I watch streamed cooking shows at every given opportunity. I'm not actually a fan of most reality shows, because the drama of the people-stuff isn't really my thing, but I'm a foodie to my core, and I can learn so much by watching these channels.
One of my current favorites is Great British Menu. If you're interested, you'll find seasons on Amazon Prime, or on PeacockTV. It's a competitive show for serious (Michelin star) professional chefs and their food is incredible.
This week I was watching an episode where a chef made a dish that included wood-smoked beet (beetroot) with beet crisps, beet ash and horseradish ice cream. It got rave reviews and so I experimented to create a recipe for the gelato. You can find the recipe here.
There are some things I can tell you, that might be useful.
First, the ice cream has a hint of sweetness as it hits your taste buds but then the heat from the horseradish kicks in. It's pretty great. The chefs typically say it's "sweet forward".
Secondly, you can buy crushed horseradish very affordably in jars, so don't worry if you can't find the raw root in your grocery store.
I'm lucky enough to have a KitchenAid ice cream attachment, which makes everything so easy ... as long as you've got space in your freezer for the fairly big bowl. But I tried making this horseradish ice cream without machinery, which just means putting it into the freezer and manually whisking it every 30 minutes (to avoid large ice crystals from forming) and it works beautifully.
When you serve the ice cream, think carefully about where you're putting it on the plate, to avoid it melting.
The trend seems to be to serve ice cream in a 'rocher' in 2024. This is an oval shape formed by taking a single spoon and shaping the ice cream. The rocher has taken over from the 'quenelle' which is formed by taking two spoons and using them to create the oval. I have a site called 'relaxed recipes' so my view is this - your guests are going to love eating it and will never ever remember how many spoons you used or how perfect your oval was.
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