{Pistachio icecream}
Prep time: 15 min (plus freezing)
Cooking time: 10 min
Yield: 1 liter (approx)
Ingredients
- 250 ml milk (1 cup)
- 250 ml whipping cream (1 cup)
- 150 sugar (3/4 cup)
- 150 g pistachio paste (5.3 oz)
- 1 tsp (8 g) cornstarch
- 3 egg yolks
- 250 ml whipping cream, very cold (1 cup)
- green food colouring, optional
Directions
- In a medium saucepan, bring to boil 200 ml milk (4/5 cup), 1 cup whipping cream, and sugar
- In another bowl whisk egg yolks
- Make a slurry by mixing the remaining milk with the cornstarch, mixing until the starch is dissolved and the mixture is smooth, and add beaten egg yolks
- Pour boiling milk and cream over this mixture, stirring constantly. Strain, and and cook at gentle simmer for a minutes, stirring constantly, until it starts to thicken
- Remove from heat, add pistachio paste and food colouring, if you are going to use it. Stir until smooth
- Scrape into a bowl, and chill thoroughly, preferably overnight.
- Once chilled, freeze the cream in your ice cream machine following the manufacturer’s instructions
- Keep in the freezer in an airtight container
NOTES:
- If you do not have an ice cream maker, David Levobitz suggests simply stirring the ice cream every 30 minutes for about 2 hours as it freezes in the freezer
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