About The Book

A new classic, The Ice Cream Book shows readers how to use simple ice creams, sorbets, and granitas as a blank canvas for swirls, and mix-ins to create custom flavors—from the founder of the wildly popular Caffe Panna, the cult ice cream spot.

The Ice Cream Book shows you how to use ice cream and sorbet as a blank canvas for flavor and texture. Swirls, crunches, and mix-ins are the focus here so that you can customize every batch for an explosion of flavor in every spoonful.

There are three parts to this book. Part 1 shows you how to create delicious, creamy ice creams, sorbets, and granitas, that scoop like a dream. You can use any kind of ice cream maker. Part 2 leads you through adding swirls made from jam, caramel, and syrups, as well as chunks and crunches: brownies, cookies, brittles, for example. In Part 3, you can take it over the top with affogatos, sundaes, and even ice cream cakes.

Recipes include:
* Simple Ice Creams: Sweet Cream Base, Brown Sugar Sweet Cream, Peppermint Stick, Dark Chocolate, and Caffè Latte
* Layered Ice Creams: Almond Croissant, Peppermint Fudge Brownie, Campfire Swirl, Lemon Meringue Pie Ice Cream
* Sorbets and Granitas: Frozen Hot Chocolate (Chocolate Sorbet), Strawberry Sorbet, Chai Latte Granita, and Honeydew Sorbet
* Mix-ins and putting it all together: Sprinkle Cake Ice Cream, Root Beer Float, Affagato Sundaes

You can follow the recipes exactly—or use them as a framework. Make a flawless and simple vanilla, or build a maximalist pint with Vanilla Ice Cream, Peanut Butter Swirl, Brownie Chunks, Peanut Brittle. Or try Chai Cinnamon Bun Ice Cream: White base infused with Chai tea bags, Snickerdoodles, Cinnamon Caramel.

About The Author

Liz Clayman

Hallie Meyer founded Caffe Panna in 2019. It is an artisanal ice cream business that combines elements of both the Italian gelato and American ice cream traditions. Raised in New York, Hallie cooked in southern Italy, at the Rome Sustainable Food Project, and in the beloved Roman gelateria Otaleg. Caffe Panna ice creams and sorbets are available in Gramercy, Greenpoint, via Goldbelly, and in shops and restaurants throughout the New York area. Caffe Panna has been featured in The New York Times, Eater, People, and INSIDER Food. In a rave review shortly after opening the first shop, New York magazine named their affogato sundae the best new dessert of the year, calling Meyer’s ice cream “weirdly, extraordinarily great.” A graduate of Yale, Hallie lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two young children.

Product Details

  • Publisher: S&S/Simon Element (April 20, 2027)
  • Length: 288 pages
  • ISBN13: 9781668025376

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Raves and Reviews

"Several years after opening, Caffè Panna still draws crowds for its seasonal ice creams and sundaes said to be inspired by Rome. The menu includes affogato sundaes, pints to-go, and a daily selection of scoops that’s teased on social media. Whatever you get, there’s a good chance it’ll be topped in panna, the lighter-than-air Italian whipped cream this shop is named for." -Eater

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