'Tis the season for absurd eating (let's make ice cream!)

It's the height of summer here in Canberra and the air is full of smoke from distant bush fires. We're reaching the end of December (a month of parties and excesses) and I'm thinking that January's household menu will need to be simple and healthy. One final splurge, though ...

Today I made some ice cream, featuring coconut and cacao nibs:

600 ml pouring cream (whipped by my wonderful culinary assistant, Andrew)
200 g sweetened condensed milk
50 g shredded coconut
50 g cacao nibs

Mix all together, pour into freezable containers, and freeze.

These two containers have a total capacity of around 1.7 L so I'd estimate the above recipe makes about 1.5 L of ice cream.

Here are some other home made ice cream options, if you're feeling inspired ...

avocado, lime and ginger
Bailey's and macadamia [or other nuts]
basil, lime and honey
brandied fruit and nuts
chilli chocolate
coffee and cardamom
green tea
Kahlúa and pecan [or other nuts]
rocky road
strawberry

Enjoy!