Tuesday, 15 February 2011

Cooking to impress?


If you have a dinner party coming up, then might I suggest you whip up this LEGENDARY dessert called 'sea salt ice cream'.
Now, I know what you're thinking 'SEA SALT! WHAT? THATS NOT A DESSERT, HOW DARE YOU TAINT US WITH SAVORY ICE CREAM!' but hey man, just hear me out.
That is the exact reaction your dinner guests will have when you well them whats on the menu, but once they take their first lick of this salty-sweet treat, they will be so pleasantly surprised.

So, or this glorious recipe you will be needing:

  • 2 eggs
  • 2 cups of milk
  • 1 cup of cream
  • 1/2 a cup of sugar
  • sea salt
  • vanilla flavoring
  • Blue food dye
Now, heres what you do. Heat the milk in a pan on medium heat, whilst it is heating separate th 2 egg yolks from the egg whites. Beat the two egg yolks together, then add the half cup of sugar. Start beating some more until you get a thick, pasty mixture. Add this to the heated milk, but you must NOT let it boil, so keep an eye on it. Whilst its cooking, make sure you stir it now and then, but in the meantime, it's time to put those egg whites to good use! Beat them until they are stiff. By the time you have done this, the milk and yolk mixture should be warm enough. Take it off the heat and pour it into the egg white mixture. Stir it all together.
Now it's time to add the sea salt. Taste the mixture first to see if it's sweet enough, if not add a bit more sugar. Now, you want to make it fairly salty, because the vanilla flavoring that goes in later will balance it out. Once thats done, stick it in the fridge until it's cold.
Once it's chilled, take it out the fridge and add the cup of cream and one teaspoon of vanilla flavoring, then mix it up. Now splash some blue food dye in there until it is a light/sky blue.
Now time to pop it in the freezer and you are all done!


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