Peanut ice cream

Name: Peanut ice cream
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 40 min
Ingredients: 200 g sugar; 300 g peanuts; 500 g evaporated milk; 500 g fresh cream; 180 g icing sugar; 1.5 tsp vanilla essence; 3 tbsp cocoa powder; 3 tbsp drinking chocolate

No-churn vanilla ice cream layered with peanut brittle crunch

Features:Vegetarian

Make ahead Kid friendly

A no-churn vanilla ice cream layered with home-made peanut crunch: roasted peanuts stirred into caramelised sugar, cooled and coarsely ground. It's creamy, crunchy and salty-sweet. Makes about 3 litres; the book also gives chocolate and cashew crunch versions.

Total time: 40 min
Difficulty: medium
Serves: 24

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Ingredients

Serves24

For the peanut crunch

7 oz sugar1 cup
10 ½ oz peanuts2 cups, roasted and skinned

For the ice cream

1 ⅛ lb evaporated milk
1 ⅛ lb fresh cream
6 ½ oz icing sugar
1 ½ tsp vanilla essence

For the variations

3 tbsp cocoa powder (optional)chocolate version
3 tbsp drinking chocolate (optional)chocolate version

Method

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Step 1: Freeze 1 ⅛ lb evaporated milk in its tin or a container for 8 hours.
480 min
Step 2: For the crunch, melt 7 oz sugar in a heavy pan on a low heat until it turns a golden caramel. Add 10 ½ oz peanuts and mix quickly.
8 min
Step 3: Tip onto a greased tray, leave to cool and harden, then grind coarsely.
20 min
Step 4: Beat 1 ⅛ lb fresh cream with half the 6 ½ oz icing sugar until light and fluffy.
4 min
Step 5: Beat the frozen evaporated milk with the rest of the icing sugar until doubled in volume.
5 min
Step 6: Mix the two together and fold in 1 ½ tsp vanilla essence with a wooden spoon.
Step 7: In a 4 litre rectangular ice-cream tin, make five layers of peanut crunch and ice cream, starting and ending with peanut crunch.
Step 8: Freeze overnight before serving.
480 min
Step 9: Chocolate ice cream: add 3 tbsp cocoa powder and 3 tbsp drinking chocolate to the cream mixture. Cashew crunch ice cream: use 2 cups roasted cashews instead of peanuts.

Nutrition per serving

Calories: 250 kcal
Protein: 6 g
Carbs: 22 g
Fat: 16 g
Fibre: 1 g

Nutrition values are estimates.

Recipe by

KrazyBadal

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Good to know

How long does peanut ice cream take?: About 40 minutes in total: 30 minutes to prepare and 10 minutes to cook.
How many people does it serve?: 24 as written. Change the servings above the ingredients and every amount scales to match.
Is it vegetarian?: Yes. It has no meat or fish.
Is it gluten free?: Yes, as written. Check the labels on stock, sauces and spice mixes, which sometimes contain gluten.
Can I make it ahead?: Yes. It keeps well, so you can cook it earlier in the day or the day before and reheat it.
What can I use instead of sugar?: Caster sugar, same amount.
What can I use instead of evaporated milk?: Oat, soy or almond milk, same amount (use unsweetened for savoury dishes).

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