Salted Caramel Traditional Ice Cream
A Salted Caramel Traditional Ice Cream (Custard Style) recipe for all occasions, featuring The Ultimate Scoop Ice Cream Maker by Baccarat.
Ingredients
- 1 cup caster sugar
- 2 cups full fat thickened cream, divided
- 1 cup full fat milk
- 5 eggs yolks
- 1 tsp flaky sea salt such as Maldon
- ½ tsp pure vanilla extract
Method
Important: Place the freezer bowl in the freezer for at least 12 hours prior to preparing your ice cream mixture.
- Heat 1 cup sugar in a small saucepan over medium heat, stirring with a spoon to heat sugar evenly, until it starts to melt, then stop stirring and simmer, until it is golden caramel.
- Slowly add 1 cup of cream (mixture can spatter) and cook, stirring, until all of caramel has dissolved. Transfer to a bowl and stir in sea salt and vanilla. Cool to room temperature.
- Meanwhile, bring milk and remaining cup cream, just to a boil in a small heavy sauce pan, stirring occasionally.
- Lightly whisk yolks in a medium bowl until frothy, then add half of hot milk mixture in a slow stream, whisking constantly.
- Pour back into saucepan and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon, until the custard thickens and coats the back of the spoon (do not let boil). Remove from the heat.
- Stir in cooled caramel mixture.
- Cool custard, stirring occasionally, in an ice bath and cool down to 5-10˚C.
- Set time to 30 minutes on Baccarat The Ultimate Scoop Ice Cream Maker and press power button on.
- Pour mixture into chute.
- Either eat immediately or transfer to an airtight container and freeze for 1-2 hours for a firmer texture.
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