Pumpkin Ice Cream With Maple Pecan Sauce
- 1 egg
- 1 egg yolk
- 2 cups half-and-half
- 14 cup granulated sugar
- 13 cup light-brown sugar
- 12 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 18 teaspoon salt
- 34 cup canned pumpkin
- 34 cup pecan halves
- 3 teaspoons unsalted butter
- 4 12 tablespoons maple syrup
- 18 teaspoon salt
- For the ice cream:.
- Beat together egg and egg yolk in medium heatproof bowl.
- Set aside.
- Combine half-and-half, granulated sugar, light-brown sugar, cinnamon and salt in a medium saucepan.
- Bring to a simmer, stirring frequently.
- Pour about 1/2 cup of the mixture into the eggs while beating constantly.
- Pour the egg mixture back into the saucepan.
- Cook over low-medium heat, stirring constantly until mixture thickens slightly, about 10 minutes.
- Remove from heat.
- Whisk in pumpkin.
- Strain the pumpkin mixture through a fine-mesh sieve into a container.
- Cover and chill for 3 to 24 hours.
- Pour pumpkin mixture into an ice-cream maker.
- Process according to manufacturer's directions.
- When ice cream is almost firm, stir in gingersnaps.
- To serve, spoon 1/2-cup pumpkin ice cream into each of two bowls.
- Top with pecan-maple sauce.
- Freeze leftovers in a covered container.
- For the Pecan-maple sauce:.
- Place pecans in small skillet.
- Heat over medium heat for 30 seconds shaking skillet constantly, until pecans are toasted.
- Remove immediately.
- Combine butter, syrup and salt in a small pot.
- Heat over medium heat for 1 minute or until butter melts.
- Stir in pecans.
- Simmer for 1 minute to flavor pecans.
egg, egg yolk, sugar, lightbrown sugar, ground cinnamon, salt, pumpkin, pecan halves, unsalted butter, maple syrup, salt
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/pumpkin-ice-cream-with-maple-pecan-sauce-398288 (may not work)