WOOHOO - Ice Cream Maker!!

[Olive]

gritty as in sugar gritty?

[MistyFying]

oooo I made the best pistachio and halva icecream for christmas... but it doesn't require an ice cream maker... I'll find the recipe.

ETA here you go:

 
Halva Ice Cream
? 1 cup milk
? 1 vanilla bean
? 2 cups cream, plus 1 cup extra
? 6 yolks
? 180g caster sugar
? 1 tbsp tahini
? 180g halva, broken into small pieces
? 1/2 cup pistachio kernels, chopped

Thanks to A la Grecque restaurant for this ice-cream recipe.

Method
Boil milk, vanilla bean and 2 cups of cream together.
Whisk egg yolks, sugar and tahini. Add milk and cream mix.
Have ready beside the stove a large bowl with ice in it and a second bowl inside it to chill. Place a strainer over the bowl.
Cook custard to 83C or until it coats the back of a wooden spoon. Quickly pour custard through the strainer into the chilled bowl and allow to cool. When cool, add extra cream. Churn.
When nearly frozen, add halva and pistachios.

(Stephanie Alexander)

Perfect to go with:

Semolina and Yoghurt Cake
For the cake
? 125g unsalted butter, softened
? 230g caster sugar
? 3 eggs, separated
? 250g plain yoghurt
? 1 tbsp rose water
? 1/2 tsp lime zest
? 125g plain flour
? 2 tsp baking powder
? 55g ground almonds
? 125g semolina
For the syrup
? 300g sugar
? 1 cup water
? 1 tbsp rosewater

Method
? For the cake
? Cream butter and sugar. Whisk together yolks, yoghurt, rose water and zest, and combine with creamed butter and sugar mix.
? Sift flour and baking powder, mix with almonds and semolina, and then stir into wet mix.
? Whisk whites to soft peaks. Fold into other ingredients.
? Bake in a 30cm x 20cm tray at 180C for 35-45 minutes. Pour warm syrup over warm cake, giving cake time to absorb syrup before adding more.
? For the syrup
? Dissolve sugar in water over moderate heat. Boil for 2-3 minutes. Cool and then add rosewater. Use warm.
? Serve the cake with a couple of pieces of fresh peach and pistachio and halva ice-cream


This was so yummy and it makes heaps - fed about 20 people and they were wanting more :thumbs up:

[Indadhanu]

I'm not sure, not like sugar, it wasn't hard gritty... this is hard to explain! It was more like... it was a bit like a curdling gritty feel, except everything was great when i made it, i tried it after it had been stirred and it was smooth, put it in the freezer for a bit to harden more, and then it came out gritty.

[{sarah}]

Leash what recipe are you using? I just had some of my first batch & it was AWESOME!!! Tasted just like the stuff you buy & not gritty at all, well other than the chocolate shavings I put in it!!

Tomorrow I'm going to try a peanut butter ice cream recipe I found.

Hey Christine, what is Halva

[Janie]

Christine, that sounds devine!!!!!!

Sarah, can you please post your peanut butter recipe if it turns out well?

[Indadhanu]

LOL well I used the recipe in the book... cream, milk, vanilla, egg yolk, sugar.
Heat vanilla, cream and milk, then add beaten egg yolk and sugar and cook slowly til it thickens, then chuck it in the ice cream maker...
I think I've figured it out... I have a feeling it has to do with how long it left it in the freezer after it had been stirred. I was QUITE hard after it came out, so perhaps that it

Does that sound like your recipe Sarah? if it does its probably my bad about the grittiness LOL