PrintSugar Rush: Strawberry Ice Cream from Blue Marble
Last summer, there was an ongoing conversation at Serious Eats world headquarters on strawberry ice cream. Could it survive on its own merits, or would it always live in the context of the Neapolitan trio? Vanilla and chocolate perform solo all the time, but that strawberry, it has to work a little harder (and maybe deservedly so).
I admit it. I usually skip over strawberry for something "more exotic" like grapefruit sorbet or pistachio. Silly, silly me. When it's good, strawberry ice cream is really good, and at Blue Marble—where they use nine pounds of real strawberries in every two-gallon tub, and the probability of jammy seeds getting stuck in your teeth is moderate to high—it's really damn good. It was like eating the flavor for the first time. My entire strawberry-ice-cream-is-inferior thesis went out the window.
Blue Marble Ice Cream
420 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn NY 11217 (map)
718-858-1100
bluemarbleicecream.com
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3 Comments:
For the record I had some homemade strawberry ice cream (more like sorbet actually) that was outstanding. Even ethereal. Strawberries deserve their merit as exceptional ingredients and deserve to be made into ice cream alone. forget the chocolate and vanilla...
oregonpinot at 4:20AM on 07/23/09
i always have just strawberry ice cream in my freezer. its my favorite! but when ever i go to blue marble i get their green tea ice cream. its awesome
Ultrateg at 12:18PM on 07/23/09
I second both the vote for Blue Marble's strawberry and their green tea. A third suggestion (get three mini-marbles!) is the blackberry. So good, and I'm normally not into blackberry stuff but - it is really good. Less tart than the strawberry and super creamy.
I love this place so much that whenever I'm even remotely in the area I make a pilgrimage...
fatcat at 3:45PM on 07/29/09