I tossed in a pinch of pink flake salt the flavors balanced to a lovely harmony.

The cool creamy texture initially hijacks the tasting experience, but once the texture is satisfactorily processed, the sunny flavor of fresh peach blooms bringing with it smooth spicy hints of nutmeg from the mace infusion. I used my good honey for this ice cream; the honey that gets to live in my new honey pot.  Last month I attended the International Food Blogger Conference organized by Foodista, and one of the sample products, or gifts, graciously bestowed to the participants was a ceramic honey pot from Le Crueset. Growing up we always used a honey pot with a wooden honey dipper, but I seem to have gotten by all these years using the handy upside down squeeze bottles, which are an amazingly clever idea. Though clever and handy, the squeeze bottle misses on the pleasurably tactile experience of dipping and drizzling honey from a pot.

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Special honey now lives in my pot. I don’t know if it was a happy coincidence or a well planned strategy, but a beautiful jar of Guajillo honey from Range Honey in Texas was also gifted to us conference attendees. I had a Winnie the Pooh moment while making this ice cream when I was standing over the sink licking every last drop of honey out of the measuring spoon. Needless to say, I really like this honey.

Over 350 baking bloggers are baking our way thorough Dorie Greenspan’s book, Baking: From My Home to Yours . 78 recipes completed 143 to go!

All photos by David Peterman unless otherwise noted

Tags: honey, Mace blades, Tuesdays with Dorie

This entry was posted on Tuesday, June 16th, 2009 at 7:14 pm and is filed under Tools & Equipment, Tuesdays with Dorie. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

10 Responses to “Honey Peach Ice Cream and Mace Blades”

  1. Sugar B Says:
    June 16th, 2009 at 9:44 pm

    I love how your ice cream turned out and that honey pot is adorable! So Winnie-the-Pooh!

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  2. Vibi Says:
    June 17th, 2009 at 5:52 am

    Hummm… I’m not sure what mace tastes like, nor Guajillo honey… but the combination with peaches sounds dreamy.

    I love how you experiment according to your moods, coincidence… and sometimes even luck. It makes for a whimsical and very original cuisine.

    Looooove that honey pot! I can see were you got the Pooh moment from…

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  3. Teanna Says:
    June 17th, 2009 at 7:59 am

    That honey pot is awesome! What a great give away! Your ice cream looks delicious!

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  4. Wendy Says:
    June 17th, 2009 at 11:36 am

    Wow! mace. I don’t think I’ve ever tried it. What kind/type of food is it usually used for/in? Your ice cream looks great!

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  5. Leslie Says:
    June 17th, 2009 at 12:31 pm

    Ooo, I bet the mace added a lovely note in the background! Great job!

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  6. Tracey Says:
    June 18th, 2009 at 8:04 pm

    Your ice cream looks awesome! I love the idea of infusing the milk though I have to say I’ve never heard of mace. I’ll have to look it up! I love the honey pot – it’s so pretty!

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  7. Shari Says:
    June 19th, 2009 at 9:21 am

    This looks excellent — sophisticated even! I love the flavour mixtures you played around with, and it sounds like you came up with a winner. Now to remember the exact quantities of your adaptations for next time! Great job!!

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  8. Jill Says:
    June 19th, 2009 at 4:41 pm

    I’m not sure if I’ve ever had mace, but it makes your ice cream sound exotic! The honey pot is too cute!

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  9. chocolatechic Says:
    June 22nd, 2009 at 10:09 am

    Carol, could you please email me so I can get out the meme for next Tuesday for you.

    Thanks.

    4hisglory92 at gmail dot com

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  10. Talita Says:
    June 26th, 2009 at 5:28 pm

    I never knew someone who doesn’t likes ice cream! It’s just yummy! We can try a lot of delicious flavours just this honey peach ice cream!

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