Kit Kat ice cream

The base is a chocolate malt ice cream. I adapted a recipe from Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams, which uses corn syrup and cream cheese in their ice cream base instead of eggs. I barely used any heavy cream, only because I didn’t have more than 1/4 cup. The end product was delicious and was perfect topped with chopped Kit Kats. I didn’t bother to look up the technique for the Jeni style ice cream, so I probably did something wrong. The cream cheese melted into the base at the last step and created mini white dots that wouldn’t strain out.

• 2 oz cream cheese
• 1/4 tsp fine sea salt
• 3 cups whole milk, divided  (3 tbsp is mixed with the cornstarch)
• 2 tbsp cornstarch
• 1 3/4 cup heavy cream (I didn’t have enough)
• 3/4 cup sugar (I decreased from 1 cup to 3/4 cup based on the chocolate malt ice cream recipe)
• 3 tbsp cocoa (mix of dutch processed and regular)
• 2 oz milk chocolate, chopped (I used a great one from Central Market)
• 1/4 cup malted milk powder
• 3 tbsp corn syrup
• 2 tsp vanilla
• Kit Kats, for garnish

http://bakedbree.com/kit-kat-ice-cream-3

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Chocolate-Malted-Ice-Cream-366131

http://www.americanprofile.com/recipes/chocolate-malted-ice-cream/

http://makinglifedelicious.com/2011/05/18/chocolate-malted-ice-cream/

http://www.theyummylife.com/vanilla_bean_ice_cream#EmbedRecipe_155

Chicken cordon bleu burger

So good! I used fresh bread crumbs. It’s important to process them finely and not to use the bigger chunks. I topped with smoked gruyere (Jacob’s favorite cheese now!) and served on toasted sourdough english muffins.

• 2 slices thin sliced deli ham, cut into small pieces
• 1 tbsp fresh thyme leaves, chopped
• 1/2 egg
• 1/2 cup or so breadcrumbs
• 1 tbsp dijon mustard
• 1 tbsp processed onion
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1 tbsp mayo/mustard/thyme/garlic/processed onion spread (which is spread on bread as well)
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp pepper
• 13 oz ground chicken thigh

Chicken cordon bleu burger

http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/cordon_bleu_burger.html

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/rachael-ray/chicken-cordon-bleu-burgers-recipe/index.html