Creamy Pomegranate Ice Cream Food

POMEGRANATE GELATO

Steps:

• Whisk together cream, milk, sugar, cornstarch, and salt in a 2 1/2- to 3-quart heavy saucepan. Bring to a boil over moderate heat, whisking occasionally, then boil, whisking, 2 minutes. Remove from heat and whisk in remaining ingredients.
• Transfer to a bowl and chill, uncovered, until cold, at least 1 hour.
• Freeze in ice cream maker, then transfer to an airtight container and put in freezer to harden, at least 2 hours.
• Soften gelato slightly in refrigerator, about 20 minutes, before serving.

CREAMY POMEGRANATE ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Stir together the heavy cream and sugar. Stir in the pomegranate juice, vanilla extract, and salt. Add the mixture to an ice cream maker and freeze according to the manufacturer's directions.

CREAMY POMEGRANATE ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Stir together the heavy cream and sugar. Stir in the pomegranate juice, vanilla extract, and salt. Add the mixture to an ice cream maker and freeze according to the manufacturer's directions.

POMEGRANATE ICE CREAM

Steps:

• In a saucepan, heat the cream, milk, sugar and vanilla bean until the sugar has dissolved and the mixture is hot but not boiling.
• Whisk egg yolks in a bow and gradually add 1 cup of the cream mixture. When smooth, add it all back into the pan.
• Whisk constantly over low heat until it thickens slightly and coats the spoon, about five minutes. Don't let it boil.
• Remove the pan from the heat.
• Remove the seeds from the pomegranate and extract the juice with a mortar and pestle.
• Take the vanilla bean out of the pan and add the fruit juice. Put in the refrigerator for an hour until cool.
• Put everything ice cream maker and follow manufacturer's directions.

POMEGRANATE CARAMEL ICE-CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Cut pomegranates in half and with a manual citrus juicer squeeze enough juice from 2 halves, pressing sides against center of juicer and pressing on any whole seeds in juicer with thumbs, to measure 2/3 cup.
• With hands gently break remaining 2 pomegranate halves in two. Bend back rinds and dislodge seeds from membranes.
• In a dry 1 1/2-quart heavy saucepan cook sugar over moderately low heat, stirring slowly with a fork (to help sugar melt evenly), until melted and pale golden. Cook caramel, without stirring, swirling pan, until deep golden. Add pomegranate juice (caramel will steam and harden) and cook overt moderately low heat, stirring, until caramel is dissolved. In a small bowl stir together water and arrowroot and stir into caramel mixture. Cook sauce, stirring constantly with a wooden spatula dn scraping bottom of pan frequently, until it just begins to boil nd od thickened. Cool sauce. Chill sauce, overed, until cold, about 2 hours. Stir pomegranate seeds into sauce. (Sauce may be made 2 days ahead and chilled, covered.)
• Spoon sauce over ice cream.

POMEGRANATE-YOGURT ICE POPS

Steps:

• Pour equal amounts of pomegranate juice into ¼ cup (2 fl oz/ 50 ml) ice pop (ice lolly) molds, filling each one halfway. Freeze for 1 hour, or until the juice is beginning to harden but is not completely frozen.
• In a bowl, combine the yogurt or lebneh and honey. Split the vanilla bean lengthwise and scrape the seeds into the bowl. Stir to combine.
• Remove the molds from the freezer, push in the sticks, and top up with the yogurt mixture. To get a marbled effect, stir the pomegranate and the yogurt together briefly. Finish with a sprinkling of seeds. Return to the freezer for several hours, or until completely frozen.
• To remove the ice pops from the molds, dip very briefly in hot water. Note: For a vegan-friendly option, replace the yogurt with unsweetened soy milk and the honey with agave.