Happy National Ice Cream Month! July and ice cream always remind me of going to the Seymour Fair when growing up. My family was involved in 4-H. 4-H is the nation’s largest positive youth development and youth mentoring organization, empowering six million young people in the U.S. I know it has changed a lot since I was in 4-H bringing my wacky cake to be judged at the fair. So to make a long story short the reason it ice cream reminds me of the fair is because they always had the best chocolate malts and we would always get one while we were there.
My taste may have grown a bit so now instead of chocolate malts I look for more adventurous flavors. Like Olive Oil Ice Cream! Yes, you heard that correctly. Not only is this a delicious, unique recipe – it’s healthy, too!
Oil & Vinegar’s Olive Oil Ice Cream for National Ice Cream Month – July 2015
Ingredients:
6 egg yolks
1 1/2 cup heavy cream, divided
1 cup milk
2/3 cup sugar
1 vanilla bean, split
1/2 cup + 2 tablespoons EV Bonsecco Olive Oil from Tuscany*
2 tablespoon butter
Vecchia Corte Re Aceto Balsamico Gold for serving*
Preparation:
Mix the egg yolks with half of the cream in a bowl. Heat milk, remaining cream vanilla bean and sugar in saucepan until the sugar has been dissolved. Add egg yolk mixture stirring constantly. Heat until mixture becomes thick enough to coat the back of a wooden spoon, 6 - 8 minutes. Remove from heat.
Heat the EV Bonsecco Olive Oil with the butter until melted; add to cream mixture. Strain through sieve in a bowl: discard the vanilla bean. Cover and refrigerate until cold, at least 1 hour; custard base can be refrigerated up to 2 days ahead.
Pour cold custard mixture into ice cream machine; freeze according to manufacture’s instructions. Spoon into container and freezer for two hours. For a creamier ice cream, stir during two hour freezing time; transfer to blender after two hours mix until smooth. Pour into the freezer container and freeze for another two hours.
Drizzle with balsamic vinegar or your favorite flavored vinegar from Oil & Vinegar.
*Available at Oil & Vinegar
This recipe is from Oil & Vinegar, with a Portland, OR location in Clackamas Town Center ( very close to me!) The photo is from Leigh Olson.
I hope you enjoy this recipe!
This sounds so different. Since I am an ice cream lover I will have to give it a try. Thank you so much fr sharing