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Coffee
Italy
Ice cream

One of the simplest, and best, desserts of all. Using store-bought vanilla ice cream makes it lightning fast!

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Cooking time: 30 minutes

Ingredients

Ingredients (4 servings)
580 ml Fresh whole milk
45 g Skimmed milk powder
70 g Dextrose
70 g Invert sugar or honey
7 g Neutro ice stabilizer (available on Amazon and makes for a better consistency, but can also be omitted)
5 Egg yolk
2 g Vanilla
50 g Sugar
90 ml Cream
4 Espresso

Preparation

  • Mix the milk with the milk powder, dextrose, invert sugar and Neutro once to make the Bring to the boil and remove from the heat. The Whisk the egg yolks with the vanilla and sugar, stir carefully into the hot milk and heat the mixture back up to 82 °C. Strain and stir in the cream. Leave to infuse in the fridge for 12 hours, then freeze in an ice cream maker. Alternatively, use store-bought vanilla ice cream.
  • Serve in bowls or glasses that have been chilled in the freezer and pour a cooled espresso over each portion just before serving.

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