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Lucky Charms Ice Cream

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Ingredients

  • 2 1/2 cups whipping cream + additional whipping cream to make up amount
  • Additional 1/2 cup chilled whipping cream
  • 2 cups Lucky Charms cereal, cereal pieces only
  • 1 cup Lucky Charms, mallow pieces only
  • 1 can (14oz) sweetened condensed milk

Method

  1. In a large bowl, combine the whipping cream and Lucky Charms cereal pieces and stir. Press some cling wrap over the surface of the mixture, trapping the cereal underneath. Leave to infuse in the refrigerator for at least 3 hours, or preferably overnight
  2. Remove the cereal mixture from the fridge. Set a strainer/ sieve over and additional large bowl and decant the cereal mixture into the strainer/ sieve to separate the milk. Give a few presses to the cereal pieces to get as much cream out as possible, without pushing the cereal through
  3. Top up the volume of milk in the bowl to 2 1/2 cups using additional chilled cream
  4. Add the Lucky Charm mallow pieces to the infused milk and leave to soften for between 15-20 minutes
  5. After this time transfer to a blender and blend until the mixture is smooth with no mallow pieces remaining. Mine only took about 30-40 seconds – any longer and you may over whip the cream. Don’t worry – it will change color!
  6. Using a spatula, decant the Lucky Charms cream mixture into a large bowl and add the additional 1/2 cup cream. Using an electric whisk beat until soft peak stage
  7. Gently fold in the condensed milk until fully incorporated. Avoid vigorous folding so as not to deflate the mixture
  8. Pour the 1/2 the mixture into a freezer-proof container, sprinkle over some of the reserved Lucky Charm mallow pieces, followed by pouring over the remaining cream mixture and finishing with some more Lucky Charms mallow pieces. Using a skewer or chop stick gently swirl the mixture, cover and freeze until fully frozen, for at least 6 hours
  9. Remove from your freezer at leave at room temperature for between 5-8 minutes for best serving. Scoop, sprinkle on some additional mallow pieces and enjoy!

Shamrock Shake

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Makes 1

Ingredients

  • 4 scoops good quality vanilla ice cream
  • 2/3 cup full fat milk (depending on how thick you want it)
  • 2 drops green color food gel
  • 1/4 teaspoon peppermint & mint and extract
  • Whipped cream, for topping

*Optional

  • Green colored sugar
  • Green candy sprinkles
  • Rainbow sour strap candies

Method

* If you like, rim the outside of your glass with green colored sugar. You can stick the sugar using lemon juice or simple syrup.

  1. Place all the ingredients in a food blender
  2. Blitz until fully combined and smooth
  3. Pour into your prepared glass
  4. Top with whipped cream and decorate to your liking
  5. Pop in a straw and enjoy!

Bourbon Salted Caramel Cured Egg Yolks w/ Pandan Ice Cream

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Serves 6

Ingredients

Caramel Sauce

  • 2 cups sugar
  • ½ cup water
  • 1 tablespoon corn syrup
  • ½ cup plus 2 tablespoons bourbon, divided
  • ⅓ cup water
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 tablespoon kosher salt

Cured Egg Yolks

  • 6 eggs

Pandan Ice Cream

  • 2 ½ cups heavy whipping cream
  • 2 teaspoons pandan extract
  • 1 ½ teaspoons honey
  • 1 can (14oz) sweetened condensed milk

Method

Caramel Sauce

  1. Combine sugar, ½ cup of water, and corn syrup in large saucepan and swirl saucepan until sugar is evenly moistened. Cook over high heat until mixture boils, starts to turn yellow in spots, and registers about 320 degrees, 6 to 8 minutes
  2. Reduce heat to medium and continue to cook, swirling saucepan occasionally, until mixture turns amber and registers 350 to 360 degrees F, 2 to 4 minutes longer
  3. Carefully pour ½ cup bourbon, ⅓ cup water, salt, and vanilla extract into caramel mixture and gently whisk/ stir to incorporate (be extremely careful as the mixture will bubble and steam)
  4. Continue to cook, stirring frequently, 1 minute longer. Turn off heat and add remaining 2 tablespoons bourbon; stir to combine
  5. Pour the caramel into a loaf pan and let cool completely, 45 minutes to 1 hour; Caramel can be made up to 2 days in advance and stored at room temperature

Cured Egg Yolks

  1. Working with 1 egg at a time, crack eggs, separate yolks from whites, and carefully transfer yolks to pan with fully cooled caramel sauce
  2. Wrap pan with plastic wrap and refrigerate until yolk exteriors are firm and translucent, at least 6 hours or up to 8 hours, using small spoon to gently flip yolks halfway through

Pandan Ice Cream

*Ensure cream, bowl, and beaters have been chilled in your refrigerator for at least 3 hours

  1. In a large bowl, add the whipping cream and whisk to soft peak stage
  2. Gently fold in pandan extract, honey and condensed sweetened milk until fully incorporated. Avoid vigorous folding so as not to deflate the mixture
  3. Pour the mixture into a freezer-proof container, cover the surface with plastic wrap and freeze until fully frozen, for at least 6 hours

To Serve

  1. Place scoop of ice cream into a serving bowl. Using back of small spoon, make small indentation in centre of each scoop. Using small spoon, transfer 1 yolk to each indentation. Drizzle additional caramel over yolks and ice cream as desired
  2. Serve and enjoy!

Brown Bread & Porter Ice cream

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Ingredients

  • 3 cups brown (wholewheat) bread, cut into small cubes
  • 1 Tablespoon maple syrup
  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • 2 ½ cups whipping cream
  • 1 can (14oz) sweetened condensed milk
  • 1 cup Porter stout

Method

  1. Set your broiler to high. Line a baking sheet with aluminium foil
  2. In a large bowl combine the brown bread cubes, maple syrup and brown sugar. Toss to combine and coat the cubes in brown sugar
  3. Transfer the coated cubes to the prepared baking sheet and spread in a even layer, avoiding clumps. Any stray sugar can be sprinkled over
  4. Place under the broiler for between 5 to 10 minutes, tossing frequently, until toasted and crispy. Use a spatula to turn the bread pieces as the sugar makes them extremely hot to handle and you risk burning your fingers
  5. Remove and leave on the baking sheet to cool fully
  6. When cooled fully, blitz in a food processor to make crumbs. You don’t want them to be too fine so I usually do about 3-4 pulses
  7. Set aside until needed later
  8. Whip the cream until soft peak stage using either a hand mixer, or a stand mixer
  9. In a separate bowl, or container, (I use a 1 Pint deli cup) combine the condensed milk and porter, stirring until mixed
  10. Pour the porter mix into the whipped cream and gently fold to full combine
  11. Add in most of the toasted brown breadcrumbs, reserving ½ cup for serving. Fold in the crumbs again using a gentle motion as you don’t want to deflate the cream
  12. Pour the mixture into a freezer-proof container, cover the surface with plastic wrap and freeze leave until fully frozen, minimum 6 hours
  13. To serve ice-cream remove from freezer and leave at room temperature for 5 mins before scooping to serve

Blue Cheese & Roast Fig Ice cream

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Ingredients

Ice cream

  • 10 fresh figs, quartered
  • 2 tbsp of brown sugar
  • 1 tbsp of honey
  • 1 ½ and 1 cup whipping cream, chilled
  • 2 Tablespoons light cream
  • 5oz Blue Cheese*, crumbled or broken into pieces
  • 1 can (14oz) sweetened condensed milk

Balsamic Reduction

  • 1 cup balsamic vinegar
  • 1 Tablespoon brown sugar

Method

Ice cream

  1. Preheat your oven to 400F and line a baking sheet with baking parchment
  2. In a large bowl, combine the quartered figs, honey and brown sugar
  3. Spread onto the prepared baking sheet and bake in the oven for 15 minutes
  4. Remove from the oven and allow fully cool before transferring to a bowl
  5. Add 2 tablespoons of light cream and puree using a blender wand (or puree in a blender)
  6. Set aside until needed later
  7. In a large saucepan combine 1 1/2 cups of heavy whipping cream and the blue cheese
  8. Heat over a medium heat, stirring occasionally until small bubbles start to form at the edge of the milk and the cheese has started to melt
  9. Reduce heat to low for 5 mins and continue to melt the cheese
  10. After 5 mins remove from heat and leave to infuse for 15 mins. After this time strain the cream/ cheese mixture into a small bowl to remove any spores or rind debris
  11. Cover surface with plastic wrap to prevent skin and place in refrigerator to cool fully for at least an hour
  12. Once the cream mixture has cooled fully, transfer to a large bowl, add in the remaining 1 cup of whipping cream and whisk to soft peak stage
  13. Fold in condensed sweetened milk until fully incorporated
  14. Add in the fig puree and fold until incorporated
  15. Pour the mixture into a freezer-proof container, cover the surface with plastic wrap and freeze for 2 hours
  16. After 2 hours, remove ice cream from freezer and fold the mixture a few times
  17. Return to freezer and leave until fully frozen, minimum 6 hours

Balsamic Reduction

  1. Combine the balsamic vinegar and browns sugar in a medium saucepan
  2. Bring to a simmer and continue cooking until reduced by half, is thick and syrupy

To serve

  • Remove from freezer and leave at room temperature for 5 mins before scooping to serve. Drizzle the balsamic reduction over

*A milder blue cheese like Cambozola will give you a creamier ice cream with a subtle blue cheese taste. A stronger cheese like Roquefort will result in a tangier, saltier ice cream.