Ice cream maker Christan Wu from the Brussels borough of Elsene has won the Belgian ice cream churning championships with a striking ice cream flavour inspired by Winnie the Pooh, the honey-loving bear in the stories of A.A. Milne. "My creation is ice cream with forest honey infused with pine tree and small pinecones, a crumble of porcini mushrooms and a sauce of forest honey and lemon."
Inspiration from Winnie the Pooh helps Brussels ice cream maker win Belgian championships
Colin Clapson
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The Belgian ice cream churning championships took place at Carpigiani’s Gelato University in Zandhoven (Limburg). Candidates were allowed to churn their ice cream in an open kitchen in groups of threes and were given half an hour to do so.
Eventually, Christan Wu's creation came out tops.
"My ice cream is inspired by the forest and Winnie the Pooh," Wu explains. "The flavours, the smell and the feeling you get in a forest are combined with forest honey. My creation is ice cream with forest honey infused with pine tree and small pinecones, a crumble of porcini mushrooms with a sauce of forest honey and lemon."