Recipe
for one tub:
1 tub
good quality French vanilla ice cream (creamy type) - If you are
dairy intolerant there are non-dairy creamy style French vanilla ice creams you
can substitute.
½ cup
chocolate drinking mix (Italian such as 'Vittorio dark chocolate' is best)
3
teaspoons Japanese green tea matcha powder
1 bunch
of fresh thyme (use lemon thyme for more unique flavour)
½
teaspoon cayenne pepper
1
teaspoon ground cinnamon
2 tansy
flowers (or chamomile flower)
¼ cup
good quality honey (or dark agave syrup)
½ liter
filtered or still spring/mineral water
Handful
of fresh pomegranate seeds
2
packets of red colored popping candy - strawberry and/or cherry flavour - (such
as Pop Rocks - Do not use one with bubble gum in)
A few
fresh (or tinned) berries for topping
Place
thyme and tansy (or chamomile) in a small pot and cover with the filtered/spring water.
Bring to the boil, then cover. Boil for 5 minutes, add honey and stir
until dissolved. Remove from heat and let stand. (Do *not* drain the
water - *Very* important!!)
While
the thyme/tansy/honey infusion is brewing/standing, place all other ingredients
except pomegranate seeds, popping candy and infusion into a blender and blend
until well blended.
(If you
don’t have a blender, place ice cream in a large bowl and fold in other
ingredients - except thyme/tansy/honey infusion, popping candy and
pomegranate seeds.)
Now,
place mixture in a bowl and slowly mix in the thyme/tansy/honey infusion
- add less if it is too watery.
Before
serving (or eating all by yourself ;) sprinkle with pomegranate seeds, berries
and popping candy (Add popping candy *just* before serving as it will
lose its pop otherwise.
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Each
ingredient represents an aspect of Aro’s personality and what he seems to be
aspiring to.
Creamy
French vanilla ice cream represents Aro being such a smooth operator! How
he can be deceptively sweet, yet mischievous (Too much ice cream is not god for
you!) The richness if the ice cream also represents, Aro’s wealth, smooth deal
making and just how darn sexy and delicious he is! The Dark chocolate
represents Aro’s decadent, yet alluring darkness, adding a little more
sweetness as he’s not thrilled about the things he’s done. The cinnamon
represents Aro’s spicy, exotic allure. I recommended Italian for the drinking
chocolate as Italians are passionate and vibrant like Aro.
The
thyme represents Aro’s immortality.
The
cayenne pepper, guess! Aro’s visceral appeal, his vicious streak. This is
tapered by the honey (or agave syrup) calming matcha green tea, and
tansy/chamomile, representing Aro’s gentle, loving side, even if he doesn’t
feel worthy of that love. The green tea also gives an interesting flavour
representing the myriad of emotions and interesting character Aro is! The
berries represent love and Aro’s opulence. The fresh, tart pomegranate seeds
give the ice cream an interesting look and represent the cycles of life and
death, the cycles Aro went through when he became a vampire, to abusing his
powers as the leader of the Volturi, dealing with that guilt and feeling
unworthy of love (much like Hades of ancient Greek myth as the God of the
Underworld, even though the God didn’t abuse his dark powers, still he felt
unworthy of love until Persephone came to him) The ruby crystal pomegranate
seeds also represent and the debonair aura of Aro. So the ice cream represents
all facets of Aro’s personality and his coming full circle into who he wants to
be and realising he is worthy of love.
And
last, but not least, the popping candy, J need I say for Aro’s delightful,
cute peppy quirkiness!
Although
I invented this blend, inspired by Robert Carlyle Rumple/Mr Gold, (who is a lot
like Aro, rich, devious, quirky, violent {and gorgeous ;} although also doesn't
think he's worthy of love) this weird
& wonderful concoction to me also deliciously represents the quirkiness,
curiosity, dangerous mystery and also the craving for love of the suave, yet
dangerous and peppy Aro Volturi from Twilight, played so beautifully by Michael
Sheen. And Aro secretly adores my ice cream ;) Belissimo! The Rumple/Mr Gold Inspired blend (same
ingredients) is called “Rumple’s Gold.”
(Inventor’s note: I wish they’d portrayed Aro better in ‘Breaking Dawn 2’ L He’s nowhere near that evil in the book and in the Book he and Carlisle were desperate to avoid a fight. Aro and Carlisle are old friends. If there’d been a fight in the book, it would’ve been started by Aro’s brother Caius. Who’s so not getting any ice cream ;)
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Disclaimers/Credits:
. Twilight created by Stephenie Meyer.
Once
Upon a Time created by ABC. I make no monetary profit from my fan creations. It’s a labour of true
wuv! J Rumple’s
Gold/Happy Endings hugely inspired by Kate owner of Sara’s Old
Fashioned Ice Cream a real ice cream store in Steveston an idyllic small
town in British Columbia, Canada (the real Storybrooke, where the show is
filmed as shown on the behind the scenes documentary with the season 1 DVD box
set.) Kate invented a gorgeous range of special, amazing and *delicious*
looking flavours for all the Once Upon
a Time characters including a delectable chocolate one for Mr Gold and a
delightful flavour entitled Once Upon a Time for the theme of the series
made with real fresh thyme. So thank you, you cool inventress you! This is SO
on my places to visit! I once saw one of those travel documentaries with 10 of
the best places to go in the world for Ice Cream, they’d better make that 11
now! Or Rumple and Aro will get cranky and we don’t what that … Or do we
>;)
Happy
Endings ice cream of course is inspired by dedicated to Michael Sheen, Aro & Stephenie
Meyer. Hugs! Ti Amo!
Enjoy
in moderation, for if you indulge too much, you’ll have to go to Carlisle (or
is that Robert Carlyle ;) for dental and the doctor will give you orders to run full
throttle up and down the streets of Storybrooke naked until you lose those
extra pounds and regain your health {and dignity} ;)
However do NOT under ANY circumstances, no matter how temping, shiny, red & delicious they look, accept any apples from Regina.
One of Kate's magnifique creations!
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