Sweet n’Salty Swirl

Sunday Sundae: Fruit Swirl

Prep 10 minutes: Freeze: 5 hours Prepare: 5 hour and 10 min

Materials

2 Pints of Minus the Moo Vanilla Ice Cream

4 Tablespoons of Lyndigo Spice Fruit Spread or Chutney

8 in. Pan

Plastic Cling Wrap

Directions
1. While the Minus the Moo Lactose-Free  Vanilla Ice Cream softens (but not melts), line an 8 in. pan with plastic wrap.

2. Spoon 1 of the softened pints of lactose free ice cream into the lined pan.

3. Spoon two tablespoons of the Lyndigo Spice fruit spread over the surface of the ice cream.

4. Using a chopstick or spoon, swirl the spread through the ice cream. Be careful to not cut, rip, or puncture the plastic wrap lining the pan.

5. Add the second pint of Minus the Moo Lactose-Free vanilla ice cream to the pan and place the remaining fruit spread on top of the swirled mixture.

6. Using the spoon, swirl the fruit spread through the top layer of ice cream

7. Cover the finished ice cream, with plastic wrap and freeze at least 5 hours, or overnight.

 

What’s Lactase?!

Lactase Enzyme

Are you dying to know what the lactase enzyme is?  Have you been wondering if it was:

1. Magic?
2. Too sciency sounding to seem natural?
3. Something from the future?
4. WTF is an enzyme?

Well, if you have been left wondering, we are going to tell you all you need to know about the lactase enzyme – our secret, yet not so secret, ingredient.  To us it kind of feels like magic, but magic provided to us by none other than mother nature herself.

First thing you need to know is that the sugar found in milk is called lactose.  Lactose is a “double sugar”, meaning that two single sugar molecules are bound together by a common bond.  People who are lactose intolerant can’t break that bond apart because their body does not produce enough or any lactase.  Lactase is an enzyme, and enzymes are essentially the scissors of the body.  Enzymes are responsible for breaking apart the things we eat so we can digest them and utilize those nutrients for energy.  Our “guts” are responsible for producing these enzymes to allow us to break things down into digestible sizes.  So when you hear “gut health” that really just translates to helping our body get what it needs in order to keep our insides top notch and able to digest the foods we eat in the very best way!  Keeping your gut stress-free is the best way to rest easy and digest easy.  What better way to do that than to not have to worry about lactose at all?

The lactase we use is cultivated in the wild!  It is not something that is manufactured.  When yeast digests sugar the product it gives off as a result is none other than our magical ingredient – lactase!  Thankfully for those of us who can’t produce lactase, mother nature came up with an alternative solution for us to be able to bottle up this magic and make our favorite foods lactose free!  When the lactase enzyme is added to our rBST hormone free milk & cream, it breaks apart the lactose that lactose intolerant consumers can’t digest, so the ice cream becomes lactose free and easier for everyone to enjoy!  With gut health being something on the forefront of my mind, I cannot think of anything that makes my tummy happier than REAL ice cream, lactose free.

-Katy

Our Mission

mission

noun  mis·sion \ˈmi-shən\

a specific task with which a person or a group is charged

Every business starts with a mission – the driving force that is the catalyst, inspiration and motivation for companies, products, or services.  And this mission usually starts with someone noticing a need or a problem.  Minus the Moo’s mission started with Katy and ice cream.  

Katy has always loved ice cream and growing up it was a huge part of her life.  But in high school, the thing she loved so much stopped loving her back and sharing ice cream with others isn’t fun when it makes you sick.  Katy tried other options on the market, but no friends or family wanted to share a “frozen dessert” that tasted less-than or a lactose-free ice cream that sounded like medicine.   Ice cream is supposed to be fun – a simple joy of life that brings people together – and Katy’s experience with ice cream was always a letdown.  

After many failed study breaks and struggling to enjoy ice cream together throughout college, we decided that we wanted a premium ice cream that tasted the same as any other ice cream so that we could enjoy it together.  That is why the mission of Minus the Moo is to bring the joy of real ice cream back to those who previously could not truly enjoy the experience.  Now those who are lactose intolerant can share with those who are not without anyone having to compromise!

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– Gwen

 

September Schedule from MTM

Happy September, everyone!

Many people (incorrectly) believe ice cream is a seasonal treat, reserved for hot summer days.  Well, the pints that grace my freezer all year round would beg to differ, so we are welcoming the beginning of fall with open arms and spoons.

We have tons of fun events coming up this September, so sneak a peek at our monthly calendar below and keep checking back for more as the month rolls on!

September 19th (time TBD) – Minus the Moo Pop-Up Shop at Lululemon on Newbury!

337 Newbury St, Boston, MA 02115

Come enjoy some naturally delicious lactose-free ice cream while you shop for some new workout gear!  NOM -aste!

September 20th 11am-5pm – Boston Local Food Festival

Minus the Moo will join other farmers, local restaurants, food trucks, specialty food producers, fisher folks, and organizations focusing on healthy food and fitness from around New England at this free festival on the Greenway in Boston!  Learn more at http://bostonlocalfoodfestival.com.

September 6^th, 13^th, 27^th – South End Open Market @ SOWA 10am-4pm

500 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA 02118

September 12^th and 26^th – Egleston Farmer’s Market @ Sam Adams Brewery

45 Brookside Ave, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130

We hope to see you there!