Saturday 28 November 2015

Salted caramel fudge icecream




















Ingredients:

for the fudge:
100g milk chocolate
100g heavy cream
150g nutella

for the ice-cream:
2 cups milk ( 500 ml)
1 1/2 cups ( 300g) caster sugar
60g ( 4tbsp) salted butter
1/2 tsp sea salt
1 cup ( 250ml) double cream
 5 egg yolks

Method:
to make the fudge:
place the chocolate in a heatproof bowl and set aside, pour the cream into a small saucepan and bring to the boil over a high heat, once boiling, pour it over the chocolate and allow to stand for a few minutes before stirring gently to incorporated the chocolate and the cream. stir in the Nutella, pour the fudge into a bowl and place in the fridge to firm up.

for the ice-cream:
Once the fudge is set, scoop out small chunks and place on a baking tray in the freezer while you make the ice-cream. pour 1 cup of milk in a bowl. make caramel by pouring the sugar into the saucepan and place over a high heat, watch the sugar as it melts and browns  DO NOT STIR!!! once the sugar is mostly melted, cook until almost burnt and then whisk in the butter, add in the cream and salt, return to a low heat to melt any lumps that may have formed.remove  from the heat and whisk in the milk( the other cup milk). in a medium bowl, lightly whisk the egg yolks then pour in the caramel mixture in a  slow steady stream until incorporated. return to the heat and thicken the custard. pour the mixture over a strainer into the bowl of the milk and refrigerate for 8 hours, churn the ice-cream in an ice-cream machine and then fold in the fudge pieces and freeze.

makes 1 litre

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