Sugar free ice cream is already on the shelves

Just when I thought I had come up with a great new business idea, I visit Leo's and find it already exists. Sugar free ice-cream is available in tiny tubs for $5.50 in burnt caramel, strawberry, banana and chocolate flavours:

Making my own ice cream

In the last week, I have tried to make ice cream twice. I have been disappointed with the results. I used a simple recipe from Yummly:

- thickened cream, whipped
- condensed milk, gently folded in (60% sugar)
- vanilla essence, added

Frozen overnight. The result was far too rich and hard. Just simply sweet frozen cream. Yuk.

The second time I used evaporated milk (12% sugar), but the whipped cream collapsed and the passion fruit I added sank to the bottom, so I whizzed it up with banana and milk to make a smoothie. However I do not really enjoy the flavour of full fat cream. It is too rich for my palate.

It works in a milkshake though!

Baclava Ice-Cream at Mesa Johnston Street Fitzroy

On Saturday night we had a delicious dinner at Mesa in Johnston Street Fitzroy.  For starters we enjoyed saganaki, soft bread, chargrilled beef rissoles, zucchini fritters and calamari.  For main I had the moussaka (divine) and for dessert, the boss and I ate baclava ice-cream (I'm watching my sugar these days).  It was excellent, but I realised how sweet honey is.  I haven't eaten honey for months and the sweetness hit me with surprising ferocity.  The nuts in pastry were also very rich, but the creamy ice-cream was delightful. Yum 9/10