Peach Maple Ice Cream Food

MAPLE-PEACH ICE CREAM TOPPING

Steps:

• Cut each peach in half, remove pit, and cut each half into 6 slices.
• Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat until slightly browned, 2 to 4 minutes. Place peach slices into the butter, reduce heat to medium-low, and cook for 3 minutes, turning carefully. Add maple syrup, lemon zest, and nutmeg to the pot and cook for 2 to 3 more minutes.
• Allow to cool slightly before serving.

PEACH CRISP WITH MAPLE CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, mix flour, sugar, light brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt using a fork or pastry cutter. Cut butter into small pieces and gradually add to flour mixture until evenly mixed. Peel peaches into a bowl. Add the zest from half a lemon. Squeeze juice from lemon half and stir in with peaches and zest. Add 2 tablespoons real maple syrup to peaches, stir well. Pour peach mixture into a small pan (8" or 9" square) and cover evenly with crumb topping. Cover with foil and bake at 350ºF for 15 minutes. Remove foil and bake for an additional 20 to 30 minutes or until crisp and brown on top.Maple Cream Sauce: Pour whipping cream into a saucepan. Add 5 tablespoons real maple syrup, 3 tablespoons corn syrup and stir over moderate heat until thickened and reduced by about one-third, approximately 15 minutes. Refrigerate mixture until it is cold and thick, or set the saucepan into a small bowl of ice (the ice will melt and turn into ice water). Stirring your mixture, it will cool and thicken in about 15 minutes. Drizzle sauce over peach crisp. Serve warm.

PEACH CRISP WITH MAPLE CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Begin by making the maple cream sauce. It needs to chill before serving.
• Pour the cream into a heavy saucepan. Add the maple syrup and corn syrup. Cook over a moderate heat, stirring constantly, until the sauce is thickened and reduced by about a third, about 20 minutes. Chill for at least an hour before serving over the warm peach crisp.
• To prepare the peach crisp, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter a 9-inch square or 8- by 12-inch baking dish.
• Start with the crumb mixture. In a medium bowl, combine the flour, brown sugar, granulated sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt.
• Cut the cold butter into pieces. Add the butter to the bowl and use a fork, pastry cutter or pastry blender to cut into the flour mixture. The mixture should resemble a moist, coarse meal.
• Place the peaches in a bowl, add the lemon zest to the peaches, mix in the lemon juice and maple syrup and gently stir the peaches to combine. Pour the peaches into the prepared baking dish. Top with the crumb mixture, evening out the surface with a fork.
• Cover tightly with foil and bake, about 15 minutes.
• Remove the foil and bake until the topping is crisp and golden brown, about 30 minutes more. If the topping appears underdone, continue baking in 10 minute increments until it's done.
• Spoon the warm crisp onto a plate, and drizzle the chilled maple cream sauce over the top.

PEACH ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Combine the peaches, lemon juice and 3/4 cup of sugar in a bowl.
• Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours, stirring every 30 minutes.
• Remove the peaches from the fridge and drain the juice into another bowl and set aside.
• Return the peaches to the fridge.
• Whisk the eggs in a mixing bowl until light and fluffy, 1 to 2 minutes.
• Slowly whisk in 3/4 cup of sugar until completely blended.
• Add the cream and milk and whisk to blend and then add the peach juice and mix until completely blended.
• Pour into your ice cream maker and freeze according to the ice maker's directions.
• When the ice cream is almost frozen (about 2 minutes before it is done) add the peaches and continue freezing until it is ready.
• If your ice cream maker is anything like mine, you may need to put the ice cream into a container and let it finish freezing in the freezer.

PEACH ICE CREAM

Steps:

• In a bowl combine peaches, 1/2 cup sugar, lemon juice and peach brandy. Cover and refrigerate for 2 to 3 hours or overnight, stirring occasionally. Remove peach mixture from refrigerator and drain juice into a cup. Return peaches to refrigerator.
• In a saucepan combine 3/4 cup sugar, heavy cream, milk and vanilla. Bring just to a boil.
• In bowl whisk egg yolks. While whisking stream in about 1/3 of the boiled cream mixture. While whisking cream and sugar mixture, stream in egg and cream mixture. Return to the heat and continue to heat while stirring. Mixture will thicken as it returns to a boil. Remove from heat and strain into a bowl set over ice. Add the reserved peach juice.
• Transfer the mixture to an ice cream maker and freeze according to manufacturer's instructions. After the ice cream begins to stiffen, when very close to done, add the peaches and continue to freeze until done. Variation: Use fresh raspberries