3 savory ways to have ice cream for dinner

When I tried eating my Kimchi Ice Cream for dessert at 10 PM one night, I just couldn't eat it because the ice cream wasn't sweet at all. It was more savory and spicy than sweet. So I thought that there's got to be a way to use ice cream for savory purposes. When I think of crazy food trends, I think of modernist cooking(which is basically cooking recipes in new, innovative ways- kind of like this channel). So I found this link for an ice cream salad(https://www.chefsteps.com/activities/savory-ice-cream-salad) and an ice cream salad dressing that I turned into a dip for onion rings(http://chindeep.com/2015/02/06/ice-cream-salad-dressing/). As for the idea of putting ice cream on top of a sirloin steak, that was an idea I couldn't find anything anybody else had done before, considering most people wouldn't consider ice cream on top of a salad and an ice cream dip with onion rings to be a complete meal.

But I had always wanted to cook a steak at home, and I had the opportunity to do that when my extended family's original Easter plans were postponed due to several family members coming down with the flu. So it was just my dad and I at home on the Saturday before Easter 2016, eating steak that I made.

But by looking at the pictures above, you may notice there is some purple stuff on top of the steak that definitely doesn't look like Kimchi Ice Cream. That's because it isn't. My original plan was to use Kimchi Ice Cream as the ice cream for this video but it went bad before I had the opportunity to use it in this video. Apparently, even kimchi goes bad, especially when it is frozen.

But I did have some Acai Sorbet that I bought from Whole Foods that on its own, isn't very sweet at all either. Besides, anything purple on top of a sirloin steak would command anybody's attention.

I like experimenting with recipes that have opposite flavors, like cold and hot food together on one dish(i.e. sorbet and steak).

The making of the Ice Cream Dip and Ice Cream on top of a salad were the easier for the three recipes in this video. With the former, all you have to do is mix the ingredients for the dip together and the latter only involves putting ice cream on top of salad greens with some other fixings.

My dad said the dip tasted more like peanut butter than acai sorbet but my taste buds would have to disagree- to me it tasted like a combination of peanut butter, apricot jam, and fruitiness from the sorbet, with the mayonnaise making the dip very creamy.

It turned out the acai sorbet pairs well with the Asian flavors, even though Acai is a Brazilian fruit. In that case, one could consider the Ice Cream on a Salad to be a fusion dish, which is always all the rage in the food industry.

As for the Ice Cream on top of a Sirloin Steak, that was more difficult because you can't just slap some ice cream on top of raw meat! You need to cook the meat first. This was my first time grilling steak ever(although when my mom was still around, she grilled steak on a George Foreman grill, albeit not that often).

The directions I found on how to cook a sirloin steak on a George Foreman grill(http://foremangrillrecipes.com/steak-recipes/easy-sirloin-steak/) called for the steak to be grilled for 6-9 minutes for a medium steak. Well after 9 minutes, the steak was still raw and to be fair, the steak was very thick. I should've tenderized the steak first to make it less thick but my dad said it wouldn't have made a difference in terms of the cooking duration for the steak.

In order to determine if a steak is fully cooked, you need to have a meat thermometer to measure the internal temperature of the steak. My original intention was for the steak to be medium, which means the center is light pink. But my dad freaked out when he saw a very pink center around the 13 minute mark(I'm assuming he thought pink steak == pink chicken, when it really isn't because the latter can get you sick, not the former). The steak at that point was 133 degees Fahrenheit internally, which made it medium rare. So he urged me to put it back on the grill for 2 more minutes, which turned the steak into a well-done steak that was brown on the inside, with an internal temperature of 162 degrees Fahrenheit! You need to watch your steak, people! 

A well-done steak is brown on both the inside and outside. Not ideal, but safer than eating a raw steak. Such a steak just requires more elbow grease to cut it up and more time to chew. My dad said the steak was so good, we should have a steak dinner again some time!

You will need:

Ice Cream Dip

For the cooking utensils:

A small bowl

For the dip:

1/4 cup of your favorite ice cream or sorbet(I used acai sorbet), softened
2 tbsp. of apricot jam(or any jam)
2 tbsp. of creamy peanut butter
2 tbsp. of mayonnaise
Onion rings or tortilla chips for dipping

1. Mix the first 4 ingredients together in a small bowl until well combined.
2. Use the onion rings or tortilla chips for dipping. Or just eat the dip out of the bowl. Either way, bon appetit!

Ice Cream on top of a Salad

For the cooking utensils:

A small bowl

For the salad:

2 cups of salad greens
Wonton strips
1/4 cup of your favorite ice cream or sorbet
Asian dressing to taste

1. Toss all ingredients together until the sorbet or ice cream is melted evenly among the salad.
2. Bon appetit!

Ice Cream on top of a Sirloin Steak

For the cooking equipment:

A pastry or grill brush
A George Foreman grill
A meat thermometer

For the steak:

1 lb. sirloin steak
Olive oil
Salt
Black Pepper
Pinch of Garlic Powder
1/4 cup of your favorite ice cream or sorbet
Wonton strips(optional)
Garlic powder(optional)
Asian dressing to taste

1. Brush the steak with olive oil on both sides.
2. Rub the salt, black pepper, and garlic on both sides of the steak.
3. Once your grill is preheated, put your steak on the grill and close the lid of the grill. Let the steak grill 6-9 minutes for a medium steak.
4. At the 9 minute mark, remove the steak from the grill and measure the internal temperature of the steak. If it isn't at least 140 degrees Fahrenheit internally, put the steak back on the grill for another minute or two.
5. Once the steak is at least 140 degrees Fahrenheit internally, remove the steak from the grill and serve on a large plate.
6. Top steak with ice cream or sorbet, Asian dressing, garlic powder(optional), and wonton strips(optional).
7. Bon appetit!