Butter Walnut Ice Cream

I bought a pack of dairy whipping cream just to make ice cream. Saw this recipe from Aunty Yochana's blog and decided to give it a try.

The texture is rich and creamy, just the way I like my ice cream to be. After DH finished his ice cream, I asked for some feedback. He says it's nice and asked me which brand I bought. To think that my home-made ice cream actually tasted like store bought ice cream, this means it's successful ^-^

Unfortunately, my mixer died on me while I was making this. So now I'm in search of a new mixer. Though I'll very much like to get a Kenwood or KitchenAid, there's no space at my counter top so I'll have to pass. I'm still going to get myself a small and handy handheld mixer.

Ingredients:

Ice-Cream Base:

1 1/2 cups of Fresh Milk

1 1/2 cups of Whipping Cream

4 egg yolks

100 gm. Sugar (I use 80g)

a pinch of salt

1 tsp. vanilla extract

100 gm. Roasted Walnuts - chop coarsely

2 Tbsp. Butter

2 Tbsp. Dark brown sugar

Method:

1. For ice cream base: Heat up the cream and milk in a pot till warm.
2. Whisk egg yolks with sugar until smooth.
3. Pour in the warm milk mixture into the egg yolks mixture and stir till smooth.
4. Pour the egg and milk mixture back into the pot and cook over medium heat till mixture thickens. Add in vanilla extract and leave it to cool then put in the freezer to freeze for about an hour.
5. For butter walnuts, melt the butter in a saucepan. Then add in chopped walnuts and fry for about 2 mins. before adding the dark brown sugar. Stir and switch off heat and leave it to cool.
6. Beat the ice cream base either in an ice-cream maker or use a whisk to whip up.
7. Mix in butter walnuts and then pour into an ice-cream tub. Put in the freezer to freeze for at least 4 to 5 hours.
8. Scoop the ice-cream into a glass and pour chocolate sauce over it. Sprinkle some roasted walnuts on top. Serve and Enjoy!!