According to a recipe by the
San Francisco-based restaurant,
The Stinking Rose, which is well known for including garlic in all of its dishes, garlic ice cream is basically vanilla ice cream with some
garlic.[1] The Scandinavian Garlic & Shots, which is based in
Södermalm, serves garlic ice cream which is essentially a combination of honey flavoured ice cream and garlic.[2] Garlic ice cream is savoury in taste.[3]
Reception
Tasters of garlic ice cream at the 2012 North Quabbin Garlic and Arts Festival had positive feedback for the ice cream flavour, with one of them commenting that it "is really creamy, subtle flavors, but you can taste the
garlic".[4]
Notable use
Garlic ice cream has been a featured dish at several garlic conventions. Examples include the 1986 Ithaca Garlic Festival in
Ithaca, New York[5] and the
Gilroy Garlic Festival, which has included garlic ice cream as one of its featured garlic dishes a handful of times, including in 2000[6] and 2005.[7] It has also been showcased at the 2011 Toronto Garlic Festival in
Toronto,
Canada[8] and the 2012 North Quabbin Garlic and Arts Festival at Forster's Farm in
Orange, Massachusetts.[4]
Garlic ice cream is a food item on The Stinking Rose's food menu.[9] The ice cream flavour is treated as a "sauce" to accompany food items like
steak,[10] although it can also be consumed as a dessert item.[11]