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July 24, 2019February 16, 2020

Lemon And Honey Custard Ice Cream

History Of Ice Cream

Lemon and honey custard ice cream is not a custard but it is an ice cream the word custard is used because a cream sauce is made to enhance the taste of this ice cream.Ice cream history began from an Iranian Empire named as Achaemenid when they combine ice with flavors to produce different flavors of ice cream for treats in summertime.The Persians in 400 BC invented a special chilled food comprises of vermicelli and rose water and various flavors like saffron and different types of fruits were mixed with saffron and other flavors to make this dessert.

In 16th century the Mughal emperors from the Indian subcontinent used to bring ice from the Hindukush region by the help of relays of the horsemen in order to make ice cream where it was used in the lemon sorbets at that time.A frozen ice cream nowadays in the subcontinent named as kulfi was originated in the sixteenth century in the Mughal Empire and was called as bastani sonnati (a Persian Ice cream)

Lemon And Honey Custard Ice Cream

Serves 4

Ingredients

(1) Whipping or double heavy cream 450 ml/¾ pint or scant 2 cups in American

(2) egg yolks 4 or 4 in American

(3) Grated lemon rind 1 teaspoon or 1 teaspoon in American

(4) Thin honey warmed 2 tbsp or 3 tbsp in American

(5) Milk 150 ml/¼ pint or 2/3 cup in American

(6) Lemon juice 4 tbsp or 5 tbsp in American

(7) To decorate:

Grated lemon rind 2 teaspoon or 2 teaspoon in American

Method

Whip 150 ml/ ¼ pint ( 2/3 cup) of the cream until it just holds its shape.Cover and chill.Beat the egg yolks in a heat proof basin (bowl) until thick and light. Add the lemon rind and honey, beat again then pour on the remaining cream and milk.Stand the basin over hot , but not boiling water and whisk or stir until the mixture forms a thick coating custard. Allow to cool ;stir from time to time to prevent a skin forming.

Divide the lemon juice between 4 glasses, add the creamy honey custard.Top with the chilled whipped cream and extra grated lemon rind.Summary

July 24, 2019February 16, 2020

Custard Ice Recipe

Custard ice cream made from this custard ice recipe is a delicious ice cream which is which everyone wants to have an ice cream like this because it is scoopy and light and especially one of the favorite ice creams of the kids because of its rich taste.The main ingredients involved in the preparation of this ice cream are egss, vanilla pod beans and caster sugar and all these ingredients are easily available and cheap and most importantly you know what you are using to prepare this ice cream and thats why it is so healthy.

Custard Ice Recipe

Cooking Time

15 minutes

Serves

Ingredients To Make custard ice recipe

Egg yolks 2 or 2 in American

(2) Single light cream 300 ml/½ pint or 1¼ cups in American

(3) Caster sugar 50 g/2 oz or 1/4 cup in American

(4) Vanilla pod bean 1 or 1 in American

(5) Double (heavy) cream. 300 ml /½ pint or 1¼ cups in American

Method

Blend the egg yolks, single (light) cream and sugar in a large heatproof bowl, add the vanilla pod (bean).Stand the bowl over the pan of hot , but not boiling, water and stir until the mixture coats the back of the wooden spoon. Allow to cool ,cover the bowl so a skin does not form.Remove the vanilla pod.Whip the double (heavy) cream and fold into the cold custard .Freeze the mixture.

Note: This gives a lovely golden colored ice cream..It is particularly good if you posses an electric ice maker that aerates the mixture, as happened when the old fashioned freezing buckets were used.

Variations

Use vanilla essence (extract) instead of vanilla pod.Use milk instead of single cream.

Flavorings For Custard Ice Recipe

The following flavorings can be added to this custard ice dish .Blend approximately 100 to 175 g/4 to 6 oz (4 to 6 squares) melted and cooled chocolate with the other ingredients or add 1 ½ to 2 tablespoons (2 to 3 tbsp) sweetened coffee essence (coffee extract), or blend in approximately 225 ml/8 fl oz (1 cup) fruit puree.

Be adventurous in your choice of fruit

Note: This is a genuine custard ice recipe by which you can make a finger licking good custard ice very easily because it is a very simple recipe which can be followed by anyone.You can make this ice cream and can give it any kind of flavoring as you like and it will prove to be very economical ice cream as compared to the expensive ice creams in the market.

July 23, 2019February 16, 2020

Home Made Vanilla Ice Cream

There is a belief that ice cream is a modern confection; certainly its popularity has increased greatly during the last 30 to 40 years,and modern freezers has made it easy to produce excellent frozen dessert at home

Ices of various kinds have been known for centuries.It is reputed that in the second century B.C , Alexander the great was given an iced dessert made by mixing crushed fruit, honey and snow.It was Marco polo who brought this frozen dessert recipe to Europe.

This frozen dessert has been produced in England since the time of the ill fated Charles 1 in the 17th Century , but was enjoyed only by the wealthy.The gargantuan Victorian banquets frequently included frozen dessert and a sorbet which would be offered half way through the meal to refresh the appetite .Frozen desserts made with cream and fresh fruits are some of the most delectable of desserts.Sorbets and water ices , which can be served during the meals or desserts, are wonderfully refreshing.

Home Made Vanilla Ice Cream

Serves 6-8

Step One To Prepare Vanilla Ice cream

Ingredients

(1) Double heavy cream 300 ml/½ pint or 1¼ cups in American

(2) Single light cream 300 ml/½ pint or 1¼ cups in American

(3) Icing confectioners sugar sifted 75 g/3 oz or 2/3 cups in American

(4) vanilla essence (extract) to taste or to taste in American

Method

Whip the double heavy cream until it holds its shape, then gradually whisk in the single light cream.Fold in the sugar and vanilla essence (extract). Freeze until just firm.This ice cream needs to be brought out of the freezer 20 minutes before the meal and put into the refrigerator.It is an excellent basis for fruit frozen dessert

VARIATIONS

Fluffy Vanilla Ice Cream

Whip the double cream with the vanilla essence until it holds its shape, then gradually whisk in 150 ml/ ¼ pint(2/3 cup) single cream.Whisk 3 egg whites until stiff, gradually whisk 50 g/2 oz(scant 1/2 cup) sifted icing sugar.Fold into the cream and freeze.

Golden Vanilla Frozen Dessert

Beat 3 eggs with the sugar and vanilla essence until thick and creamy.Whip the double cream until it holds its shape, then gradually whisk in 150 ml/ ¼ pint (2/3) single cream.Fold in the fluffy egg mixture and freeze.

Note:

It is pleasant for anyone to make the food product by oneself because a person knows what are the ingredients one is using to make a certain kind of frozen dessert and you can make any kind of flavored ice cream by yourself which is economical plus it will be free of all the preservatives and it will be freshly made by you.

June 12, 2019June 1, 2021

Caramel Ice Cream

Caramel ice cream is a simple ice cream which is a combination of cream,nuts,sugar and it do not require any special procedures.All the ingredients are easily available.The best thing is that it is prepared in a pan which is available in every home.

Nut ice cream involves cereals in it after making the ice cream it is then left in the freezer so that the crumbles in the ice cream softens in the freezer. Gracies ice cream near Boston is one of the producer of this flavor often coat these nuts in to the sugar so that they prevented by the sugar from getting soggy.

Caramel ice cream has a decent following in north east of us and many restaurants around England have nut ice cream in their menus.

No doubt ice cream and cereals have a great combination and is used in large varieties of ice desserts to make the taste of ice dessert awesome and people of all ages like this combination

There is a less popular cereal which has its history with ice cream that is grape nuts and its reach is from Canada to Caribbean .Grape nuts originated in the 19th century and the rise of its popularity is because it has given a decent flavor to the ice cream which proved to be a winning combination later.

Ingredients And Method To Prepare Nut Ice Cream

This is based on old fashioned custard ice .Put 75 g/3 oz (6 tbsp) caster sugar and 3 tablespoons water into a strong saucepan.Stir until the sugar has dissolved then allow to boil,without stirring, until a golden brown caramel.Cool in the pan. Add the 300 ml/ ½pint (1 ¼ cups) single light cream and stir until the caramel and cream are blended.Make the custard as the recipe with the caramel flavored cream and proceed as before,but add 50 g/2 oz ( ½ cup) coarsely chopped nuts to the mixture before freezing.Decorate with whole nuts.