Flavor #100: O Christmas Tree

Our holiday pine needle ice cream with candied cranberries
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We’re pretty stoked about this flavor and not only because it is PINE NEEDLE ICE CREAM. But, also because it’s FLAVOR # 100. Yes, ONE HUNDRED This is the 100th totally unique, made from scratch, hand-packed flavor that we’ve made for our members. We can’t believe what started as a desire to make a better pint of ice cream has come this far
Adventures in Ice Cream - The making of flavor #100, O, Christmas Tree. ...
Step 1: It all started with a dream: a Holiday Tree, but in ice cream form. Can we do it? After some research about the health benefits of pine and fir needles, we decided, yes, yes we can. Nay, we should! So a trip to our local tree purveyor in Soho on one cold stormy night led us to our needles. Upon arrival, we asked, “Can we taste your pine needles?" They were happy to comply, even offering tasting notes on the needles - some had a deep pine taste, some with floral, even grapefruit, hints.
Adventures in Ice Cream - The making of flavor #100, O, Christmas Tree. ...
Steps 2 & 3: Actually, three steps here - we cut the branches up, cut the fronds off the branches, and then pulled the needles off the fronts. It was quite the process and all passersby in our shared kitchen space looked at us like we were crazy. #pineneedle #icecream #milkmade
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Step 4: Now it’s time to steep the pine in the cream so we can extract all the #pine flavor #milkmade #icecream #icecreamdelivery #icecreamofthemonth #recipe #food #holidays
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Step 5: Don’t forget the cranberries! Ours come from a family run 4th generation independent cranberry grower in Cape Cod called Edgewood Bogs. To make our candied cranberries - we first boil them in simple syrup, with a bit of vanilla and a hint of orange peel. Then strain the syrup, and then roll them in a bit more sugar. Delicious! #icecream #milkmade #cranberries #holidays #recipe
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Step 6: The ice cream is totally not green, as one might expect a Christmas Tree to be. #milkmade #icecream #icecreamdelivery #icecreamofthemonth #recipe #food #holidays
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Finally we delivered our holiday pints to our Members. #pineneedle #icecream #holidays #christmas #milkmade