Mexican Ice Cream: Beloved Recipes and Stories [A Cookbook] [Hardcover]

A collection of 60+ flavor-packed recipes for ice creams and frozen treats rooted in Mexico's rich and revered ice cream traditions.

This new offering from the incredibly popular baker and sweets maker Fany Gerson, the powerhouse behind Brooklyn's La Newyorkina and Dough, showcases the incredibly diverse flavors of Mexican ice cream while exploring the cultural aspects of preparing and consuming ice cream in Mexico. Gerson uses unique ingredients to create exciting and fresh flavors like Red Prickly Pear Ice Cream,
Oaxacan-style Lime Sorbet, Avocado-Chocolate Ice Cream, and Rice-Almond Ice Cream with Cinnamon. All recipes are created with the home cook in mind, and written in Fany's knowledgeable but accessible voice.Mexican Ice Creamfeatures vibrant location photography and captures the authentic Mexican heladerias that Gerson has been visiting for decades. For anyone looking to up their summer ice cream game, this is the book.CONTENTS

Introduction 1

SORBETSNIEVES DE AGUA 22
CLASSIC MEXICAN ICE CREAMSHELADOS CLASICOS MEXICANOS 52
MODERN MEXICAN ICE CREAMSHELADOS DEL MEXICO MODERNO 88
SPICY AND BOOZY FLAVORSSABORES PICOSITOS Y BORRACHITOS116
CONES, TOPPINGS, AND SAUCESCONOS, TOPPINGS, Y SALSITAS144  You’ll want to feature this colorful cookbook prominently on your bookshelf. Starring ingredients range from cinnamon and avocado to mangoes and Mexican chocolate. Flipping through the pages will transport you to Mexico—and have you craving a towering cone of ice cream or sorbet.
—Grace Elkus, Real Simple

The combinations are as vibrant as those in the chef’s signature popsicles. Stories of Gerson’s memories seeking out and eating ice cream as a child in Mexico are interspersed with recipes flC3