Creme Brulee Gelato Food

CREME BRULEE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
• Beat egg yolks, 4 tablespoons white sugar and vanilla extract in a mixing bowl until thick and creamy.
• Pour cream into a saucepan and stir over low heat until it almost comes to boil. Remove the cream from heat immediately. Stir cream into the egg yolk mixture; beat until combined.
• Pour cream mixture into the top pan of a double boiler. Stir over simmering water until mixture lightly coats the back of a spoon, about 3 minutes. Remove mixture from heat immediately and pour into a shallow heat-proof dish.
• Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes. Remove from oven and cool to room temperature. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour or overnight.
• Preheat oven to broil.
• In a small bowl combine remaining 2 tablespoons white sugar and brown sugar. Sift this mixture evenly over custard. Place dish under broiler until sugar melts, about 2 minutes. Watch carefully so as not to burn.
• Remove from heat and allow to cool. Refrigerate until custard is set again.

CREME BRULEE GELATO

Steps:

• To make the gelato custard: In a medium-size bowl, stir together the sugar, egg yolks, vanilla and corn syrup to blend thoroughly.
• In a heavy, medium-size saucepan, bring the half-and-half just to a simmer.
• Gradually pour the warm half-and-half into the yolk mixture, stirring constantly.
• Return the blended mixture to the saucepan.
• Using a wooden or rubber spatula, stir the mixture over medium-low heat until custard thickens and leaves path on back of spatula when finger is drawn across, about 10 minutes (do not boil).
• Strain the custard through fine-mesh sieve (Do NOT skip this step) into a bowl.
• Cool in ice bath, then cover and refrigerate until cold.
• Process the cold custard in an ice cream maker according to manufacturer's instructions.
• To make the brulee crunch: Line a baking sheet with foil and generously butter the foil.
• Or use the Reynold's"Release" foil, or use a Silpat sheet or other silicone coated baking mat.
• In a heavy, medium-size saucepan, over medium-low heat, stir together the sugar and water until the sugar dissolves.
• Increase the heat and boil the mixture without stirring until it becomes amber colored, brushing down the sides of pan with a wet pastry brush to remove sugar crystals and swirling the pan occasionally to cook evenly.
• (About 10 minutes will be required to achieve an amber coloring.) Remove the pan from the heat.
• Stir in the baking soda and immediately transfer the caramel mixture to the buttered baking sheet (or other sheet, as above).
• Allow the caramel to cool completely, and break it into small pieces to make the brulee crunch.
• Swirl 3/4 of the crunch into the gelato, then freeze gelato until firm.
• Sprinkle servings with remaining crunch before serving.

BLACKBERRY GELATO

Steps:

• Put blackberries in a fine-mesh sieve set over a medium bowl; press them through the mesh with the back of a wooden spoon, scraping the pulp gently across the mesh to extract as much juice and solids as you can while leaving the seeds and skin behind (be sure to cover up to protect clothing from splatters).
• Set strained puree aside but do not discard the seeds in the strainer.
• You should have about 1 ¼ cups blackberry puree.
• In a bowl, beat the egg yolks and sugar with a whisk or electric mixer at medium speed until pale yellow and thick, like a grainy paste, about 2 minutes.
• Heat the milk and cream in a medium saucepan over medium heat until small bubbles dot the pan's inside rim; do not boil but adjust heat to keep the mixture this hot.
• Whisk about 1/3 of the hot milk into the egg mixture until smooth, then whisk this combined mixture into the remaining hot milk mixture until smooth.
• Immediately decrease heat to very low-if you are using an electric stove, move the pan to an unused burner just now set on low.
• Cook slowly, stirring constantly, until the mixture rises slightly in the pan and is thick enough to coat the back of a wooden spoon, about 3 minutes.
• Add a small amount of the custard to the sieve with the blackberry seeds, and push them again against the mesh into the bowl with the blackberry puree, thereby getting the last amount of pulp out of the seeds.
• Discard the seeds and wash the strainer.
• Strain the remaining custard into the bowl with the puree; add the salt and stir well.
• Refrigerate until cold, at least 4 hours or overnight.
• Freeze the custard in you ice cream machine according to manufacturer's instructions.
• Serve at once or transfer to a freezer container, seal tightly, and store in freezer for up to1 month; soften at room temperature for up to 10 minutes before serving.