Our children don’t have a lunch program at their school. So, once a month, another lady and I volunteer to cook a hot meal for all 150 students. And, since the teachers don’t have a break in their schedules, twice a month we also make lunch for them—and sometimes prepare Milky Way Ice Cream for dessert! Every family has its traditions. We serve homemade ice cream for birthdays. I’m constantly looking for new recipes—that’s how I found this one.

A kind of cheats version of rum and raisin using leftover Christmas pudding.

We haven’t used our ice cream maker in a while. I guess the start of winter is a good time to begin. So here’s a little recipe on how to make our favourite ice cream.
Ingredients:
1/2 (250ml) pint milk
1/2 pint (250ml) double/heavy cream
3oz (75g) caster sugar
5oz (125g) plain chocolate (grated)
1 teaspoon peppermint essence
Optional: two or three [...]