Noona's Ice Cream Stuffed French Toast

with Noona’s Black Sesame Ice Cream

By: Jessica Delph

Who says you can’t have ice cream for breakfast? Deciding to add our Black Sesame Ice Cream to our breakfast today was perhaps the best decision we ever made before 10am. We highly recommend you do the same! Today, we’re in the kitchen making Ice Cream Stuffed French Toast, and we’re here to tell you you will never want to eat normal French toast again after trying this recipe.

If you love french toast and ice cream, bookmarking this recipe is a must!  Not only did we conjure up a tasty recipe for breakfast, but we stuffed it with ricotta! The light and airy texture of ricotta along with its subtle tang makes it the perfect ingredient for our Ice Cream Stuffed French Toast.

To start, let’s make sure we have some Noona’s Ice Cream in the freezer. After ice cream, the most important ingredient is the BREAD! Brioche is highly recommended or a challah, since both have a tender crumb and a buttery sweetness that will add to this dish.

Let’s make this breakfast of champs dessert, shall we?

Ingredients

Serving size 1-3

2 eggs 

1 pint of Noona’s Black Sesame Ice Cream

Two slices of brioche or challah bread 

1 pinch of cinnamon 

1 pinch of sea salt

1/3 cup of Ricotta 

1 tsp lemon zest

1 tbsp Black Sesame Crunchy Butter

honey or maple syrup (optional, for drizzling)

How To Do It

1. Make a pocket or hole in bread by piercing the top of the bread with a knife gently ( the ricotta will be stuffed in here. Be careful not to cut too deep or you puncture our bread pocket.

2. Mix ricotta, sea salt, cinnamon and lemon zest and set to the side.

3. Crack eggs in a shallow dish.

  4. Add 2 scoops of black sesame ice cream in a bowl and microwave for a 30 second burst until it is melted.

5. Whisk melted ice cream with the cracked eggs in the shallow bowl until and homogenous mixture forms.

6. Then, take a spoon and stuff the ricotta filling gently into the pocket we made in the bread earlier.  Here is where you can stuff it to the brim or if you prefer a little less, adjust to your taste.

7. Next, melt some butter in a pan and turn stove on, medium heat.

8. Dip bread in eggy mixture gently both sides until it has soaked up enough egg.

9. Add soaked bread slices to heated pan.

10. Cook until golden brown on both sides, it is okay if some filling oozes out. This should take about 2-3 minutes on each side.

11. Transfer to a plate and either cut across to make sure little triangles or leave whole. The choice is yours.

12. Last but not least serve with copious scoops of Black Sesame Ice Cream. And our secret weapon that rounds out the dish is Rooted Fare’s Black Sesame Crunchy Butter. It’s luxury in a jar and a light drizzle of this along with honey or maple syrup will set you right for the rest of the day.

Dairy-Free/Vegan Version:

If you prefer dairy free, try substituting with our Vegan Black Sesame Ice Cream , and adding 1/2 cup of non-dairy milk to the mix! Cancel out the eggs, and substitute butter with coconut oi!. Enjoy.

Pro-tip:

Watch how it’s made, check out Noona’s Ice Cream TikTok account!

Noona's Black Sesame Bon Bons

with Noona’s Black Sesame Ice Cream

By: Jessica Delph 

Okay, growing up, bon bons were not a household staple, they seemed to be reserved only for the occasional movie theater experience. What are they exactly? Ice cream bon bons are nibbles of delicious mounds of ice cream covered in chocolate.  You win on two fronts, one being totally delicious ( no brainer) and two, no fuss and convenient.  I’m not quite sure why bon bons were sensationalized at the movie theater, but there is something magical about watching a story and eating your favorite snack.  Especially if it’s with loved ones.

Although there are variations of  bon bons you can buy store-bought such as Dibs or ones at Trader Joes, you may find that making them at home tastes so much better. Who knows, they may even make you queue for your Netflix and Chill night.  This recipe, using our black sesame ice-cream, has a thin layer of “anko” at the bottom.  Anko is sweet red bean paste, or what you'll find in the center of many mochi snacks.  You can find it pre-made in many asian markets or if you have time and adzuki beans you can make it at home ! This time, I highly suggest you go straight to your  local H Mart and pick it up Sweet Red Bean

This 3-ingredient bon bon is simple and will have you craving more!

Ingredients 

Yields 2 servings 

1/2 pint of Noona’s Black Sesame Ice Cream

¼ of a cup of sweetened adzuki beans

½ to 1 cup of semi sweet chocolate chips 

3-6 peanut butter cup liner

small sandwich sized ziploc bag

How To Do It

1. Pour ½ of chocolate chips in a bowl and we will temper the chocolate in the microwave or on the stovetop. I tried the microwave method and microwaved the chips for about 1 minute ( and then follow up with increments of 30 seconds until it is all melted. This depends on the strength of your microwave), mix with a spatula making sure the chips have melted evenly.

   2. Pour the remaining ½ of chocolate chips in the melted chocolate to simulate tempering.  

   3. Set out liners on a small parchment lined cutting board or small baking sheet to prep.

4. Use the back of a spoon or tiny kitchen brush and push as much melted chocolate in the liner as you can. We want to make sure that the liner is covered in chocolate from the bottom and the sides, all the way to the top, leaving no nook or crannies empty.

5. You should end up with about 6-7 mini liners filled, you can then put the liners in the freezer to set for about 12-15 minutes. 

6. To prepare, you will want to open up the can of sweet adzuki beans, take out a specified amount  and store the rest in a container. 

7. After 12 minutes, take out a pint of Noona’s Black Sesame Ice Cream first and then follow up with the liners!

8. Spoon a little of the sweet adzuki beans on the bottom of the liner and then follow up with the ice-cream and fill up each liner all the way to the top.  What will dictate how much sweet beans you put is your preference.  The beans add more of a creamy, nutty texture to the bon bon. 

9. Smooth out the ice cream with the back of the spoon to ensure it is flat ( for the final layer of chocolate). Put back in the freezer while we temper the remaining chocolate. 

10. Any remaining chocolate is going to be reheated and you will top off the bon bons. Place leftover chocolate in the microwave for 1 minute.  Add any additional chips as needed, ¼ cup at a time. 

11. Place melted chocolate in ziploc bag, squeeze all air out of bag pushing melted chocolate to one bottom corner of the bag, and close securely. Snip the tip of the bag with a scissors to create a make shift piping bag.

12. Squeeze the chocolate over the ice cream quickly “ pali-pali” (an expression which means “quickly” in korean) with the back of a spoon, Why ? The melted chocolate will solidify and set VERY quickly over the ice cream. Make sure you spread the chocolate over evenly. 

13. Place back in the freezer, at this point you can pop them out in as soon as 5 minutes, wait until after dinner or even pop them in a ziploc bag and store overnight. Enjoy!

Jolly Pong and Black Sesame Milkshake

with Noona's Black Sesame Ice Cream

By: Jessica Delph

Have you ever had that “gotta have it” snack as a child ? There were times when I was little that I  would come home from school, and reach into the cupboard without even looking.  I knew there would be oreos there waiting for me. Or for many of us that was Jolly Pong. 

Jolly Pong is a highly revered Korean cereal snack made from puffed rice. It has a thin and subtle coating of sweetener. It can be eaten by the handful or a bowl chock full of milk. It slowly entered the parket in the 1970’s and steadfast became a childhood favorite. These staple snacks could be anything we needed them to be, a remedy for a long day, a treat after a good one or simply reaching for something familiar. This milkshake empcapesses all of that in a glass. With a little brainstorming I thought a creamy, classic milkshake made with Jolly Pong would taste amazing.  You can find Jolly Pong in a local Hmart or on their website: Jolly Pong . The Jolly pong is extremely popular, it sells out quickly online however you can check other online delivery services if you do not have a local store near you.

What makes a “good” milkshake ? I’d say it's a pretty personal thing, like jolly pong.  Milkshakes are very forgiving and completely customizable based on the person. You might prefer a thicker milkshake, or one who really likes copious amounts of add-ins like oreo cookies or someone who likes their milkshake on the thinner side.  I prefer mine on the thicker side, you can adjust the recipe accordingly, based on your preference.

As a bonus, let's try making some Muddy Buddies ! Now, this is my first time making this as it is a pretty recent discovery. What it is, is cereal based coated in melted chocolate, nut butter, and powdered sugar. The ingredients can vary but those are the central points.  For these muddy buddies I replaced the traditional peanut butter with black sesame paste.

Get ready to taste endless joy with every sip.

Ingredients 

serving size 1

2 oz of milk or non dairy milk, 

3 heaping scoops of Noona's Black Sesame Ice Cream orNoona's Golden Sesame Ice Cream

1 cup of jolly pong

Jolly Pong Muddy Buddy 

4 oz of white chocolate chips 

1 cup of jolly pong 

1 tbsp of Organic Black Sesame Paste

1 tbsp of powdered sugar 

How To Do It 

1. First, to frost your glass, simply place it in the freezer to get it nice and cold. 
   

2. Next, pour milk and jolly pong in a cup for a good soak, for 30 minutes to an hour.

3. While the jolly pong milk is sitting, grab your ingredients for “muddy buddies” microwave chocolate chips in increments of 30 seconds for 2 minutes total. After, with a spoon ( or chopstick )  mix the melted chips with the sesame paste. The color should be like a stone grey when mixed in evenly. 

4. Pour Jolly Pong in and mix further. Once Jolly Pong is coated, the last step is to pour mixture in a ziploc bag with powdered sugar. Seal the bag and shake it until everything is coated with sugar. 

5. You can pour this in a bowl while making the milkshake, because the Jolly Pong is light and airy. It tastes so delicious and refreshing. ( I snacked on a bunch while I was preparing to make milkshake).

6. Next, prepare the ice cream by placing it on the counter top for about 5 minutes before blending the ingredients together.

7. Scoop ice cream into the blender, add the Jolly Pong milk and whatever other mix-ins you'd like to the blender. Adding ice is not necessary, as it will water down the milkshake.

8. Pour milkshake in frosted glass and top with whipped cream, or in my case leftover muddy buddies Jolly Pong. 

9. If you want to try “adulting”, replace milk with liquor of choice and enjoy !

Jolly Pong and Noona’s Black Sesame ice cream milkshake adorned with black sesame muddy buddies !