Ice Creams, Sorbets & Gelati: The Definitive Guide

Ice Creams, Sorbets & Gelati: The Definitive Guide by Caroline & Robin Weir has been shortlisted for the Guild of Food Writers Cookery Book of the Year Award!

Australian RRP: $49.99
ISBN: 9781904943464, Hardback

‘What Robin Weir doesn’t know about the history of ice cream is not worth knowing. His relentless research and boundless passion have inspired me for years.’
Heston Blumenthal

If you haven't gotten your hands on the best guide to ice's and other cold treats then now is the time.

What the publisher, Grub St, has to say about Ice Creams, Sorbets & Gelati: The Definitive Guide -


Fifteen years after the publication of their previous book, the largest selling book on ICES that has ever been published with over 30,000 copies sold in the UK alone, Caroline and Robin Weir return with the ultimate Ice Cream book. Since the first publication, over a decade of research, collecting and millions of calories have gone into this new book which has over 400 recipes covering ice creams, gelato, graniti, bombes, parfaits, instructions on making wafers, biscuits, punches, even ice creams for diabetics and vegans.

This NEW book, with all areas expanded and updated, is for the beginner, the enthusiast the cook, the expert and the professional chef.

All the recipes are written in the clearest terms in Metric, cup measurements and Imperial weights and measures. All techniques are described in the simplest terms and all your questions are covered in this comprehensive book.

There is a comprehensive section of the physics and chemistry of all ices as well as enough information to enable you to make almost anything into an ice. Should you want to go BIG on ice cream there is a section on equipment as well as a section on the chemistry and physics of ice cream and ices.

If you have never tasted home-made ice cream, you are in for a revelation. If you have the previous book you are in for many inspired new flavours. These are not ice creams loaded with junk confectionery, these are pure unalloyed, straightforward ices, easily made from straight forward, easily obtained ingredients without additives.

Ice Creams, Sorbets & Gelati: The Definitive Guide can be ordered from your local bookshop or online at www.booktopia.com.au. 

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