Sunday, June 17, 2012

Butterscotch Ice Cream



Happy Father's Day to everyone! It feels great to be back blogging after a some break. Thank you and a big hug to everyone who checked on me during my absence. Even though I made this really delicious butterscotch ice cream from smittenkitchen a couple of days ago, I have been in two minds about whether to post it here. Photographing ice cream is more difficult than I thought it would be. I put the ice cream outside to defrost and when I came back, the ice cream looked like soup. I hope you can look beyond that, because the butterscotch/caramel flavour is simply out of this world. This ice cream is very rich in flavour. If you love butterscotch/caramel, you've got to try this recipe.



Since this recipe doesn't contain milk, you can make this ice cream without an ice cream maker also. Because when you put the mixture in the freezer to set (instead of an ice cream maker), the water in the milk has a tendency to turn into ice. As a result ice creams that contain milk appear more icy and frosty (like that of a granita or sorbet), instead of being smooth, luscious and creamy.
 
The recipe yields about 4 cups (1 quart) of butterscotch ice cream.
Ingredients:
75 g unsalted butter
1 cup (ca 180 g) dark brown sugar
2 cups fresh whipping cream
1 1/2 cups half and half cream (light cream)
6 large egg yolks
1 tsp vanilla extract or 2 tsp vanillin sugar
1/4 tsp fleur de sel (or sea salt)


Method:
Melt the butter at below medium heat in a pan. Once the butter has melted, add the brown sugar and the salt. Stir until the sugar has dissolved and the mixture appears bubbly. Add 1/2 cup of the whipping cream and whisk until smooth. Remove the butterscotch from the heat.

Bring the remaining whipping cream and the half and half cream to a boil while constantly stirring (if you don't stir the cream while bringing it to a boil, it will get burnt at the bottom). Put the cream on a simmer (but try to whisk every once in a while to prevent it from getting burnt at the bottom). Now carefully separate the egg yolks and place them in a bowl and whisk until perfectly smooth. Drizzle about 1/2 cup of the warm cream, little by little, into the egg yolk mixture while constantly whisking. Pour the egg yolk mixture into the cream while whisking. Add the vanilla extract or sugar. Stir constantly over below medium heat, until the cream has slightly thickened. Remove the cream from the heat.

Pour the cream mixture over a fine strainer into a large bowl (big enough to accommodate 4 cups of liquid). Stir in the butterscotch mixture you had prepared earlier. The mixture will still be pretty warm, so allow it to cool down before freezing (and stir occasionally). Pour the mixture into an ice cream maker and prepare the ice cream according to manufacturer's instructions. If you don't have an ice-cream maker, you can pour the mixture into an airtight container and place it in the deep freezer to set (for 6-8 hours). Store the ice cream in an airtight container in the deep freezer for upto 1 week. Serve it with sprinkles, sauce or candy of your choice or just the way it is!

14 comments:

Mahi said...

Nice ice cream! Love to have ice cram once in a while, particularly when we go to the beach.

Nice treat for the hot summer days..I loved the cute chocolate sprinkles and the zebra chocolate scrapping! :)

Amy's piece of cake said...

Mums, så gott det ser ut. Ska jag testa vid tillfälle.

Härligt att du är tillbaka, jag har saknat dig så ska du veta! Tycker du har underbara bilder och vad gör det om glassen är lite smält? Kram på dig!

Katarina said...

I love this ice cream, butterscotch has such a lovely flavor!

Vimitha Durai said...

Delicious looking ice cream.... I would love to grab that bowl...

Rita said...

That makes me so hungry!
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Liz That Skinny Chick Can Bake said...

Besides being delicious, this is one gorgeous ice cream presentation!!! I'm in awe of your photos~

Only Fish Recipes said...

ohh dear !!!!the butterscotch ice cream looks absolutely divine !!!this is one of my favorite flavors in ice creams !!!!definitely going to try this out !!!bookmarked !!!!!

Sangeetha M said...

Nice to see you back after sometime, ice cream looks so delicious...love all your clicks...gorgeous presentation dear!!
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mjskit said...

I'm definitely sold on this one! I keep a bag of butterscotch candies at all time so it's a flavor that I could eat in any fashion and OF COURSE, ice cream is perfect! What a great recipe!

Spice up the Curry said...

after long time you posted something. and ice cream looks really delicious. you are right its very difficult to take photo of ice cream in this summer.

Rekha said...

wow.. looks so yummy.feel like having some right away..makes me drool:)
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beti said...

just what I need right now :) looks amazing

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