Thursday’s Culinary Adventure V

 

Tonight, on Thursday’s Culinary Adventure:

But not just any potatoes… ICE CREAM POTATOES!!!  Hip hip hooray!  These are sold at the Idaho Fair, and they are delicious!  I went online in search of a recipe, got some general ideas, and here we go!!

You will need:  Ice cream, unsweetened baking cocoa, and whipped cream.

-Set out your ice cream to soften a little.

  I used this kind for three reasons: 1) it is my favorite, 2) it was on sale, and 3) I thought that it would be easier to scoop out of a square box vs. a cylinder.

-Scoop out some ice cream, and shape it into…well…roughly what a potato looks like. (I used my – clean!- hands.)

Put the ice cream spheres (soon to be potatoes), back into the freezer to harden up.

IMPORTANT:  I only put it back into the freezer for about 20 minutes, and the ice cream was still too soft and very difficult to work with.  I would recommend freezing for a couple of hours!!

-Dump some of the baking cocoa onto a plate.

-Roll that little lump of ice cream in the chocolate, dusting off any big clumps.  You may have to sprinkle some more on top to get even distribution.

-Transfer to a clean plate.

You did it!

Now, you can mix things up a little, depending on what you want to do.

-Cut a wedge out of the top so that it looks like a baked potato

-Add whipped cream to make “sour cream” topping.

-Green sprinkles could = chives

-A yellow Starburst could be a pat of butter!!!

Oh, the possibilities are endless!!!

Again, yours will look MORE believable, because if it was frozen a bit harder, it would not have made a runny mess all over the place!

Adult taste testers say:

Brian:

Caitlin:

Summary: 

YUMMY!!!  Really, really good!  I think that they may have been a teensie eensie bit better if they had been frozen a bit longer, plus way easier to work with and more realistic

We think that they are delicious and fun!  Maybe cute to serve kids on April Fools Day? :)

Grade: A +!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!