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Mint Ice Cream

This is a subtle, clean-tasting ice cream. We make ice cream every day at Petersham – largely because l like to finish a meal in the lightest way possible.

Preparation time:
15–20 minutes, plus churning and freezing
Cooking time:
20 minutes
Total time:
35-40 minutes, plus churning and freezing 40 minutes

Ingredients

  • 500ml Double cream
  • 150ml Whole milk
  • 1 Vanilla pod, halved lengthways, seeds scraped and reserved
  • 375g Caster sugar
  • 80g Mint, leaves removed and stalks reserved
  • 6 Egg yolks

Method

  1. Place the cream and milk in a heavy-based pan and add the vanilla pod and seeds; bring to just under the boil. Remove from the heat and set aside to infuse for 15 minutes before removing the pod.
  2. Place 200g caster sugar and 500ml cold water in a medium-sized, heavy-based pan on a medium heat. Bruise the mint stalks and add to the liquid. Boil for 10 minutes, then remove from the heat and allow to cool completely. Discard the stalks. Bring another saucepan of water to the boil and plunge in the leaves. Drain, refresh under cold running water and set aside.
  3. In a separate bowl, whisk the yolks and remaining 175g sugar together until pale. Whisk in the milk mixture and return the custard to the saucepan over the lowest possible heat; stir gently until it coats the back of a spoon, but do not allow to boil. Remove the custard from the heat and pour into a mixing bowl, then leave to cool.
  4. Place the cooled syrup and the blanched leaves in a blender and purée until you have a vibrant green syrup. Stir the mint syrup through the custard base and pour into an ice-cream maker to churn. Alternatively, place in a freezer container, freeze and whisk every two hours to break up the ice crystals.

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clarkeycat's girl

clarkeycat's girl 08 August 2009 10:21

The recipe as given is far too sweet. However, if you halve the quantity of water in the syrup and use 100g (or less) sugar insted of 200g it comes out fine. Don't change the quantities for the custard.

Immy

Immy 21 May 2008 13:06

I thought this had the potential to be very delicious, and should have been subtle-tasting as described, but in reality it was far too sweet to be enjoyable, and the sweetness masked the flavour of the fresh mint. As a result it was rather disappointing.

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Nutritional Info

Typical values per serving:
Energy 743.0kcal
Sugars 68.2g
Fat 51.3g
Saturated Fat 30.1g
Salt 0.1g

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This recipe was first published on Waitrose.com in August 2007