Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Raspberry Ice Cream

INGREDIENTS:

- 1 cup sweetened condensed milk
- 1/4 cup water
- 2 cups fresh raspberries, crushed (put through food mill or sieve to remove seeds, if desired)
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1/2 cup heavy cream

PREPARATION:

     Combine condensed milk and water; add raspberries and lemon juice. Chill thoroughly.

     Whip cream until it holds a soft peak; fold into the chilled mixture. Pour into freezer tray. When mixture is half frozen, scrape away from sides and bottom and beat until smooth but not melted.

Peach Ice Cream

INGREDIENTS:

- 2 cups sugar
- 1/4 cup cornstarch
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 4 cups milk
- 4 eggs, beaten
- 2 tablespoons vanilla
- 4 cups whipping cream
- 2 1/2 cups crushed or pureed peaches, sweetened to taste

PREPARATION:

     Combine sugar, cornstarch, and salt in top of double boiler; gradually blend in milk. Cook over hot water, stirring occasionally, for about 12 to 15 minutes, or until thickened. Stir a small amount of the hot mixture into the beaten eggs, then return egg mixture to pan with remaining hot mixture.

     Cook over hot water, stirring constantly, for 4 to 5 minutes, until it is about as thick as pudding. Chill thoroughly, about 3 hours. Stir vanilla and cream into the chilled mixture. Pour into a 1-gallon ice cream freezer; freeze according to manufacturer's directions. Remove dasher and stir in crushed or pureed sweetened peaches; repack ice cream freezer with 1 part rock salt to 6 parts crushed ice and let ripen for 2 hours.

Vanilla Ice Cream

INGREDIENTS:

- 1 pint whipping cream
- 1 pint half and half
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon Nielsen-Massey Pure Vanilla Extract or Madagascar Bourbon Pure Vanilla Bean Paste
-1/8 teaspoon salt

PREPARATION:

     Mix all ingredients until sugar dissolves. Cover and chill until ready to use. Follow manufacturer's directions to churn and freeze ice cream.

     Note: to enhance all flavors of ice cream, add 2 teaspoons of Pure Vanilla Extract to a quart of your recipe. Organic Vanilla from Nielsen-Massey Vanillas can also be used in place of the regular extract.