A Yorkshire ice cream maker is hoping to help mark Yorkshire Day with the creation of four unusual ice cream flavours.
Award-winning ice cream maker Yummy Yorkshire has used traditional dishes and foods from the county including Yorkshire pudding to create four different sweet and savoury ice cream flavours.
The ice cream makers which is based on the outskirts of Huddersfield say its four course ice cream meal is ‘a taste of Yorkshire in a lick’.
Unusually, the ‘starter’ ice cream on the menu is Yorkshire Pudding, Gravy and Womersley Raspberry Vinegar ice cream. Yummy Yorkshire created the flavour in support of a campaign by fruit and herb vinegar producer Womersley to see the dish returned to its traditional place at the head of Sunday lunch. The campaign is being supported by several high profile Yorkshire chefs including Michelin- Starred Andrew Pern, Tim Bilton and Stephanie Moon.
Further flavours on Yummy Yorkshire’s menu include Green Pea ice cream, Beef & Horseradish and Old Yorkshire Trifle, based on the recipe of Brenda Batty, a customer who recently entered a competition to create a new flavour for Yummy Yorkshire. The recipe, which is over 70 years old, belonged to her mother-in-law Elsie Maxfield and consists of sponge, custard, raspberry jam, cream and sherry.
Speaking about her four course ice cream menu, Louise Holmes of Yummy Yorkshire says: “To celebrate Yorkshire Day we wanted to show our appreciation of the county in the way we know best – through ice cream. Some of the flavours may sound odd but they are surprisingly tasty – especially the Green pea ice cream which really brings out the sweet taste you get from fresh peas.
“The Yorkshire Pudding flavour has had a very mixed reaction - some love it and some absolutely hate it. It’s a mess with your mind ice cream!
“The Roast beef and horseradish ice cream is a killer combination as you have all the taste of the horseradish without the heat. The beef has been shredded and rippled through the ice cream making it look like a crumbled up flake, which again can confuse your mind a little bit.
“Our dessert flavour, the Old Yorkshire Trifle, is gorgeous and we are confident that this will prove extremely popular. The ice cream leaves you with a lingering taste of sherry and custard just like the real thing!
“We hope that people come and give the flavours a try – who knows, they may become a new staple in the Yorkshire diet!”
It is the first time that Yummy Yorkshire has produced savoury ice cream flavours; the ice cream producer is known for its distinctive flavours such as Lou’s Liquorice but Louise believes the new flavours are some of their most adventurous yet.
The flavours will be launched on Yorkshire Day, Sunday 1 August, at Yummy Yorkshire’s farm and ice cream parlour located on the edge of the Pennines between Huddersfield and Penistone.
In celebration of the event, the ice cream producer is also putting on a free bouncy castle on Friday, Saturday and Sunday for its customers. For directions visit www.yummyyorkshire.co.uk
[Image caption: Louise and Jeremy Holmes of Yummy Yorkshire with their Yorkshire Day Ice cream menu. Jeremy holds Yorkshire Pudding, Gravy & Womersley Raspberry Vinegar Ice cream and Green Pea Ice Cream, Louise holds Beef & Horseradish Ice Cream and Old Yorkshire Trifle Ice cream.]
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