Sunday 13 April 2014

Home made ice-cream with crunchy caramelized almonds

This is my grandmother's recipe and it is super easy and fast to make. 


This type of ice-cream is also known as praline :)


Home made ice-cream with crunch caramelized almonds

ingredients for the ice-cream
  • 1 can Ermol cream (cream from non-fat milk and vegetable fat) - alternatively use normal milk cream
  • 1 can condensed milk
  • 1 can coffee milk
ingredients for the caramelized almonds
  • 1/2 tea cup of water
  • 3 table spoons of sugar
  • 50 gr of pealed whole almonds
instructions for the ice-cream
  1. Beat the Ermol into cream for 5 minutes
  2. Add slowly the condensed milk while beating the cream
  3. Add the coffee milk.
  4. Put in the freezer for half an hour, take it out and beat it again (this makes the ice-cream more fluffy)
  5. Add the crushed caramelized almonds (see below for the details)
instructions for the caramelized almonds
  1. Pour the water and sugar in a pan
  2. Add the almonds and let them cook in the sugar and water
  3. The water needs to vaporize and then the mix will start to bubble
  4. Take off the fire when it starts to turn into golden color
  5. Pour in an buttered or oiled plate and let cool down
  6. Wash the pan with cold water after it has cooled down
  7. Crush the caramelized almonds into smaller bits 
The ermol or cream should look like this when ready. Be careful, in case you use cream, you shouldn't beat it too much. It will turn to butter.


When the water is vaporized, bubbles will appear.


Then the sugar will re-crystallize, no worries, just use a wooden spoon and stir it slowly until it melts.


When the mix turns to golden color it is ready to pour in the plate. Pour carefully as caramel can burn your skin!


Let it cool down for a few minutes.


Crush the caramelized almonds to small pieces.


You can save some of the almonds and serve them as extra garnish on top.



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