WEBVTT - Bonus Episode - Cigar Ice Cream with Rian Johnson

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<v Speaker 1>You were listening to Ruthie's Table four in partnership with Montclair.

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<v Speaker 2>I got really into making ice creams around twenty fifteen

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<v Speaker 2>or so, ten years ago. Yeah, and so I have

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<v Speaker 2>this great just Italian, you know, one of the big

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<v Speaker 2>with the compressor inside it that can freeze anything, which

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<v Speaker 2>is great because it takes away you know, you don't

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<v Speaker 2>have to be that good at making your if your

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<v Speaker 2>customer isn't right on, it'll still freeze it. And yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I love I mean I went off and did like

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<v Speaker 2>I got into doing like infusions in the ice cream.

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<v Speaker 2>I tried and infusing tobacco and then ice cream once

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<v Speaker 2>it was delicious, and I thought that that was like arsenic.

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<v Speaker 2>I thought that was poisonous. But I read a recipe

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<v Speaker 2>where it was like, no, if you just do it

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<v Speaker 2>it just for a bit, and so.

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<v Speaker 1>How you did it?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, I literally just took pipe tobacco, which which

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<v Speaker 2>I had some of, and it was just like ten

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<v Speaker 2>minutes infusing it in the custard base. And there's other

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<v Speaker 2>arians where you can add liquid, smoke and stuff, but

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<v Speaker 2>this gave like a really it was a cigar ice cream.

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<v Speaker 2>But honestly, end of the day, I just if you

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<v Speaker 2>can pull off just a terrific terrific, just like French

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<v Speaker 2>vanilla or terrific fresh strawberry ice cream. Yeah, I mean

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<v Speaker 2>there's nothing like the basics. I think.

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<v Speaker 1>More and more like vanilla ice cream at the end

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<v Speaker 1>of the meal. I just love too the vanilla. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>we use the vanilla pods and you scrape them and

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<v Speaker 1>you have the right amount of vanilla. We've also found

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<v Speaker 1>a variance of the type of vanilla pods about a

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<v Speaker 1>Gascar has vanilla pods. They're expensive, yeah, but they're crucial,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, to have the right vanilla. But I love

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<v Speaker 1>a vanillaska. Also, I think we're doing Francis Coppola. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>he's living in London now and so he's.

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<v Speaker 2>Coming listen to your podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>And he when he comes, we absolutely have to have

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<v Speaker 1>chocolate sorbet.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeahs a superficial.

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<v Speaker 1>I think a lot of people like the lack of dairy.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know if we have it on the menu tonight,

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<v Speaker 1>I'll give you some.

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<v Speaker 2>I think. Actually I think I had the chocolate sorbet here,

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<v Speaker 2>and what surprise me about it is how like if

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't know it was sorbet and not a gelato

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<v Speaker 2>or ice cream. I don't know if I would have told,

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<v Speaker 2>because it's equally as rich and almost as like it's

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<v Speaker 2>like the equivalent of a flowerless chocolate cake. But like, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>it's really good.

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<v Speaker 1>I was in Spain last weekend and they made a Nemesis,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, the chocolate cake that we do, And when

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<v Speaker 1>I saw it in the tin, I said, how are

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<v Speaker 1>you guys going to get this out? Because it was

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<v Speaker 1>so completely big and they scoop it out like an

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<v Speaker 1>ice cream, a different way of eating Nemesis all but

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<v Speaker 1>I love it.

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<v Speaker 2>I love it, like the massive cherum asu that they

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<v Speaker 2>just like to take it out. That's fantastic. Wow.

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<v Speaker 1>But you make sorbets as well with that.

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<v Speaker 2>I've dabbled in sorbets, but it took me a while

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<v Speaker 2>to get my custard game just right. And once I

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<v Speaker 2>kind of got the hang of that, that just guarantees

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<v Speaker 2>like a perfect creamy, delous like impressive ice cream and

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<v Speaker 2>so and you can obviously then make any flavor combo

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<v Speaker 2>you want. You know, you can do. There's so much

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<v Speaker 2>to go from there, and I personally don't don't have

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<v Speaker 2>a problem with dairy, so I usually just default the basics,

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<v Speaker 2>because yeah, I'm trying to think of the last time

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<v Speaker 2>I made a sorbet.

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<v Speaker 1>No, it was the last time you made an ice cream.

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<v Speaker 2>Well it's been a bit, but but I've been baking cookies.

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<v Speaker 2>A friend gave me as a gift a great book.

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<v Speaker 2>I think it's called Crumb and it's it's regional cookie

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<v Speaker 2>recipes from like across the world, and it's just really basic,

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<v Speaker 2>like traditional cookies, but it's really fun, just like trying

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<v Speaker 2>the Swedish gingerbread cookies versus like the Mexican coachilla like

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<v Speaker 2>that you do like in the in the forum, in

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<v Speaker 2>the shape of a little pigs and like, I don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>It's so I've been on a cookie jag.

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<v Speaker 1>Recently we found the greatest recipe for chocolate chips. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>because that's hard. Well, everybody has a different I like

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<v Speaker 1>some very thin and crisp. Some people like them really

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<v Speaker 1>During COVID, I tried to what's your favorite? I like

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<v Speaker 1>a thin one. I kind of use this I think

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<v Speaker 1>it was from Originally it's from the New York Times,

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<v Speaker 1>the one on the back of the toll house chocolate chips.

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<v Speaker 1>That's a classic one. But I quite like them like

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<v Speaker 1>one of the ones that you can also buy in

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<v Speaker 1>a packet. I don't know what they're called.

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<v Speaker 2>It's the margarita pizza. It's like nothing to hide behind.

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<v Speaker 1>It like I do, like I really do like to

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<v Speaker 1>end a meal with an ice cream rather than a cake.

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<v Speaker 1>And I do like vanilla. Yeah, sometimes an espresso over it.

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<v Speaker 1>It's quite nice.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you for listening to Ruthie's Table for in partnership

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<v Speaker 2>with Montclair