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CNYEats A Taste of Utica Homemade Spumoni

Posted by Toni Leone Guzski and just the thing for your Valentine! *For vegetarians, make sure you pick up vegan friendly marshmallows. Place in a double boiler: 1/4 lb mini marshmallows, 6 TBS powdered sugar and 1 1/2 cups heavy or lite cream. Remove from heat once the marshmallows are melted and add: 1 large banana *I USED CHOPPED PEACHES, 1 small bottle of cherries – cut up *I USED OREGON CANNED CHERRIES In heavy syrup but drained, 1 TBS melted mint chocolate, 1 TBS chopped almonds. Mix all the above together and freeze. What a wonderful, LOADED bowl of [...]

By Joanne|2013-02-12T18:18:38-05:00February 12, 2013|Taste of Utica|2 Comments

CNYEats A Taste of Utica Gelati Florentine Clone

This week’s recipe is…. ICE CREAM! Ok, so “Gelati” (better known as Gelato) if you want to be all formal about it. What’s the difference? According to THIS SOURCE, ice cream is made with a minimum of 10 percent fat, while gelato is made with a greater proportion of whole milk to cream, so it contains five to seven percent fat. Gelato is also churned at a slower speed than ice cream, so it's denser because not as much air is whipped into the mixture. (Gelato contains about 25 to 30 percent air, while ice cream can contain as much [...]

By Joanne|2012-08-11T19:57:39-04:00August 11, 2012|Taste of Utica|2 Comments

Berry Surprise Ice Cream

It’s going to be a hot one on Saturday for Ted’s THIRD triathlon event. The Owasco Man. Ted’s ready and looking forward to another day of swimming, biking, and running. Well…not so much the running but it’s all part of the game, right?! We were going to take Zoey and expose her to more wonderful people, places, and activities but it turns out the park won’t allow dogs on the triathlon side. At least we don’t think they will and due to the heat, we don’t want to take any chances. So Zoey will experience her first full morning of [...]