The Cream Is Calling

[kerravonsen]

I checked my postings, and it has been more than a year since I last did an ice cream experiment!


Igor! Dust off the machinery! Clean up the bowls! It is experiment-time!

Experiment #72: Maple Spice Ice Cream Mk II

Ingredients:

* 2 eggs
* 100ml pure maple syrup
* 2 T Chai Spice Tea Powder
* 1 t Cinnamon
* 3 T Castor Sugar
* 1 T Natvia
* 300ml cream
* 100ml milk

Instructions:

* Beat eggs and maple syrup together
* Add Chai powder, cinnamon, sugar and Natvia; keep mixing until all blended together.
* Add cream
* Add milk
* Process in ice-cream machine

Whys: I wanted to make some decadent ice cream, I bought some cream, the cream needed to be used ASAP, and I discovered that my vanilla bean powder had gone stale, so I went for Maple-spice instead. I wanted to see if I could do it without having to steep the spices.

Result:
Colour: ivory
Texture: creamy, soft
Taste: hard to describe the taste - sweet, yes, and somehow both rich and mild, it didn't taste very spicy. I mean, just a bit, yes, but the main thing was the cold creaminess of it.

Verdict: Yum!

Lessons:

1. Add the milk last, so that you only add enough milk to top up the mixture to the amount you need, instead of making too much (which is what happened last time I did the Maple Spice ice cream)
2. If you want it to taste more spicy, add more spices. Or actually do the steeping thing.

Comments

[jhall1.livejournal.com]

Should I know what Natvia is, or is it an Australian thing?

Anyway, the ice cream sounds delicious.

[kerravonsen]

Natvia is an Australian thing, but I have mentioned it before, here. It's a blend of Stevia and Erythritol, and here in Australia, you can buy it in the supermarket.

[jhall1.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

[vjezkova.livejournal.com]

You say "Yum", I read and drool!:-)
I am also curious about Natvia.

[kerravonsen]

I mentioned Natvia in The Art and Science of Ice Cream; it's a blend of Stevia and Erythritol, you can get it at the supermarket, but presumably only here in Australia.

[vjezkova.livejournal.com]

Thank you!
Yes, only there in Australia:-)