Lychee ice cream
 
 
Light and fresh lychee ice cream is a summer favorite of mine. You can make this recipe without an ice cream maker like I did.
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Recipe type: Ice Cream
Serves: 6 scoops
Ingredients
Creme Anglaise: (I halved the ingredients of the original recipe because I had only 3 yolks, but feel free to double)
  • ½ cup milk
  • 70 gms sugar
  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • pinch salt
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 3 large egg yolks
  • a bunch of lychees, pitted and pureed (reserve a few lychees after pitting them and coarsely chop them instead of pureeing them- I had about a cup of puree)
Instructions
  1. Mix the milk, cream, salt and sugar in a medium sauce pan. Heat the mixture over a low heat until it starts bubbling along the edge. Do not let boil and stir constantly to prevent the milk mixture from sticking to the bottom. Take off heat.
  2. In another bowl, whisk the egg yolks. Slowly pour in the hot mixture into the egg yolks, while whisking. Do not pour all of the mixture, lest you want scrambled eggs. Once the eggs are tempered scrape the warmed egg mixture back into the saucepan and set over medium heat.
  3. Return the warmed egg yolks in to the sauce pan, and cook over medium-low heat whisking constantly, until the mixture thickens, or till it coats the back of the spoon.
  4. Strain the ice cream mixture through a sieve into a clean bowl set in a ice bath and chill. Add the vanilla. Cover and refrigerate for at least 8 hours or overnight.
  5. Stir in the lychee puree and coarsely chopped lychee pieces. Freeze in your ice cream maker according to manufacturer's instructions. In case you do not have an ice cream maker, transfer the mixture into a freezer safe container. As the mixture starts to freeze around the edges, remove it and mix it. Repeat this 4-5 times, every hour or so till mixture is mostly frozen. If your freezer is big enough, it helps to keep the ice cream in the blender container for this part and transferring the mixture only when the mixture is mostly smooth and frozen.
Recipe by The Novice Housewife at https://novicehousewife.com/2016/06/26/lychee-ice-cream/