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Salted Caramel Ice Cream

July 11, 2012 by Valerie Lugonja

A request from the bride and the groom

Preparing for Lauren and Aaron’s Wedding Meet-The-Groom Brunch Reception, I read a lot of caramel ice cream recipes and a lot of comments about those recipes. I had made David Lebovitz’s Salted Butter Caramel Ice Cream before, and didn’t want to use the butter or the praline. I wanted to develop a recipe that would align with my vanilla custard ice cream recipe as it is such a gorgeous custard that creates the most luscious milky-creamy texture. This is what I came up with. It is a completely original recipe. I could bury my face in the bowl and blow bubbles in it,  if it wasn’t frozen. It is just that yummy.

The addition of the crunchy hand-mined fleur de sel on the top elevates the taste over the top of any salted caramel ice cream bar! As well as the silken creamy texture, it held the freeze well. It did melt faster than the vanilla, but was able to hold a nice ball shape when serving. The addition of the salted caramel sauce was too decadent for words. No need for words when savoring this luxurious, velvet-sweet-salty-sumptuous reprieve amid a hot summer day. M-m-m-m-m….

The recipe is not hard. However, having the wonderful All-Clad frying pan does make a difference as making the caramel is so easy with this pan. I have had considerable difficulty making it with other pans over the years, but persevered. With the All-Clad pan, the heat on medium low, and my attention focused, it was easy peasy. It did take a little time to melt the caramel that seizes when you add the cream. That is just what happens. Patience and belief that it will melt into the caramel bring success.

I had no intention of making a caramel sauce, but had it on hand as I needed it for something else. Double the pleasure, but completely unnecessary! However, it does add a delightful, ultra sticky, hard-crunchy-chewy textural contrast that is not soon to be forgotten.

 

Salted Caramel Ice Cream

Ingredients:

  • 3 cups sugar, divided
  • 4 cups heavy cream, divided (room temperature)
  • 2 teaspoon flaky sea salt, such as Maldon
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 4 cups whole milk
  • 12 large eggs

Instructions for Caramel:

  1. Heat 2 ½ cups sugar in a dry 10-inch heavy skillet over medium heat, pressing and moving with a heat proof spatula to heat sugar evenly, until it starts to melt, then stop stirring and cook, swirling skillet occasionally so sugar melts evenly, until it is dark amber (DO not stir melted sugar in with dry sugar; you will have a big mess)
  2. Add 3 cups room temperature cream (mixture will spatter), one cup at a time and cook, stirring, until all of caramel has dissolved. the add the next cup until all are incorporated and the caramel lumps have dissolved
  3. Transfer to a bowl and stir in sea salt and vanilla; cool to room temperature

Instructions for Custard using the Thermomix:

  1. Scale the 4 cups of milk, remaining cup of cream, and remaining ½ cup sugar into the TM bowl: time to 10 minutes, temperature to 90 C and speed 2-3
  2. Cool for 15 minutes until 50C or less
  3. Set time for 15 minutes, temperature to 90C and speed to 3-4; when temperature reaches 50 C and not over, start adding egg yolks, one at a time (should have them all in within 2 minutes)
  4. Cook until custard coats back of spoon (do not let boil)
  5. Pour custard through a fine-mesh sieve into a large bowl filled with the cooled caramel; stir to combine
  6. Chill custard until very cold (6 hours or overnight)
  7. Freeze custard in ice cream maker (it will still be quite soft), then transfer to an airtight container and put in freezer to firm up; two shallow containers will help it to freeze better, or turn down the temperature of the freezer

Note: this will fill a 2 litre ice cream maker very full, but it will still work

The bride and groom have requested a brunch similar to the gift opening her sister enjoyed almost this same time last year. And, as there is more time, I am planning to make an ice bowl filled with a variety of homemade ice cream balls as part of the dessert buffet. This presentation of homemade ice cream is a long standing family tradition that I am so eager to put together for this gathering of our close family of friends.

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Filed Under: Ice Cream, Sorbets and Frozen Yogurt, Summer, Thermomix® Ice Cream Tagged With: Caramel, Salted Caramel

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Comments

  1. Lizzy (Good Things) says

    July 12, 2012 at 12:42 am

    Oh dear! I have just tried on some capri slack as we are heading up north for a few days… I need to lose weight, but am tempted by such deliciousness as this! Bookmarking the page now xox

  2. Joan Nova says

    July 12, 2012 at 5:53 am

    Wow! Love the idea to serve this at a wedding as well as your ice bowl with ice cream balls for a dessert buffet. You really do great work!

  3. bellini says

    July 12, 2012 at 6:16 am

    Salted Caramel is my absolute favourite. Last year I made a recipe from Cooking Light and was hooked. Of course if you are going to eat ice cream you may as well go all the way!

    • Valerie says

      July 12, 2012 at 11:56 am

      Bellini!
      Salted Caramel Ice Cream done “lite”? Is that legal?
      XO
      V

  4. Michelle says

    July 12, 2012 at 6:27 am

    Wow. This looks SO yummy. Ice cream is my ultimate weakness, especially in all this heat we’ve been getting!

    • Valerie says

      July 12, 2012 at 11:55 am

      Michelle!
      Agreed! Pistachio is next!
      🙂
      Valerie

  5. ThatJewCanCook says

    July 12, 2012 at 2:35 pm

    Wow, this may be the best dessert ever!

  6. Balvinder says

    July 12, 2012 at 4:13 pm

    Well I can see how killing delicious this would be. First I just want to lick that drippings from the cup.

  7. Kate says

    July 12, 2012 at 8:48 pm

    This sounds unbelievable! Now if only the weather would warm up!

  8. vianney says

    July 14, 2012 at 12:59 pm

    I love the idea of a ice cream buffet, this would make a perfect addition. yum!

  9. Lauren says

    August 10, 2012 at 12:34 am

    this was to DIE for! i love how rich and creamy it was and the taste was PERFECT! i haven’t had a better salted caramel ice cream, EVER!

    i LOVE your artistic pictures!

    but wait… i never got to try that gooey yummy caramel sauce?!?! how come?

    • Valerie says

      August 10, 2012 at 5:58 am

      Lauren
      Because I ate it all! Hahahahaha!
      XOXO
      Momsey

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