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Jun 16, 2005 20:39

idea: coconut ginger lemongrass ice cream. (almost tom kha gai, but no chicken)

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whuffle June 16 2005, 17:42:34 UTC
I tried to do Carrot, ginger, lemon. It didn't work because the flavors wouldn't balance. The carrot was always overwhelmed by the other flavors and the ginger and lemon never balanced right.

But ginger, lemongrass and coconut might work. Especially if you use lemon zest, which has a much more distinctive zing to it. And coconut milk fats. Yeah, I could see it...

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sauergeek June 16 2005, 19:08:16 UTC
For ginger beer, I use a half pound of ginger and the juice and zest of three lemons. It works out fairly gingery, so perhaps for a reasonable balance use a half pound of ginger and the juice and zest of nine lemons.

As for carrots, use carrots in place of *all* the sugar. It might carry the flavor.

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donnad June 16 2005, 18:11:46 UTC
I would try it using coconut milk rather than actual coconut, I'm not sure how lemongrass would balance with ginger, ginger being a strong flavor and lemongrass being a lighter flavor. Hey, give it a try...

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mycroft June 16 2005, 19:23:02 UTC
Tom kha gai is, in fact, made with coconut milk, not shredded coconut.

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donnad June 17 2005, 05:19:33 UTC
I didn't know that, I don't like coconut to start with so I sort of shy away from anything made with it.

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mycroft June 17 2005, 08:53:00 UTC
I guess that means you don't eat Thai food!

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mycroft June 16 2005, 19:22:19 UTC
Fish sauce wouldn't hurt, but what you really need in there is some lime.

(As feste_sylvain sort of pointed out, Thai food mostly uses galanga, not ginger, but it's not a completely unreasonable substitution.)

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merde June 16 2005, 20:00:08 UTC
i think it'd be excellent. i may try it when i finally get around to borrowing haineux's ice cream maker. (i mostly want to try kludge's recipe for habanero ice cream.)

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jbsegal June 16 2005, 22:30:55 UTC
Let's see... we've had Amaretto Hab a bunch of times, and Lime Coconut surprise, where the surprise is: Habanero, or not?

Someday you really MUST come out for one. :)

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foms June 17 2005, 14:05:36 UTC
Haineux and Merde? This ex-Montrealer is intrigued. [g]

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merde June 17 2005, 16:42:06 UTC
i hate to break it to you, but we are both just boring Americans who ended up with French-sounding nicknames.

however, naomi_traveller and her non-lj husband both hail originally from Quebec.

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vvalkyri June 16 2005, 21:43:05 UTC
oooh!

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