Hazelnut Ice Cream
- 2 cups sugar
- 34 cup hazelnuts, toasted and skinned
- 12 cup blanched almond, toasted lightly
- 6 large egg yolks
- 1 12 cups heavy cream
- 1 12 cups milk
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- Cook 1 1/2 cups of the sugar with 1/4 cup of water over moderate heat until sugar is dissolved, and bring syrup to a boil.
- Boil syrup, undisturbed, until it is pale golden, and cook it, swirling the pan gently, until it is pale amber in colour.
- Stir in hazelnuts and almonds and return syrup to boil.
- Pour onto an oiled marble slab and let cool completely.
- Break into pieces and pulverize in a blender or food processor.
- Beat together egg yolks with remaining 1/2 cup sugar until mixture is thick and pale.
- In a saucepan, combine cream, milk and vanilla extract and scald.
- Add milk to yolks in a thin stream, whisking constantly so yolks don't curdle.
- Transfer custard to a saucepan and cook over moderately-low heat, stirring constantly, until mixture coats the back of a spoon, but do not let it boil.
- Strain custard through a fine sieve into a metal bowl set in a larger bowl of ice and cold water and let it cool, stirring occasionally.
- Place plastic wrap directly on surface of custard and chill for 2 hours.
- Stir in the praline and freeze in ice cream maker according to manufacturer's instructions.
sugar, hazelnuts, blanched almond, egg yolks, heavy cream, milk, vanilla
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/hazelnut-ice-cream-62117 (may not work)