Gobble gobble!

Hoping everyone had an amazingly STUFF your face Thanksgiving! (As did I!)...more of the wine of course ;)..ok, maybe in equal amounts.

My boyfriend Peter and I had gone to Long Island to my sisters house for a few days. It was nice, as always..to escape the streets of Brooklyn too, almost like a mini getaway.

I made a lovely ganache tart (12" inch round)...assembled with some chocolate leaf work decoration. Here are a few shots which were PRE subway and LIRR travel!

Traveling alongside with us was our dog, Jerry and a DELICIOUS stellar Strawberry cheesecake my boyfriend Peter had made. He had some last minute issues with the chocolate ganache topping, over the strawberries and cake and such. So with time 'a tickin' I couldn't snap a picture! Instead I had to save his cake and run to the supermarket. With my Pastry knowledge and all, you can say...I saved his cake :)...love you hunnie <3 And due to glasses of wine, one after another...I didn't bother setting up a photo shoot. Most likely due to my neices butchering the cheesey velvety goodness. His was surely a steal of the night!...<3

Delicious Herb and Cheese biscuits! Click below for this delicious, crumbly on the outside and moist inside biscuit. My whole family devoured them, as did the kids I teach at work :) Annnndddd...as you can see below, the ladies that I work with also had our own lil feast before the Holiday break. Can you spot these delectable love biscuits!?

Gina's biscuits

Chocolate Ganache tart topped with Coconut milk Ice cream!

BEHOLD! HEALTHY, ice cream! I became infatuated with trying the new ice cream after seeing an ad for 'Coconut Bliss' ice cream. I for one indulge on ice cream (when I DO eat it once in a blue)..but however, I don't like the bloatedness and tiredness I feel afterwards. SO, with my handy dandy Ice cream maker, I busted it out of the box for the first time. I made the base a day before hand. Actually to tell you the truth, I was really let down after having it all prepared. The tiny print screamed at me 'Must freeze for a min. of 15 hours', dang!..

*Heavenly LIGHT vanilla coconut ice cream*
- 3 cans Coconut Milk (do not use Light, it contains more water and is more liable to get icey)
- 3 oz. Pure Clover Honey, or to taste
- 1/2 vanilla bean, scraped. + or - 1 tspn. vanilla ext.

BLEND ALL TOGETHER IN BLENDER! and freeze up to a few hours before you are ready to use your machine.
I took mine out the next day, a few hours prior to turning my machine on. I blended it until smooth first, then added it right into the machine on 'Stir'. Now is your time to add any disired fruits, candies, nuts..go crazy!

When it has reached the desired consistancy you are looking for, cover completely in another hotel pan, bowl, or shoe. Make sure the wrap it touching the ice cream and press it down completely. Making sure it has to chance to catch the freezing arctic air of the freezer!! Freeze for at least 2 1/2 hours. It will always be colder on the edges of the container, check the middle first.
ENJOYYYY!

Placed rolled up balls of the ice cream atop a mini chocolate ganache tart (pate brisee) and topped with roasted coconut flakes and a few almond slices. YUM!