Lime Ice Cream
- 2 tablespoons finely grated fresh lime zest
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 1/2 cups heavy cream
- 1 1/2 cups whole milk
- 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- 6 large egg yolks
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- Special equipment: a candy or instant-read thermometer; an ice cream maker
- Blend zest and 1/2 cup sugar in a food processor 30 seconds, then stir together with cream and milk in a heavy saucepan.
- Bring to a boil over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, and remove from heat.
- Steep, covered, 30 minutes.
- Bring remaining 1/2 cup sugar and 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons lime juice to a boil in a 2-quart heavy saucepan, stirring until sugar is dissolved, then boil, swirling pan occasionally, until syrup just begins to turn very pale golden.
- Remove from heat and whisk in steeped cream.
- Whisk yolks with salt in a large bowl and add cream mixture in a slow stream, whisking.
- Return to saucepan and cook over moderately low heat, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon, until custard coats back of spoon and thermometer registers 170F (do not let boil).
- Pour through a very fine sieve into a clean bowl and cool, stirring occasionally.
- Stir in remaining 1/4 cup lime juice and chill custard, covered, until cold, at least 3 hours.
- Freeze custard in ice cream maker.
- Transfer ice cream to an airtight container and put in freezer to harden.
lime zest, sugar, heavy cream, milk, lime juice, egg yolks, salt, thermometer
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/lime-ice-cream-106382 (may not work)