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Comment on A post-holiday visit over a cup of tea by Jill

Jill — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:06:40 +0000

Thanks so much, Stephanie! (I can’t WAIT to finish it – kind of stressed about getting it done.) More details to come, but it’ll be out in the fall.

Comment on A post-holiday visit over a cup of tea by Stephanie

Stephanie — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 04:59:19 +0000

Congratulations Jill! I cannot wait to buy the new cookbook!!

Comment on How to make sorbet without a recipe by Jill

Jill — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:29:06 +0000

Hi Deborah,
Thanks for your comment. I have to say that I don’t have much experience making sorbet without sugar – the sugar is part of what gives it the texture we know and love, so without it, it’d be hard to make sorbet that isn’t super-icy. It’s totally not my area of expertise, though, so there might be ways around it – I just don’t know what they are! I’m sure you know a lot of good sources for recipes appropriate for diabetics – I’d also recommend looking into books and/or sites focused on spa cuisine. Might be some ideas there.

As for sorbet with lavender, I’ve never made that per se, but I’ve infused sorbet with all kinds of flavors – citrus, ginger, basil, rosemary, tea, etc. Just add the infuser to your sugar syrup mixture, letting it steep into the warm liquid a la steeping a cup of tea, then strain it out later. Take a look at my Berry Sorbet recipe – http://www.jillhough.com/recipes/berry-sorbet/ – towards the bottom there’s a variation for infusing it with rosemary. Use that same method, just use lavender in place of the rosemary (although probably not as much).

Good luck! And thanks again for commenting.

Comment on How to make sorbet without a recipe by Deborah

Deborah — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:42:31 +0000

Can sorbets be made without sugars or artificial sweeteners? My family is battling cancer/diabetes and we are keeping sugars to a minimum. We don’t sweeten our fruits normally. Could something else(healthy) be added to achieve the right liquid balance?

I’ve made a sorbet with frozen mango in a processor that came out ok. Perhaps that worked out ok because the mango is already sweet?

Also, have you made sorbet with lavender?

Thank you,
Deborah

Comment on Homemade ice cream, part three: Experiments with cherry ice cream with chocolate chips by Jill

Jill — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 23:52:52 +0000

Thanks for your comment, Owain! You’ll have to let me know how it works out if/when you try the recipe. For the record, when I asked my friend Brigid how B&J’s does it – how do they get fresh, uncooked cherry flavor and texture without the iciness – she said that there are industrial methods for doing that. So, until those methods make it to a home kitchen, we’ll have to settle for cooking our fruit first. Happy cooking!

Comment on Homemade ice cream, part three: Experiments with cherry ice cream with chocolate chips by Owain

Owain — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:53:15 +0000

Greetings from Manchester UK! I’m really glad to have found your blog post about the problems of icy cherry & chocolate ice-cream. It’s exactly the problem my wife and I found with our attempt. We have no option but to try to recreate B&J’s Cherry Garcia as they don’t even sell our favourite flavour in the UK anymore, unless you buy a small tub of it at the cinema that is! I look forward to trying your recipe which i have saved to my Evernote recipes folder. Thanks for the tips!

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