Butter Pecan Ice Cream With Brandy Food

BUTTER PECAN ICE CREAM

Steps:

• In a small skillet over medium heat, cook pecans in butter until lightly browned and fragrant, stirring constantly, about 3 to 5 minutes. Set aside.
• Whisk eggs in a mixing bowl; set aside. Combine brown sugar and half and half in a saucepan and mix well. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat; remove from heat. Gradually pour hot mixture into the eggs, whisking constantly. Return custard to saucepan and cook, stirring occasionally, until mixture coats the back of a spoon (see Editor's Note). Remove from heat and stir in cream, vanilla, and pecans.
• Pour into ice cream maker and freeze according to manufacturers' directions.

CONTEST-WINNING BUTTER PECAN ICE CREAM

Steps:

• In a small skillet, toast pecans in butter for 5-6 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool., In a heavy saucepan, heat half-and-half to 175°; stir in the brown sugar until dissolved. Whisk a small amount of hot cream mixture into the eggs; return all to the pan, whisking constantly. Cook and stir over low heat until mixture reaches at least 160° and coats the back of a metal spoon., Remove from the heat. Cool quickly by placing pan in a bowl of ice water; stir for 2 minutes. Stir in whipping cream and vanilla. Press plastic wrap onto the surface of custard. Refrigerate for several hours or overnight. Stir in toasted pecans., Fill cylinder of ice cream freezer; freeze according to the manufacturer's directions. Allow to ripen in ice cream freezer or firm up in the refrigerator freezer for 2-4 hours before serving.

BUTTER PECAN ICE CREAM

Steps:

• In a medium size mixing bowl...
• Add Pecans
• Add Butter
• Add Sugar
• Add Salt
• Mix ingredients well.
• Spread pecans on a parchment lined baking sheet.
• Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes.
• Remove from oven, let cool completely.
• Separate the egg yolks from the whites.
• In a large mixing bowl... Add egg yolks.
• Whisk yolks well, until creamy.
• Add the packed cup of brown sugar.
• Add granulated sugar.
• Add corn starch.
• Whisk ingredients together well.
• Add pancake syrup, whisk again until mixed well.
• Place a medium sized sauce pot over medium heat on your stove top.
• Add the whole milk.
• Bring milk up to 170°, and let cook for one minute at this temperature.
• Temper the egg mixture by adding just a small amount of hot milk to the mixing bowl.
• Stir constantly, continuing to add milk, until all the milk has been mixed in.
• Return the mixture to the sauce pot and place back over Medium heat.
• Cook the mixture, stirring constantly, until it reaches 170° again and thickens.
• Test by coating a wooden spoon with mixture.
• It should stay separated when you pull your finger through the mixture on the back of spoon.
• Remove sauce pot from heat and place in sink.
• Continue to stir as you let cold water rise up around the outside of the pan just over half way.
• Let the mixture cool completely.
• Place in another container with a lid, cover and refrigerate overnight.
• When ready to freeze...
• Add the pecan pieces to the custard.
• Add whipping cream.
• Add Vanilla extract.
• Place mixture in can of freezer and freeze according to directions for your ice cream maker.
• Enjoy!

BRANDY BUTTER ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Heat the butter in a small pan until just starting to take on a nutty brown colour - remove from the heat straight away as it will continue to colour. Stir in the brandy, then leave to cool.
• Heat the milk in a saucepan but don't let it boil. Whisk the egg yolks and sugar in a bowl until pale. Pour over the hot milk, whisking continuously, then return to the saucepan set over a low heat. Cook for 3-4 mins, stirring the whole time with a wooden spoon, until the custard thickens enough to coat the back of your spoon. Leave to cool.
• Whisk the cream until it forms soft, billowy peaks. Fold in the brandy butter and the custard mixture. Churn in an ice-cream machine until set, then keep in the freezer for up to 2 months.

SUNNY'S BUTTER PECAN ICE CREAM

Steps:

• In a large saute pan, melt the butter and then add the brown sugar, salt, and pecans, in that order, with a stir between each. Stir on medium-high as bubbles form, and continue to stir until the sugar is dissolved as much as possible and the coating on the pecans becomes sticky, 6 to 8 minutes. Remove from the heat and spread the mixture onto a baking sheet to cool. Refrigerate for about 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in a bowl, whisk together the heavy cream, buttermilk, sweetened condensed milk, evaporated milk, and vanilla extract. Use a spatula to release the pecans from the cooled sheet. Add the cooled pecans to the bowl and stir. Make the ice cream one of the following ways:
• 1. Get fancy and put it in your home ice cream maker and prepare according to the manufacturer's instructions. Place in an air tight 2-quart container and freeze for at least 5 hours, stirring every 30 minutes for the first 2 hours, then every hour for 3 more hours.
• 2. Add 2 cups ice and 1/2 cup coarse sea salt to a large plastic storage container. Pour the ice cream mixture into a 1-gallon plastic storage bag and seal, squeezing out as much air as possible. Place this bag in the plastic storage container and cover with the lid. Shake vigorously for 10 to 15 minutes. Add more ice and salt if needed halfway through the spin cycle. Depends on your shakin'! Once the shaking is done and you've checked for the right texture for your ice cream, remove the bag from the container and rinse off quickly in cold water. Open and scoop ice cream out, or cut a hole in the corner of the bag and squeeze it out.

BUTTER PECAN ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Toast pecans in a shallow baking pan in middle of oven until fragrant and a shade darker, 7 to 8 minutes. Add butter and salt to hot pecans and toss until butter is melted, then cool pecans completely (they will absorb butter).
• Whisk together brown sugar and cornstarch, then add eggs, whisking until combined. Bring milk and cream just to a boil in a 3- to 4-quart heavy saucepan over moderately high heat, then add to egg mixture in a stream, whisking constantly, and transfer custard to saucepan.
• Cook custard over moderately low heat, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon, until thick enough to coat back of spoon and registers 170 to 175°F on an instant-read thermometer, 2 to 3 minutes (do not let boil).
• Immediately pour custard through a fine-mesh sieve into a bowl and stir in vanilla, then cool, stirring occasionally. Chill custard, its surface covered with wax paper, until cold, at least 3 hours.
• Freeze custard in ice cream maker until almost firm. Stir together ice cream and pecans in a bowl, then transfer to an airtight container and put in freezer to harden.

BUTTER PECAN ICE CREAM WITH BRANDY

Steps:

• Scald the milk and cream with the vanilla bean; don't add the sugar yet.
• While the milk mixture is heating, split the vanilla bean down the center lengthwise and scrape out the seeds. Whisk the seeds into the milk mixture, then add the empty pod to the pan.
• Steep the milk mixture and vanilla. Once the milk mixture is scalding, remove the pan from the heat and cover it. After about 15 minutes, remove the vanilla bean pod.
• Reheat the milk mixture back up to scalding. Whisk the egg yolks and temper. While the milk mixture heats to scalding, whisk together the egg yolks with the brown sugar and cornstarch in a medium bowl until they're light in color and slightly fluffy. Gently stream about one-third of the hot milk mixture into the eggs while whisking continuously. This is called tempering. It's important to whisk while streaming the hot milk. If you just pour in the hot milk and then whisk, you may get scrambled eggs.
• Thicken the custard over low heat. Pour the egg and milk mixture into.
• the rest of the milk mixture in the saucepan and stir continuously on low.
• heat with a heatproof spatula or flat-ended wooden spoon. Make sure you scrape the bottom evenly while you continuously stir. The custard is thick enough when you can draw a line on the back of the spoon with your finger and the line retains its shape. It should thicken rather quickly because of the cornstarch.
• Strain, cover, and chill the custard for at least 8 hours. Strain the custard through a fine-mesh strainer into a heatproof container. Cover with plastic wrap so that it's directly touching the entire surface of the custard and none of it is exposed to air. This prevents a skin from developing. Transfer the container to an ice bath and let it cool for about 30 minutes to stop the cooking process. Transfer the container to the refrigerator. Chill until the custard is completely cold, at least 8 hours.
• Once the custard is completely cold....Dissolve the gelatin in the cold water. Pour the water into a small. saucepan or microwave-safe container and evenly sprinkle the gelatin on top. Allow to sit until the gelatin appears to have absorbed as much water as it can, about 2 minutes. This is called blooming. Gently warm over low heat and stir until the gelatin is completely dissolved into the liquid, about 3 minutes. If using a microwave, heat on medium power and check every 30 seconds until the gelatin is completely dissolved. The total time will depend on the microwave's voltage.
• Spike the custard with the cold brandy and gelatin mixture. Pour the gelatin into a medium bowl and whisk in the cold alcohol until combined. Pour the cold custard into a large bowl. Stream the alcohol and gelatin mixture through a fine-mesh strainer into the custard and whisk until thoroughly blended.
• Churn the ice cream. Pour the cold custard immediately into the ice cream maker and churn for at least 20 minutes, or as directed. Due to the alcohol content, you may wish to churn it longer to get the desired thickness.
• Add the candied pecans. Scoop about one-third of the ice cream into a freezer-proof container and sprinkle about one-third of the candied pecans on top. Repeat the layers twice more with the remaining ice cream and pecans, then gently fold it all together. Be sure to work quickly-if the ice cream melts too much, it will just get icy once it's in the freezer.

BEN & JERRY'S BUTTER PECAN ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a heavy skillet over low heat.
• Add the pecans and salt and saute, stirring constantly, until the pecans start to turn brown.
• Drain the butter into a small bowl.
• Transfer the pecans to another bowl and let cool.
• Whisk the eggs in a mixing bowl until light and fluffy, 1 to 2 minutes.
• Whisk in the sugar, a little at a time, then continue whisking until completely blended, about 1 minute more.
• Pour in the cream and milk, and whisk to blend.
• Add the melted butter and blend.
• Transfer the mixture to an ice cream maker and freeze following the manufacturer's directions.
• After the ice cream stiffens (about 2 minutes before it is done), add the pecans, then continue freezing until done.

BUTTER PECAN ICE CREAM

Steps:

• In a large skillet, melt the butter over medium heat.
• Add the pecans and saute until the butter begins to turn golden brown.
• Remove the skillet from the heat and strain the butter into a stainless steel container and reserve.
• Cool to room temperature.
• Reserve the pecans in a separate container.
• In a 2 quart heavy bottomed saucepan, combine the milk, cream and 1/2 cup of the sugar.
• Heat until just scalded.
• Do Not Boil.
• Remove from the heat and set aside.
• In a large stainless steel bowl, whisk together the egg yolks and the remaining 1/2 cup sugar until well blended.
• Place the bowl over boiling water (or use a double boiler) and, whisking constantly, heat until hot to the touch, about 110 degrees.
• Slowly add the scalded milk mixture to the yolk mixture, whisking constantly.
• After thoroughly mixing, strain through a mesh strainer into the reserved butter and whisk together.
• Chill in the refrigerator, then freeze in an ice cream machine according to the manufacturer's directions. When the ice cream begins to stiffen, sprinkle in reserved pecans and continue to churn until the nuts are evenly incorporated and the ice cream is thick.
• To serve: Serve the ice cream in individual dishes topped with Caramel Sauce (see recipe I posted recipe #117551).
• Makes 8-10 servings.