Maple Ice Cream
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Recipe Summary Maple Ice Cream
This creamy maple-sweetened ice cream tastes like it came straight from the sugar house. It's a simple custard-style ice cream recipe that just replaces refined sugar with maple syrup for a just-sweet-enough maple-y treat. Feel free to dress it up with mix-ins or toppings or just enjoy it plain.Ingredients | Italian Ice Cream Near Me1 cup maple syrup, divided8 egg yolks3 cups half-and-half1 cup heavy cream1 pinch salt1 tablespoon vanilla extract (Optional)DirectionsWhisk 1/2 cup maple syrup and egg yolks together in a medium bowl. Set aside.Stir remaining maple syrup, half-and-half, cream, and salt together in a medium saucepan. Heat over medium-high heat, stirring often, until simmering. Reduce heat to medium.Add about 1/2 cup of the hot cream mixture to the egg mixture. Whisk constantly to prevent the eggs from cooking. Repeat with another 1/2 cup of the cream mixture. Pour egg mixture into the saucepan, stirring constantly with a heatproof spatula. Cook, stirring constantly, until custard thickens and coats the back of the spatula, 1 to 2 minutes longer. Remove from heat.Strain custard through a fine-mesh sieve set over a clean bowl. Whisk in vanilla extract. Set the bowl in an ice bath and stir the custard occasionally until cooled to room temperature, 15 to 30 minutes.Remove the bowl from the ice bath, cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate for 2 to 4 hours, or overnight.Churn cold custard in an ice cream maker, according to manufacturer's instructions, until it reaches the consistency of soft serve. Serve right away or cover tightly with plastic wrap and freeze until firm.If you don't have an ice cream maker, you can churn the custard with an electric hand mixer.Info | Italian Ice Cream Near Meprep: 5 mins cook: 10 mins additional: 2 hrs 35 mins total: 2 hrs 50 mins Servings: 16 Yield: 2 quarts
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