Lick The Spoon: Whip Up Your Own Disney-Inspired Pineapple Ice Cream
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Last month I got to go to Disney World with the Greeneville High School band and chorus. What a whirlwind four days 150+ students, four buses, two hotels, 30 chaperones and staff.
Our band did a wonderful job marching in the 2 p.m. parade, even though they were miserably hot in their uniforms, and the chorus got to sing in a church famous for its acoustics.
The downside? Disney during spring break is incredibly crowded, meaning lines were at least two hours long for most of the things the kids wanted to do or eat.
There are some things that visitors to Disney must eat. Ice cream shaped like Mickey Mouse are fortunately available through out the parks at little roadside carts. The famous Dole Whip is another, and proved much harder to get.
I believe theres a spot in each park to get one, but then the lines were hours long, and while my kids were willing to put themselves through that, I wasnt.
So what exactly is a Dole Whip? Its basically a pineapple soft serve ice cream, created by the Dole company, and only available at Disney before 2023.
So what to do when youre a pineapple lover but either not able to get to Disney or not willing to wait in a two-hour line? You know I immediately got home and started playing.
There are a few knockoff Dole Whip recipes online but they all start with vanilla ice cream, blended with pineapple and are meant to be a single serving. Surely I could do better, and so the fun began
To be sure I called up my friends Brooke and Matt Williams, who are my go-to experts for all things Disney. (Ive lost track of how many times theyve been since Ive known them.) They tried both my homemade and the instant versions and proclaimed mine to be the better of the two, so Ill call that a win.
While this recipe calls for a 4-quart ice cream churn, you can see how easy it would be to make a smaller batch. If you dont have a churn at all, put the batter in a bowl and put it in the freezer. Pull it out every hour and beat it with your mixer, until it gets to that soft serve consistency.
Its best served immediately, but leftovers can be pulled out of the freezer, let soften slightly and then smooth it out again with your mixer.
PINEAPPLE WHIP
4 cups half and half
8 egg yolks
Wednesday, April 19, 2023 at 4:00 am