Honey Ginger Ice Cream Food

HONEY-GINGER ICE CREAM

Steps:

• In a large sauce pan combine cream, milk, brown sugar, honey and freshly grated ginger. Warm over medium heat to infuse the honey and ginger into the cream.
• Place egg yolks in a stainless steel bowl and whisk to combine.
• Slowly whisk hot cream into egg yolks.
• Strain mixture through a fine sieve and chill over an ice bath.
• Once the ice cream base is chilled, process in an ice cream machine according to the manufacturer’s instructions and then freeze.

GINGER ICE CREAM

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan combine the cream, 1/2 cup of the granulated sugar, vanilla extract and ginger. Bring to a boil, turn off the heat and let sit for 1 hour.
• In a small bowl, combine the eggs and the remaining 1/2 cup sugar and beat to a homogeneous consistency.
• Bring the cream-ginger mixture back to a boil and turn the heat off. Immediately strain and whisk a third of the cream mixture into the egg-sugar mixture and then immediately whisk the egg mixture back into the remaining cream mixture.
• Chill the mixture over an ice water bath.
• Churn the chilled mixture in an ice cream machine according to the manufacturer's directions.
• Serve as is, or to make ice cream sandwiches, place 1 generous scoop of ice cream on the bottom of 1 Molasses Cookie and place another cookie on top. These can be done ahead and frozen. Let warm for 5 to10 minutes before serving.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• In medium bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, cloves and salt and set aside.
• In the bowl of a standing mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together the butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg and then the molasses. In thirds, gently mix in the flour mixture until just combined.
• Using an ice cream scoop, scoop out the cookie dough into 1-inch balls onto a sheet tray covered with turbinado sugar. Gently toss the cookies in the sugar, covering them completely. Place the sugar-coated dough balls on another sheet tray and gently squish a little.
• Bake for 9 to 10 minutes. Remove the cookies to a rack to cool.

HONEY-GINGER ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Set up an ice bath in a large bowl.
• Put the honey in a saucepan. Cook over medium-high heat, swirling the pan once the honey begins to boil, until the honey caramelizes to a rich amber.
• Meanwhile, put the milk, cream, ginger, and vanilla pod and seeds in another saucepan. Bring to a boil.
• Pour the milk into the honey-carefully, because it will sputter and boil up-and whisk to dissolve the honey. Remove from the heat, cover, and infuse for 15 minutes.
• Strain the honey-milk mixture into a clean saucepan (rinse and dry the vanilla pod and save it for another use) and whisk in the corn syrup and milk powder. Bring to a simmer over medium heat.
• Whisk the yolks in a medium bowl. When the honey-milk mixture is simmering, slowly whisk about 1 cup into the yolks for about 1 minute to temper them (keep the pan off the heat while you do this). Then scrape the yolks into the saucepan and cook, stirring pretty much constantly, until the mixture reaches 180°F. Keep an eye on the color of the foam on the surface; when it turns the same color as the mixture, you're very close to the right temperature. Strain the mixture into a medium bowl, set into the ice bath, and mix thoroughly with an immersion blender. Chill completely, stirring often. Then cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight for the flavors to mature.
• Mix again with the immersion blender, then freeze in an ice cream maker. Pack into a plastic container and freeze for at least 2 hours before serving.

GINGER ICE CREAM

Steps:

• In a large bowl lightly whisk yolks. In a 3-quart heavy saucepan cook sugar, fresh gingerroot, and water over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, 5 minutes. Add half-and-half and bring to a simmer. Add hot half-and-half mixture to yolks in a slow stream, whisking, and pour into pan. Cook custard over moderately low heat, stirring constantly, until a thermometer registers 170°F. (Do not let boil.)
• Pour custard through a sieve into cleaned bowl and stir in cream and vanilla. Cool custard. Chill custard, its surface covered with plastic wrap, until cold, at least 3 hours, and up to 1 day.
• Finely chop crystallized ginger. Freeze custard in an ice-cream maker, adding crystallized ginger three fourths of way through freezing process. Transfer ice cream to an airtight container and put in freezer to harden. Ice cream may be made 1 week ahead.

GINGER ICE CREAM

Steps:

• For the Ice Cream
• Make a custard by bringing Jersey & Guernsey milk, eggs, sugar nearly to boiling point, stirring with a balloon whisk all the time. When it has thickened, cool, then refrigerate for about one hour or more.
• Whisk the Jersey & Guernsey double cream to soft peaks, then fold into custard together with the ginger powder, syrup and chopped pieces.
• Now either churn in an ice-maker or freeze in freezer and stir several times as it freezes. When it is softly frozen transfer to a container and freeze until needed.
• An optional extra at this stage is to fold in some crushed ginger nuts, delicious, especially if the ice cream is served within a few days so they are still crisp.
• For the Ginger Fudge Shortcake
• Cream Jersey & Guernsey butter and sugar, work in flour and ginger, knead and press into 18cm (7"square) tin. Bake at 160oC or Gas mark 3 for about 35 minutes or until pale and crisp.
• For the fudge topping put 100g icing sugar, 50g butter, 2 tablespoons golden syrup and 1 good teaspoon ground ginger into a pan, stir over gentle heat until well mixed, then pour over shortbread. Cool and cut into squares.

CHOCOLATE GINGER ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Process ginger with sugar in work bowl of food processor until it is very fine.
• Place milk, cream and ginger sugar in heavy saucepan and bring to a boil.
• Remove from heat an steep for 5 minutes.
• Beat egg yolks with a wire whisk in a bowl and slowly stir in the ginger milk mixture.
• Return to saucepan and cook gently, stiring constantly, until it thickens slightly. Do not boil or overheat.
• Add vanilla and liqueur.
• Cut chocolate into chunks and add to work bowl of food processor. Pulse 15-20 times or until finely chopped.
• Add about half of the hot custard and process until the chocolate is completely melted.
• Stir chocolate mixture back into remaining custard and blend well with a whisk.
• Cool mix in fridge for several hours or overnight.
• Transfer to ice cream freezer and after a little time, voila! YUM is ready.
• If you have no ice cream freezer, place in flat metal dish or cake pan and freeze for about 2 hours.
• Puree in 2 or 3 batches until smooth to prevent large ice crystals from forming. If you freezer is not very cold or is very full, this may take longer.
• Freeze again fofr about 1 hour.
• Time does not include freezing time as you don't have to stand there and watch it.

HONEYCOMB ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Put the milk and cream in a saucepan and heat until just below boiling point. Meanwhile, whisk the sugar, yolks and vanilla in a big mixing bowl. While whisking, slowly pour in the hot milk mixture until everything is combined.
• Wipe out the pan and pour the mixture back in, then cook over a low heat, stirring all the time until the custard has thickened to just coat the back of a wooden spoon. Leave to cool.
• Churn the cooled custard in an ice cream machine according to the instructions. Scrape into a freezer container and fold through the honeycomb chunks. Put in the freezer and leave until solid. If you don't have an ice cream machine, please see the tip below.