Showing posts with label Abraham Darby. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Abraham Darby. Show all posts

Sunday, October 5, 2014

Rose petal ice cream- with goats' milk

Last week I was tapping in to my creative side.  Besides the marigold encrusted goat cheese I also made some rose petal ice cream.  I have an organic garden so even my flowers can be used in food.  Violets, nasturtiums, of course lavender and herbs, but even rose petals.
I start with Abraham Darby roses and fresh raw mild from Sunflower and CoCO

Bring the milk to just shy of a boil and add rose petals.  Steep until milk is cool

Ready to eat 
Use a basic custard ice cream recipe.  Here's mine:

4 cups milk ( cream or goat's milk)
Bring 1 cup to just shy of boiling on stovetop with a vanilla bean (cut open)
     steep the vanilla in milk off heat until milk cools- at least 10 minutes
4 egg yolks
3/4 cup sugar
Whisk egg yolks and sugar until the color of lemons
Add the 1 cup of steeped milk slowly to the eggs and sugar and stir until homogenous.
Return to the stove and cook slowly until that "back of the spoon" test has been reached
Place the remaining 3 cups of milk in a bain Marie of ice water
Add hot custard mixture to the cold milk through a sieve.
Cool for 6 hours
Use your favorite ice cream maker
Bon Appetit!
If you don't have fresh goat milk, fresh eggs and organic rose petal, improvise to whatever you like!

Thursday, August 19, 2010

One rose, 2 homes


Abraham Darby rose, Denver, originally uploaded by cabanagirl.

I thought hard about digging up my pet roses in California and transporting them in a trailer across 100+ degree deserts and making them get used to a new home. But.........here we are. This lovely Abraham Darby rose is a beauty in any yard but what a difference the amount of sunshine and heat make. All of my roses have adapted so far. Of course I know winter is a different story. I have transplanted a few of them in the ground here but this one is still confined to a 2 gallon plastic pot. Even with all the neglect and abuse this rose is a beauty. I wish you could smell her frangrance.

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Abraham Darby rose in the Japanese garden









































This is an English rose bred by David Austin.  It is 90 deg as I shoot this and the bloom is opening as I sketch.  The colors are more saturated than usual probably because it is only the 2nd rose to open this season.  It has a really strong fragrance.  It is one of my favorite roses in my garden