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The Perfect Scoop, Revised and Updated: 200 Recipes for Ice Creams, Sorbets, Gelatos, Granitas, and Sweet Accompaniments [A Cookbook] Hardcover – March 27, 2018
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David's frozen favorites range from classic (Chocolate-Peanut Butter) to comforting (S'mores Ice Cream) and contemporary (Lavender-Honey) to cutting-edge (Labneh Ice Cream with Pistachio-Sesame Brittle). Also appearing is a brand new selection of frozen cocktails, including a Negroni Slush and Spritz Sorbet, and an indulgent series of sauces, toppings, and mix-ins to turn a simple treat into a perfect scoop of delight.
- Print length272 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherTen Speed Press
- Publication dateMarch 27, 2018
- Dimensions8.2 x 0.92 x 10.27 inches
- ISBN-10039958031X
- ISBN-13978-0399580314
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Lemon-speculoos Ice Cream
Makes about 1½ quarts (1½l)
Belgians have their own version of gingersnaps, called speculoos (SPEC-ou-looze). They’re meant to be nibbled alongside the copious amounts of beer that Belgians drink, which was one of the many lessons I learned when I went to chocolate school there. Belgians like their beer so much that outdoor beer gardens are busy all year long, even during the freezing cold winters. We had to brush the snow off our table to put down our glasses! The good news is that you don’t have to worry about your beer getting warm.
Back home, I found that speculoos go equally well with lemon ice cream when the cookies are crumbled and folded in. Like Belgian beer, this can be consumed any time of the year and it’s especially good when served frosty cold.
Recipe
Zest the lemons directly into a food processor or blender. Add the sugar and blend until the lemon zest is very fine.
Warm the milk with the lemon-scented sugar, ½ cup (125ml) of the heavy cream, and the salt in a medium saucepan. Cover, remove from the heat, and let infuse for 1 hour.
Rewarm the lemon-infused mixture. Pour the remaining 1½ cups (375ml) cream into a large bowl and set a mesh strainer on top.
In a separate medium bowl, whisk together the egg yolks. Slowly pour the warm lemon-infused milk into the egg yolks, whisking constantly, then scrape the warmed egg yolks into the saucepan. Stir the mixture constantly with a heatproof spatula over medium heat, scraping the bottom as you stir, until the mixture thickens and coats the spatula.
Pour the custard through the strainer and stir it into the cream. Discard the lemon zest and stir over an ice bath until cool.
Chill the mixture thoroughly in the refrigerator, then freeze it in your ice cream maker according to the manufacturer’s instructions. As you remove the ice cream from the machine, fold in the crumbled speculoos.
PERFECT PAIRING: Because speculoos are meant to be enjoyed with beer, try pairing this ice cream with a fruity Belgian beer for dessert. I’m particularly fond of kriek, a sour-cherry beer, which you can find in well-stocked supermarkets and liquor stores.
Ingredients:
- 3 large lemons, preferably unsprayed
- 3⁄4 cup (150g) sugar
- 1 cup (250ml) whole milk
- 2 cups (500ml) heavy cream
- Pinch of kosher or sea salt
- 5 large egg yolks
- 1 batch Speculoos (recipe below), crumbled
Speculoos
Makes 1½ cups (200g)
These cookie chunks are inspired by the famous spiced cookies from Belgium. Zippier than American gingersnaps, Speculoos have become popular worldwide thanks to a (very) hard-to-resist spread made with them. Soft-baked Speculoos meld wonderfully when folded into ice cream, but if you’d like to make them crunchier, break the cookies into little bite-size nuggets and toast them in a 325°F (165°C) oven for about 10 minutes, until dry and crispy. Let cool completely, then fold the crunchy bits into your ice cream.
Speculoos Recipe
Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C) and line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.
Beat together the butter and brown sugar in a medium bowl until smooth. Stir in the molasses and egg yolk.
In a small bowl, stir together the flour, baking soda, and spices. Stir the dry ingredients into the butter mixture and mix until smooth. Transfer the dough to the prepared baking sheet, and, using your hands, pat it into a circle about 5 inches (12cm) in diameter. Bake for 18 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool completely.
Mixing them in : Break the Speculoos into bite-size chunks and fold them into 1 quart (1l) of ice cream as you remove it from the machine.
Storage : The unbaked dough can also be wrapped well and stored in the freezer for up to 1 month. Once baked, Speculoos can be stored at room temperature for up to 3 days or in the freezer for up to 1 month.
Speculoos Ingredients:
- 2 tablespoons salted butter, at room temperature
- 3 tablespoons packed light or dark brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon molasses
- 1 large egg yolk
- 1⁄2 cup (70g) flour
- 1⁄4 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon ground allspice
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“A glorious, in-depth look into a scrumptious subject, written in typical Lebovitz style: informative, personal, and entertaining.”--Yotam Ottolenghi
“The Perfect Scoop digs right into what you need to know for successful ice creams, sherbets, gelatos, sorbets, frozen yogurts, and granitas.” --New York Times
"Having churned out ice cream at home and in professional kitchens for a quarter century, Lebovitz can guide even a beginner to a great frozen experience. . . . Truly the Good Humor man of home ice cream." --San Francisco Chronicle
“The author's 25 years of experience as a frozen-dessert maker are put to excellent use in this wittily written, detailed volume. . . . Great photos and plenty of practical advice combine to make this an appealing and useful resource for the dessert aficionado.” --Publishers Weekly
“If you love cold sweets but never dared own an ice-cream machine for fear you'd soon weigh 300 pounds, then consider this book; you may just find some happy compromises.” --Epicurious.com
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Makes about 1 quart
This is the perfect chocolate sorbet—it’s very rich, dense, and full of bittersweet chocolate flavor, and it’s one of my all-time favorites. Use a top-quality cocoa powder; it will make a huge difference. Be sure to use a large saucepan, because the mixture will bubble up as it boils, and be sure to blend it before churning, which ensures the finished sorbet will be silky smooth.
2 1⁄4 cups (555ml) water
1 cup (200g) sugar
3⁄4 cup (75g) unsweetened Dutch-process cocoa powder
Pinch of kosher or sea salt
6 ounces (170g) bittersweet or semisweet chocolate, finely chopped
1⁄2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1. In a large saucepan, whisk together 1½ cups (375ml) of the water with the sugar, cocoa powder, and salt. Bring to a boil, whisking frequently. Let it boil, continuing to whisk, for 45 seconds.
2. Remove from the heat and stir in the chocolate until it’s melted, then stir in the vanilla and the remaining ¾ cup (180ml) water. Transfer the mixture to a blender and blend for 15 seconds.
3. Chill the mixture thoroughly, then freeze it in your ice cream maker according to the manufacturer’s instructions. If the mixture has become too thick to pour into your machine, whisk it vigorously to thin it out.
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- Publisher : Ten Speed Press; Revised edition (March 27, 2018)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 272 pages
- ISBN-10 : 039958031X
- ISBN-13 : 978-0399580314
- Item Weight : 2.5 pounds
- Dimensions : 8.2 x 0.92 x 10.27 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #13,842 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1 in Cheese & Dairy Cooking
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Customers appreciate the book's recipes, which include unique flavors like peanut butter and chocolate. They find the content well-written and informative, with practical advice for marbling, layering, and mixing. Readers describe the writing style as articulate and fun to read. Many consider the recipes worth purchasing and affordable. The use of fresh ingredients is appreciated.
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Customers find the recipes in the book tasty and unique. They appreciate the explanations of ice cream making basics, ingredients, and step-by-step instructions for making caramel. Readers also enjoy sections on sauces, mix-ins, and sweets. The author seems approachable and down-to-earth.
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Customers enjoy the ice cream recipes in the book. They mention peanut butter, chocolate, and other flavors. The book provides unique and traditional frozen dessert recipes, along with tips on different ingredients. It also includes information on making ice cream, including dairy-only ice cream, sherbet, and sorbet.
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- Reviewed in the United States on September 10, 2013This past spring/summer I got on a crazy canning kick--jams, peaches, sauces, etc. We live near one of the best ice cream shops in Los Angeles (don't worry, I'm getting to the point) where they serve "homemade" ice cream like "Guinness" ice cream, salted caramel, Rose Petal, lavender honey--ice creams made with real mint, rose petals, etc. So, back to being on a homemade everything kick, I decided it would be fun to get an ice cream maker for our anniversary so we could make homemade ice cream like our favorite local shop (and seriously, save $$ considering how much we spent there this summer). My first attempt was Lavender Honey Vanilla Bean ice cream (yes, I dove right in). Unfortunately, while the recipe had great ingredients, it didn't give me proper directions on making a custard, so, you guessed it, my custard curdled (which i didn't realize) and my ice cream turned out lumpy. It tasted good but the texture was so weird and unfortunately I just couldn't get past the weird texture to truly enjoy the flavor.
Then I came across David's blog and his Chocolate Mint Ice Cream recipe which then led me to his book, The Perfect Scoop, and I felt like I hit gold. I was in heaven leafing through the book with my daughter drooling next to me over the beautiful photos. So far, every recipe I've tried has turned out fabulously. He goes into detail about the proper tools, equipment and step-by-step methods (including how to prevent curdled custard!!). I've made Chocolate Mint (his book only has Mint, but all you need to do is add the chocolate during the churning process) and Holy Cow!!! the best mint ice cream I've ever tasted and I'm a true mint chip connoisseur! Next came Lavender Honey (and I added Vanilla Bean just because) and oh my yumm-o! Pure decadence. Following was salted caramel. OK, this recipe isn't in his book, it's on his blog, but again, he gives step-by-steps to making caramel (which is in the book) and it's so darn easy and I nearly wanted to faint after eating the ice cream. He even has a Guinness recipe (you know what's next for me!).
The book covers various inspirations surrounding the colder desserts: ice creams, sorbets and granitas. From the simplest chocolate or vanilla ice cream (with and without custard base) to complex, more labor-intensive combinations. He covers a variety of homemade topping/sauces/accompaniments, mix-ins, and methods of presentations (ex: ice cream cookies, truffles, sugar cups, etc.)--assuming you can keep yourself from eating them before you add the ice cream. I really enjoyed his little anecdotes before each recipe, usually detailing where the recipe came from or how it was inspired. He's a quippy writer and I didn't find any fluff, just straight forward, interesting and educational content.
I can't wait to try every single one of the ice creams and although I'm not a huge sorbet or granites lover, the flavors he puts together will tempt me for something a bit healthier. This is a great book and you will definitely not be disappointed with the results. Seriously, you will impress your guests with these homemade ice desserts. While making ice cream isn't as easy as dumping ingredients into a machine (unless you have $1000) David's directions are so clear and concise that it feels almost effortless. Oh, and check out his blog for even more inspiration. And I promise, he's not paying me to write this, he doesn't need to.
- Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2019I LOVE this cookbook so much. I have owned the original edition for about 12 years, and it was how I originally discovered David Lebovitz’s blog and other cookbooks. I love it so much that I used it a primary text for my thesis in graduate school, which I wrote about cookbooks and autobiography. I’ve also used it extensively, and have made more recipes than I can count (a few favorites include chocolate sorbet, which my 8 year old daughter made by herself, mango sorbet, cherry almond with stracciatella, mint chocolate chip, and gianduja gelato). I found David Lebovitz’s explanations and directions in the beginning to be perfect for a beginner, and he has enough interesting recipes to keep you busy and interested well after you stop being a beginner. This really is the only ice cream cookbook you’ll ever need.
I bought the new edition because I was pretty curious about what new recipes might be included, because I enjoy reading his writing (the reason I used it in my thesis), and because my first edition is well-worn and it’s not a bad idea to have a backup copy of a favorite cookbook. I also couldn’t find any list of what the new recipes were, so I thought I’d provide that here so that any first edition owners can decide if they want to add this revised edition to their library. There aren’t many changes. New recipes include the following:
• Butterscotch with peanut butter, chocolate, and pretzel brittle ice cream
• Candied bacon and bourbon ice cream
• Caramel “crack” ice cream
• S’mores ice cream
• Caramel corn ice cream
• Labneh ice cream with pistachio-sesame brittle
• Raspberry froze
• Cucumber gin sorbet
• Spritz sorbet
• Kir granite
• Frozen gimlets
• Negroni slush
• Chocolate shell (I could have sworn this was in the first edition but couldn’t find it while cross-referencing)
• Hot honey.
Recipes that didn’t make the revised edition include the following:
• Green pea ice cream
• Parsley ice cream
• Black pepper ice cream
• Saffron ice cream
• Rice ice cream
• Papaya lime sorbet
• Champagne cassis granite
One thing that bothers me about the new edition is that they could have done the page layout better. For instance, more than once, there will be a recipe that you must turn the page to finish. This is most annoying when there is a short recipe on the same page as the longer one, but also annoying when it could easily have been fixed by moving recipes and/or pictures around so that the recipe finished on a facing page instead of on the following page. It seems like they were trying to be a bit more judicious with the pages than they needed to be. I also wish he had updated more of the recipe headnotes, which I really enjoy reading. David Lebovitz sounds like such a fun person to hang out, I desperately wish I could count myself among his group of friends in Paris. More stories would have been welcome for me. For the most part, they’re copied exactly from the first edition.
In any case, I hope this list of recipe inclusions helps you if you’re on the fence about whether to add an additional edition to your collection. And please excuse me if it’s not exhaustive, I tried. If you don’t yet have a copy of this ice cream book, I highly recommend it! You’ll learn all the basics and get some fun and interesting recipes. He offers tips for different combinations or mix ins, and with that, the only real limit is your imagination.
- Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2025Great beginner book and must have for any ice cream enthusiast.
- Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2025I was trying to find some good recipes for homemade ice cream and this book offered some of the best ones!
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carolinaReviewed in Brazil on January 8, 2022
5.0 out of 5 stars Melhor livro de receitas de sorvete
O autor se preocupa tem explicar fundamentos básicos pra quem está iniciando na fabricacao de sorvetes caseiros . Me aventurei em experimentar grande parte das receitas e todas que fiz ficaram incríveis. Cada receita além de ser bem explicada na introdução o autor conta um pequeno conto sobre o sorvete e sua experiência de vida!
- Lucy L.Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 5, 2023
5.0 out of 5 stars Delicious - instant professional ice cream connoisseur
I’ve had this book (and the ice cream maker) for a total of 10 days which I bought on a whim during Black Friday - I love ice cream but have never made it before. So far I have made:
Chocolate ice cream (so good I made it twice)
Green tea ice cream
Roasted banana
Toasted coconut
Raspberry sherbet
Raspberry and champagne sorbet
Pineapple and champagne sorbet
Blackberry sorbet
Chewy chocolate brownies
I’m obsessed! All of them have come out to be beautiful. The chocolate is the family favourite despite only 1 of 4 liking chocolate ice cream. All of them require a little cooking or blending and a chill in the fridge before putting in the ice cream maker but were easy to do (the pictures helped a lot).
We don’t have enough freezer space or I would have made more already. I don’t think you need any other ice cream recipe book than this one as it has such a large variety to choose from - vanilla to avocado ice cream.
- Christian TorringReviewed in Germany on January 15, 2023
5.0 out of 5 stars This book will tell you nothing about modern gelato using stabilizers and dextrose.
This book will tell you nothing about modern gelato using stabilizers and dextrose, the recipes are great but tradional using eggs and cream a lot. It is very well written and presented though, with good tips and tricks.
I have been buying a lot of books on ice cream lately and the one I found by far the most usefull was Italian Artisinal Gelato, but this one is better suited for beginners, and much better written and presented. I would have adored it 20 years ago, but I have moved on and had hoped for more recipes and information on Italian Ice Cream.
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simona bReviewed in Italy on July 30, 2022
5.0 out of 5 stars La bibbia del gelato
Possiedo tre diversi libri sui gelati, ne ho guardati altri in libreria: questo è definitivamente il più esauriente, completo e dettagliatamente spiegato ogni in commercio.
Ricette a prova di inesperto (io) con abbinamenti e complementi perfetti. Imperdibile.
- shubhaReviewed in India on May 30, 2021
5.0 out of 5 stars Ice cream lovers, this is your book
While researching for few ice cream online And also making two of them ( toasted coconut and roasted banana , both of which were super delicious and creamy ) realised most of the recipes were an adaptation from This author . So as well as get his book of ice cream recipes and am not one bit disappointed. A perfect gift to anyone who loves ice cream and would try making their own .
Also I don’t own an ice cream maker , freeze the made stuff in low cooling temps does the job of serving soft creamy ice cream . No ice cream maker shouldn’t deter you from getting this book