TOASTED ALMOND ICE CREAM

TOASTED ALMOND ICE CREAM

Ice Cream Cake

You know in the movie “Up” when Russell, the Wilderness Explorer who befriends his curmudgeonly old neighbor Carl, talks about getting ice cream at Fenton’s with his dad?  Well if you are from the California Bay Area, you are probably familiar with Fenton’s which is an institution.

We LOVE going there for huge, amazing sundaes dripping with homemade caramel or hot fudge sauce and topped with extra cherries.  Everything is amazing there – the black & tan sundae, the banana splits, the hot fudge brownie sundae.  But my most favorite thing to get at Fenton’s is a simple little bowl of toasted almond ice cream topped with caramel and extra chopped toasted almonds.

This is cold and sweet and full of almond flavor from almond extract and chopped toasted almonds.  The mouthfeel of the ice cream is superb – it’s smooth, not grainy or icy, and studded with chopped nuts.  Golly, I’m geeking out over here but for reals, this ice cream is the best!  And eating it while everything else around you (not just the ice cream) is melting from the July heat is practically a transcendent experience.

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 3/4 cups whole milk
• 2 cups heavy cream
• Pinch of salt
• 4 egg yolks
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 1/3 cup crushed roasted almonds

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spread almonds in a single layer on a baking sheet and roast 10-15 minutes, until fragrant and toasted, but be careful not to burn them. Let cool, then chop into small pieces and set aside.
2. In a medium sauce pan, mix the sugar, milk, half of the cream and pinch of salt and heat over medium heat just until the edges start to bubble and steam. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the mixture begins steaming and bubbling around the edges. Meanwhile, whisk the egg yolks in a separate bowl and set aside.
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