Salted Caramel Ice Cream
- 1 1/4 cups sugar
- 3/4 cup heavy cream
- 2 teaspoons flaky sea salt, such as Maldon
- Ice Cream Base (recipe follows)
- 1 tablespoon pure Tahitian vanilla extract
- 1 cup whole milk
- 4 large egg yolks
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 cups heavy cream
- Heat the sugar in a dry heavy-bottomed sauce pan over medium heat, stirring with a fork to heat the sugar evenly, until it starts to melt, then stop stirring and swirl the pan so the sugar melts evenly, and continue cooking until it is a dark amber color.
- Carefully add the heavy cream (the mixture will splatter) and cook, stirring until all the caramel has dissolved.
- Transfer to a heat-proof bowl and stir in the sea salt.
- Set the caramel mixture over a bowl filled with ice water and stir until chilled to room temperature.
- Combine the caramel mixture with the Ice Cream Base and add the vanilla.
- Freeze in an ice cream machine according to manufacturer's directions.
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- Heat the milk in a sauce pan over medium-low heat.
- Prepare an ice bath by setting a 2-quart bowl over a larger bowl partially filled with ice water.
- Set a strainer over the smaller bowl and set aside.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the egg yolks and sugar until pale yellow in color and the sugar has dissolved.
- Gradually pour the warmed milk into the yolk mixture, whisking constantly.
- Pour the mixture back into the same saucepan you used to warm the milk.
- Cook for 3 to 5 minutes, stirring constantly, until the custard thickens and coats the back of a wooden spoon.
- Strain the custard into the top bowl of the ice bath to stop the cooking process.
- Add the heavy cream and stir over the ice bath until cool.
- Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and chill thoroughly, preferably overnight.
- Yield: about 3 cups.
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Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/salted-caramel-ice-cream-recipe.html (may not work)