Apple Ice Cream with Rosemary and Honey
Making you own ice cream is simple, it just takes a little time. This is a recipe you can use even if you don’t have an ice cream maker - it is just easier if you have one. You can also cheat, by using commercial (preferably a high quality brand) vanilla ice cream, leave it in the refrigerator until soft, and mix in the apples and rosemary - hold back a little on the honey, so the ice cream does not become too sweet. This ice cream contains some alcohol. The alcohol is advantageous for the freezing process - it makes for a smoother ice cream, but it also makes this a distinctly grown-up dessert. You can remove the alcohol by boiling the calvados, or omitting it altogether. Since roses are related to apples and also, if I may say so, quite decorative, I like to use a few rose petals for garnish. Make sure the roses are organically grown - you would not like to be eating pesticides. You can make your own apple concentrate by boiling 2 cups apple juice until reduced to 1/2 cup.
INGREDIENTS:
Number of servings
Servings: 4
List of ingredients
2 green apples
½ cup (1dl) calvados or other apple flavoured brandy
8 egg yolks
3 cups (7 ½ dl) heavy cream
1 ½ cup (3dl) milk
2 tablespoons fresh rosemary
2 tablespoon honey, or more
½ cup (1dl) apple concentrate or apple syrup, or apple sauce
Rose pedals for garnish, optional
PREPARATION:
Peel, de-core and finely chop the apples. Add the apples to a bowl, and add the calvados. Let it rest while you make the ice cream
In a bowl, whisk together egg yolks, cream and milk. Add rosemary, honey and apple concentrate.
Put the egg yolk mixture over a pot with boiling water. Heat the mixture while whisking until it thickens enough to leave a thick coating on the backside of a spoon (or until the mixture has reached 160ºF/73ºC. Continue whisking after you take it the bowl out of the pot (the bowl is still hot).
Add the apples to the mixture. Leave to cool at room temperature.
Pour the batter into a hand cranked is cream machine, a normal ice cream machine or just place the bowl in the freezer (and stir it every 20 minutes until it is frozen solid).
Garnish with rose pedals.