Author: Peter Gerard

ice cream / recipe

Strawberry Ice Cream

This is one of my favourite recipes and I only make it during the strawberry season, which has recently begun in Scotland. Scottish strawberries are some of the best in the world and when...

travel / video

Banjo Cycler

While Thibault is impressing us with his sorbet and ice cream talents, we mustn’t forget his musical skills. Here’s a video clip from our Outer Hebridean Ice Cream Adventure. Check him out. P.S. We...

breakfast / recipe

Biscuits ‘n’ Gravy

Sorry folks, don’t let the title fool you. We haven’t made Biscuits and Gravy Ice Cream yet (though now it’s sounding like a challenge…). Really this post is to educate Europeans about one of...

recipe / sorbet

Raspberry Sorbet

Here’s the last of the four flavours we made on Blackford Hill recently. This Raspberry Sorbet was absolutely delicious – probably one of the best sorbets I’ve ever made! Thibault and Celine hoped to...

ice cream / recipe

Mint Ice Cream

For our Blackford Hill ice cream party we decided to make a mint ice cream to go with the chocolate gelato (or was it chocolate to go with the mint?). Anyway, we had never...

ice cream

Ice cream in the rain

For those of you who missed last Saturday’s “Ultimate Ice Cream Social on top of Blackford Hill”, we understand… It was raining… a lot. But it was still amazing fun. As great as this...

breakfast / ice cream / recipe

Banoffee Ice Cream

This one is not for the faint-hearted. Literally. This is indeed the richest ice cream we have ever made. Thibault again deserves the credit for the idea, suggesting both toffee and banana for an...

breakfast / pancakes / recipe

The Best Pancakes

To accompany the Marzipan Ice Cream, I thought we should publish the best pancake recipe ever! I’m not talking crêpes. These are big, fluffy American-style pancakes. My mom gave me this recipe in her...