Ice Cream

This recipe is an accompaniment for Pear-Cranberry Crisp with Cinnamon Ice Cream.

This recipe is an accompaniment for Individual Chocolate Raspberry Baked Alaskas . This recipe will yield more than you need for the baked Alaskas, but who would mind a little extra ice cream in the house?

Though perfectly delicious on its own, this ice cream also makes a great accompaniment to spiced apple cake or caramelized apple crêpes. Active time: 25 min Start to finish: 12 hr

Active time: 1 hr Start to finish: 5 hr If you decide to use fresh pumpkin purée for this cake, be sure you drain it for the full eight hours we recommend in the procedure.

Active time: 5 min Start to finish: 2 1/2 hr (includes freezing)

Active time: 20 min Start to finish: 4 hr

(GELATO AL CIOCCOLATO) We tested this recipe with both regular and Dutch-process cocoa powders and loved both versions. The Dutch-process cocoa powder yields a slightly more intense flavor.

"My husband and I recently went to Chez Mimi in nearby Santa Monica," writes Randi Fine of Sherman Oaks, California. "We shared a luscious dessert called caramel chomeur, a cake baked atop caramel sauce and served with vanilla ice cream. I've searched my cookbooks, but I can't find a recipe close to it." Chef Mimi Hebert tells us that this dessert from the Great Depression era was called chomeur (from the French word for "unemployed") because it was inexpensive to make.

For a quick and easy version, just stir one cup of praline into a one-quart tub of vanilla ice cream that has been softened slightly.

If you have an extra minute, garnish the pie with chocolate shavings and cookie halves.

(GLACES AUX TROIS PARFUMS) These lavender, honey-saffron and nougat ice creams show off true Provençal flavors.

Be sure to use extra-ripe mangoes when preparing this rich, creamy dessert.