For two years in a row, my husband and I rounded up our families, snagged a beach house in Florida and escaped for a low-key week of relaxation. Since we rent a house, one of the very first things we do after getting there is hit the grocery store so we can stock the kitchen with food for the week.
Tomorrow is Valentine's Day, the day in which seemingly every single thing in the world turns red and pink. Cards, candy wrappers, clothes, and most of all - desserts. Red velvet has become hugely popular over the last few years and what started as a simple red-hued cake with cream cheese frosting has morphed into countless dessert variations based on the color and flavors of the original dessert.
Imagine the most perfect vanilla ice cream. Now layer it with a rich fudge sauce. Then mix in chocolate covered peanuts. Now stop imagining and go make this Tin Roof ice cream. Right.Now. For someone who loves nothing more than the sweet symphony of flavors that the combination of chocolate and peanuts mixed together provide, this is the ultimate treat.
Back when I talked about my Florida vacation and all of the wonderful things about it, I included all of the ice cream that I ate. We made a habit of polishing off a cone just about every evening, which I of course loved!
Yes, darlings, I have been over-sharing a bit lately. Or just sharing. Spreading some awareness. But awareness is exhausting. I need a break from telling you so much about myself. Because, soon, you are going to know me better than I know myself. And, besides, it is spring.
Every now and then my husband will treat me to ice cream out. This is a huge treat since I always have homemade ice cream in the house, so we hardly ever have the urge to go out. Most of the time, we are on vacation or meeting friends out.
I didn't realize when I zeroed in on this recipe that it was yet another ice cream recipe with alcohol in it. Two weeks in a row of boozy ice cream, look out! My apologies. Sort of. I definitely can't apologize for this ice cream though. Because it's amazing.
The days of half a dozen ice cream flavors are long gone, I grew up with the three flavors, strawberry, chocolate and vanilla and never complained. Fast forward to a few days ago, and I was licking up some jalapeno cream cheese ice cream with raspberry, super-rich and surprisingly unspicy.
Chewy nuggets of sour cream glazed doughnuts and shards of roasted rhubarb with fresh thyme. That's what your taste buds will experience with this ice cream high jinks. I make no apologies for the drool on your shirt. It's been about 332 days since I last made homemade ice cream.
I owe you a thousand apologies. For a large chunk of time, I thought that I had this - my very favorite recipe for homemade vanilla bean ice cream, which I make countless times per year - here on the website.