Salted Butter Ice Cream

Ice Cream + Butter + Sea Salt = AAAHHH DELICIOUS

Salted Butter Ice Cream 

Recipe 

400 ml milk 

320 ml double cream 

100g butter

4 egg yolks 

130g sugar

big pinch sea salt

METHOD

heat milk and cream,

In a mixing bowl whisk egg yolks and sugar until pale

remove milk and cream from the heat and add butter 

let stand for 2 minutes until butter has melted

pour mixture slowly over eggs stirring continuosly

pour mixture back into pan and heat until thickened

leave to cool completely

preferably in the fridge overnight (but ok to just leave for a few hours)

Pour into ice cream machine 

or freeze in a container and remove every hour to whisk away ice crystals 

 

enjoy 

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Strawberry and Rose Petal Ice Cream

.....Or Summer on a plate

Ireland is enjoying an uncharacteristically hot spell

Temperatures are averaging 24c

and have been that way for a few weeks now

We just don't know ourselves!

I cracked out the ice cream machine 

last week I made a pretty delicious caramel ice cream with almond praline

basically it was a basic custard mix with half a can of carnation* caramel tossed in

then almond brittle broken into pieces and thrown in while churning

This week though I felt like something a little fresher

and considering I had 2 punnets of strawberries that were past their best in the fridge this seemed like the perfect answer

The addition of rose petals gives this a slightly more grown up twist 

You could also throw in some chopped pistachios 

which would taste great but also look incredibly pretty

I added a few mint leaves chopped finely

I always use Apple mint (wooly mint)

Ingredients

500g strawberries

175g sugar, + 2 TBspn

500ml full fat milk

500 ml double cream

TSpn vanilla extract

5 egg yolks

2 TBspn lime juice

Method

Hull the strawberries and chop 

Place in a flat dish (like a lasagna dish) and sprinkle with the 2 TBspn of sugar

Pour the milk and cream into a heavy based saucepan

heat, not to boiling

remove from heat

place egg yolks in a bowl and whisk with sugar until pale

gently pour on the heated cream and milk

whisking while you are pouring

place back in pan on the heat and stir until it begins to thicken

10 mins approx

Mash your strawberries with a fork or potatoe masher

add petals from 1 rose roughly chopped

(make sure you use an unsprayed rose)

add vanilla and add mixture to cream

pour into ice cream maker 

add chopped pistachios or mint if using

I am off to Turkey on a much needed vacation see you in a couple weeks 

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Crab Apple Ice cream

 This year's crop of Crab Apples was not as prolific as last,

but still there were quite a few

I thought about what to do with them

Last year I made Crab Apple Jelly

and while it was delicious the truth is we still haven't worked our way through it all

So inspired by this post 

I poached my crab apples 

and used the syrup to make 

Crab Apple Ice cream

I added yoghurt to my Ice cream mix 

which gives it an added depth of flavour

and I particularly love yoghurt

You can use any basic ice cream mix you like 

and simply swirl in the syrup at the end

I wouldn't really call this a recipe

more like a bunch of stuff that you throw in the ice cream maker until it tastes good.....

If you don't have an ice cream maker then you may want to use another method that adds more air prior to freezing

This one looks particularly good

although I haven't actually made it 

I saw Mary Berry make it last week 

and it looked easy, simple and delicious

To Make the Crab Apple syrup

Place the Crab Apples in a sauce pan

(I left the stalks on because they look pretty and also because it makes them easy to pick up )

cover with equal parts water and sugar

simmer until you get a thickish syrup and the crab apple skins start to split

(about 5 min)

You can keep the Crabapples in some of the syrup in a jar in the fridge 

to serve alongside the Ice cream

RECIPE (If you can call it that)

250g of cream

250g of yoghurt( I use Greek)

Icing sugar to taste

5 TBSP crabapple syrup

combine and pour into ice cream maker

when it is ready 

place in a tub and swirl in about 5 more TBSP of the syrup 

there you have it

Crab Apple Ice cream

Lemon Ice Cream

This is tart, sweet and very lemony

DELICIOUS

First you need to make the Lemon curd

(you could use bought Lemon Curd, if you had too)

LEMON CURD
75g butter

150g sugar

zest and juice of 3 lemons

1 egg

2 egg yolks

place butter, sugar, zest and juice into saucepan and heat gently until sugar is dissolved

Place eggs and egg yolk into bowl and beat well

pour egg mixture in a slow steady stream into butter mixture stirring constantly 

keep heat very low

continue stirring until mixture thickens enough to coat the back of a spoon

leave to cool

When the curd is cool
whip 75 ml double cream

add your cream to the lemon curd and fold in until combined

Pour into your ice cream maker

If you do not have an ice cream maker
buy one!
(great deals on ebay)
I know it seems like one of those purchases that will gather dust
but really making your own Ice cream is incredibly easy
and you can really have fun with flavours
The results will be much appreciated by all around you I promise
and it really is pretty fool proof

OR
Place in a container freeze and remove every 30 mins to stir out ice crystals
for about 2 hrs (4 times)

But
you will not get the same creamy consistency as you would with an ice cream maker