Dulce De leche Ice cream

I have mentioned this earlier too that I am not a Ice cream fan. However I have 2 die hard ice creams fans at home:) My hubby & my lill one. I recently figured it out that Zion loves ice cream a lot. I microwave ice cream for 10 seconds & serve Zion. So that way its kind of room temperature & not very cold for him. Well ever since I tasted Dulce De leche ice cream at Baskin Robbins, I had decided to make this at home. The taste is very similar to Honey niut crunch ice cream which is our home fav.  Since I have already made dulce de leche previously for for Banofee Pie recipe, it was easier for me to transit this to ice cream. Now most of you must have already seen my Vanilla ice cream video recipe & you all know how easy it is to make home made ice cream without a machine. For this particular recipe I have not used eggs nor custard, Instead I used Corn flour. The ice cream turned out too too good. Even though I don't like ice creams, I had a large scoop on the "cheat "on Saturday. Since I am on my own protein diet, I had decided to have 1 cheat day in a week. So last Saturday was last week's "cheat day":). Its very easy to make this recipe & you can make the Dulce de leche the previous day & keep. This is how I made it.

 

Making time: 30 mins

Total set time: 6 to 10 hours

Serves: 10 people around 10- 12 medium scoops 

 

Ingredients:

• 1 Tin Condensed milk
• 3 cups heavy whipping cream
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 Tbspn corn flour
• 4 tbspn water
• 1/4 cup icing sugar
• 1/4 tspn salt
• 1 Tbspn Vanilla essence
• 1/4 cup chopped toasted almonds or any dry fruit of your choice

Method:

1. Step 1:In pressure cooker place the condensed milk in a bowl with water covered till the neck of the tin. Cook this for about 30 - 45 mins without the whistle. Just cover the whistle hole with a small bowl. If you don't have a pressure cooker, you can use a heavy bottom pan.
2. Once the cooker is cooled, remove it carefully & place it under the running water to cool.
3. Once its cooled remove the tin cover & keep it in the fridge for it to cool for some more time. The consistency should be thick, when you scoop a spoon & place it up side down it should not fall off suddenly.
4. Make a paste of corn flour & water. Set this aside
5. Simmer a cup of milk on low flame & now add in the corn flour mixture to this & keep stirring until it thickens.
6. Turn off the flame, add in Vanilla essence, salt & Dulce De leche to this mixture. Use a hand whisk or spoon & mix this well so that it is smooth & well blended. set this aside to cool down.
7. In a large mixing bowl, add in whipping cream, icing sugar & whip this until soft peaks.
8. Now add the Dulce DE leche mixture into the whipping cream mixture & whip it for a minute with a electric beater
9. Transfer this mixture into a air tight container & freeze this for about 2 hours. After 2 hours whip this mixture for 2 minutes with an electric beater & refreeze it again. Continue this process for 2  times in total after every 2 hours interval.
10. Add in the chopped nuts after the 2nd time whipping & freeze it for 4 to 6 hours to set completely.Now the ice cream is ready to serve.
 
 

 
 







 
 

Ice Cream sandwich

Now that I have become a pro in Ice cream making, I wanted to try my hands in making creative ice cream dishes. Brownie with Ice cream is my all time favourite. The ice cream sandwich is nothing new, there are a lot of people who make this & it looks really delicious. I had made Brownies last week & I also had my Vanilla ice cream in stock. So I just layered them & came up with this beautiful looking Ice cream Sandwich.

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For the Ice cream recipe click here

Direction:

1. In a Box Line the Brownies at the bottom.
2. Now scoop ice cream from the tub & lay it over on top of the brownies. Based on your preference you decide on how much ice cream is needed 2 inch or 4 inch thickness.
3. Cover the ice cream with the brownie again & freeze this for about 2 - 4 hours to set completely.
4. To cut use a hot sharp knife & serve it with style. You may also want to add in some chocolate sauce or nuts on top.

 

Vanilla ice cream video Recipe

 

Thank you guys for your support & following my blog. Since I keep getting a lot of request for video recipes, I am trying my best to capture them. Here is my latest recipe on Vanilla Ice Cream. Since I have a little toddler at home, It is quite difficult for me to shoot at home. I try & do it while he is asleep or at school. Along with my Maid Mary we shot this video last evening. She has done a pretty good job as a videographer:) Here is the video & enjoy. Please pass on your feedback & also subscribe to my videos & blog post to stay updates on whats happening in my kitchen.

 

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Vanilla Ice cream

 After Marriage definitely your taste & interest in life changes. My hubby loves ice cream & his entire family is crazy about ice creams. I am more of a cake person & never had much interest for ice creams. Well I could eat them only with Brownie. My Man can have ice creams any time of the day/ night. Way back in India my hubby & me were working in the same company. Later on I moved to Mcafee & fortunately we still remained in the same campus.We used to meet each other at least twice in a day in the food court. That time we were seeing each other & not married:) The food court had a small Baskin Robbins ice cream outlet & my hubby used to pick up his fav honey nut crunch ice cream, while I picked up my fav chocolate chip muffin from a bake shop. I Slowly started tasting honey nut crunch & got addicted to it. From then on... all his bad eating habits like, nibbling on peanuts, chocolates, chips, ice cream became my habits too:(.

I have made egg less Mango ice cream & butterscotch in the past several times. This time I thought of trying out plain simple Vanilla with eggs. I must confess that this is the best ice cream I have ever tasted & made. Well we had this with caramelised Bananas, Martini soaked black currants & nuts. My lill one also enjoyed the ice cream:). My hubby as usual was so impatient & had started eating it even before it was set. Well I have decided not to make this more often, coz my hubby kept visiting the kitchen  every 2 hours to have some. We definitely don't want to become obese & sick. So everything in moderation is good. But that principle is applied very rarely at my place. This is how I made the ice cream.

Can Make: 8 Big Scoops
Making cost: $10 SGD

Ingredients:

• 2 cups heavy whipping cream
• 3 egg yolks
• 1/2 tin Condensed Milk
• 1/4 Tspn salt
• 1 Vanilla Bean or 2 Tbsp Vanilla essence
• 2 Tbsp sugar
• 1 Cup milk

Method:

1. In a medium saucepan, combine milk, sugar & Vanilla bean over medium heat, and bring to a simmer.
2. Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, whisk egg yolks until well combined.
3. While whisking egg mixture constantly, slowly add 1/4 cup of the heated milk to the egg mixture. Strain this mixture into milk remaining in saucepan.
4. Continue cooking over medium heat, whisking constantly, until mixture comes to a full boil, 4 to 6 minutes.
5. Now set this aside to cool or put it in the refrigerator.
6. In a mixing bowl whip the cream to soft peaks.
7. Combine Milkmaid / Condensed milk into the whipped cream & continue to whip it until well combined.
8. Finally combine the cooled custard to this mixture & mix well.
9. Freeze this for 2 hours, remove & whip it again with the electric beater for 2 minutes. Continue this process 2 times after every 2 hours.
10. Now let this ice cream set in the freezer for at least 6 to 8 hours or until set completely.

Note:

• For Caramalised Bananas, cut the Banana into half & shallow fry in a Pan with 1 tbspn of Butter. Sprinckle some sugar on top of them & let them fry in there for 2 mins or until they are caramalised.
• You can add in any topping sof your choice to the Ice cream.
• If you are a vegetarian you can replace the eggs with ready made custard powder or some corn flour.

Here is the step by step instruction for making this yummy ice cream.