Well, "summer" is almost over... sigh... Why is it in quotes, you ask? Because officially I don't GET a summer anymore. It's gone from "summer" = vacation, beach, and sleeping in to "summer" = just a really hot time of year where I try my best to stay inside under a ceiling fan!
Anyway, since it's almost over and I realized this weekend that I haven't even made homemade ice cream ONCE this summer, I decided to fix that yesterday.
I tried this Honey Ice Cream recipe and it was surprisingly easy and DELICIOUS! The creamy texture was just perfect! I've had Lavender Honey ice cream before at restaurants, but I guess I never really understood that it didn't mean the ice cream was lavender + honey + milk, etc. If you're as clueless as I was, I'll enlighten you: The "flavor" of honey is actually the nectar source that the bees feed off of to make the honey. So there's all kinds - eucalyptus honey, orange blossom honey, sunflower honey, lavender honey, clover honey, etc. And much like wine or salt (of course I had to mention that), the taste varies based on the "flavor". Pretty cool, huh?
Since I live in the middle of almost-nowhere, I didn't have many choices at my local grocer, but I did find some Wild Raspberry Honey, so that's what I used. I was really impressed with the creamy texture of this ice cream recipe. My normal recipe is so rich, I usually have to freeze it overnight before we can eat it, but this one was SUPER smooth and creamy.... yum!
My second dessert venture was making a Huckleberry Pie. My mom's friend Jan from Montana shipped me a batch of huckleberries from her prized stash, and I'm so grateful! It's definitely a rare treat (that I haven't had since the last time she was in town and made us some)!
In order to make my batch of berries last longer, I opted for a few tiny pies and just froze the rest. ( Jan usually makes a glazed pie, but I made mine more like a normal fruit pie. I'll try her recipe next time and then decide which one I like best.) Thanks for the berries Jan!
For not being much of a "sweets" person, I sure am sending this summer out with a sweet ending!
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