Caramel Love

Great article in the New York Times Magazine blog and Milkmade makes an appearance and shares a recipe for Salted Caramel Ice Cream:

SALTED CARAMEL ICE CREAM
By MilkMade

Makes about 1 quart

3/4 cup sugar
3 tablespoons water
1 1/4 cup cream
1 1/4 cup milk
4 egg yolks
1 1/4 teaspoons fine-grain sea salt or kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract.

1. Cook sugar and water in a 3-quart saucepan over medium heat, swirling the pan occasionally. When sugar begins to clump, scrape the sides of the saucepan with a heatproof spatula. When sugar becomes evenly dark amber, remove from heat and carefully add cream, then milk. Return to heat to let hardened caramelized sugar pieces dissolve and become evenly incorporated.

2. Add egg yolks to a bowl and break them with a whisk. To temper the egg yolks, slowly pour about one-third of the hot cream mixture into the egg yolks, whisking constantly. Pour them back into the remaining cream mixture (in saucepan). Add salt and cook custard over low heat, stirring constantly and scraping the bottom of the saucepan with a wooden spoon. The custard is ready when it reaches 160 degrees F, or when it coats the back of the spoon.

3. Strain mixture into a medium bowl set over an ice bath. Add vanilla and stir until mixture has cooled down. Refrigerate custard for at least 8 hours, or overnight. Freeze in an ice cream machine according to the manufacturer’s instructions.

Tuesday, February 9, 2010 — 5 notes