Tuesday, 18 September 2012
Halva Ice-cream in three glorious flavors
Makes 1 liter ice-cream
You make a classic vanilla ice-cream first
Ingredients
2 eggs
200ml (3/4 cup) caster sugar
250ml(1 cup) full cream milk
500ml(2 cups) cream
½ vanilla pod - inside scraped out
Method
Beat eggs and caster sugar in your mixing bowl until it is creamy and thick. Heat the milk and cream and bring to just before boiling point. Add the cream, milk and vanilla if making vanilla ice-cream to the egg mixture. Pour into a plastic container and place in the freezer. After 15 minutes, take the container from the freezer and with a fork or whisk, just mix the ice-cream again to prevent ice-crystals from forming. Repeat the process again after 15 minutes and once more. Freeze until needed.
To make the other flavors:
Chocolate
When heating the cream and milk, add 1 x 100g 70% chocolate to the mixture and allow to melt. Mix with the egg and sugar mixture. Now crumble 50 gr Mediterranean Delicacies Chocolate Halva to the ice-cream mixture and pop in the freezer or ice-cream machine. Follow rest of recipe as above.
Almond and Hazelnut
Make the basic vanilla ice-cream and add 125 ml chopped toasted, shelled hazelnuts and 50 g Mediterranean Delicacies Almond Halva to the ice-cream mixture. Follow rest of method as above.
Pistachio
Make the basic vanilla ice-cream and add 125 ml chopped toasted, shelled pistachios and 50 g Mediterranean Delicacies Vanilla Halva to the ice-cream mixture. Follow rest of method as above.
(My easy cooking - Nina Timm)