Almond Ice Cream Recipe

For all the almond lovers out there, this is the ice cream for you.

A creamy ice cream with the subtle taste of almonds. Perfect in a cone or served in a glass of coffee as an Affogato.

Ingredients

• 3 egg yolks
• 125g almonds
• 300ml cream
• 300ml full fat milk
• 100g sugar.

Method

1. Whisk egg yolks until pale then set aside.
2. Add almonds to an oven tray and grill for 5 mins until they start to brown. Allow to cool.
3. Add milk, cream and sugar to a saucepan and heat until simmering.
4. Pour a cup of the milk into the yolks, all the while whisking.
5. Pour the yolks back nto the milk saucepan and continue heating until it thickens into a custard.
6. Strain custard through fine strainer then add almonds. Blend until smooth.
7. Add to an airtight container and cool in fridge for at least 2 hours.
8. Churn as per ice cream manufacturers instructions then add to freezer until hardened.