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Mon, 28 Jul 2008

Cracker Jack Ice Cream
The theme for Berkeley's birthday party is a baseball training camp. Berkeley already requested Oreo Ice Cream, but we need something else to have enough to serve everyone.... something baseball theme... hmmm... I know how about Cracker Jack ice cream?! I came up with the idea of making the ice cream based on the "Burnt Sugar Ice Cream" recipe found in The Ultimate Ice Cream Book (found on page 22) and then just mixed in some cracker jack popcorn after the ice cream hardened. It's actually pretty good. Give it a try.

2 cups milk
1½ sugar
3 egg yolks
1 tbs cornstarch
1½ tbs milk
¼ tsp salt
1 cup cream
1 tsp vanilla extract
about 1 cup cracker jack caramel coated popcorn

Place the 2 cups of milk in a small saucepan and bring to simmer over medium heat. Place the sugar in a large saucepan and heat until the sugar dissolves. Continue to cook until the sugar turns golden brown. Remove from heat and gradually add warmed milk to sugar, stirring constantly. The mixture will rise, foam, and splatter. Return to heat and keep warm.

Mix cornstarch and salt with remaining 1-½ tbs milk and stir until smooth, then beat into the egg yolks. Slowly add the milk/sugar mixture to eggs. Return mixture to pot and place over low heat. Stir constantly until slightly thickened (be careful to not heat too quickly or the eggs will scramble). Remove from heat and pour hot custard through a stainer into a large bowl. Allow to cool slightly, then stir in cream and vanilla. Refrigerate until cold.

Transfer to ice cream maker. The White Mountain ice cream maker we own will freeze the ice cream in about 25 minutes (ymmv). Remove frozen ice cream from ice cream maker, add cracker jack popcorn and mix to combine by hand. Serve immediately or transfer to freezer to harden completely.

:: Posted by rus on Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:30 pm
:: Filed under /recipes/desserts/ice_cream



        

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