Chunky Honey Peach Ice Cream Recipes

CONTEST-WINNING PEACH ICE CREAM

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, heat half-and-half to 175°; stir in the sugar and salt 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 the 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 surface of custard. Refrigerate for several hours or overnight., Place peaches in a blender, cover and process until pureed. Stir into the custard. Fill cylinder of ice cream freezer two-thirds full; freeze according to manufacturer's directions., Refrigerate remaining mixture until ready to freeze, stirring before freezing each batch. Allow to ripen in ice cream freezer or firm up in the refrigerator freezer for 2-4 hours before serving.

CHUNKY HONEY-PEACH ICE CREAM --

Steps:

• Mix the cornstarch and sugar. Stir in the milk and honey . Cook over medium heat and when bubbling cook 1-2 minutes. Refrigerate overnight or until thoroughly chilled.
• Peel and puree 2 peaches. Peel and chop 2 peaches.
• Combine the pureed peaches, chopped peaches, chilled milk mixture, almond and vanilla extracts and the remaining milk.
• Pour into a non-electric ice cream maker. Freeze according to the manufacturers directions.

PEACH ICE CREAM

Steps:

• In large bowl, mix together eggs and sugar until smooth; puree peaches in blender or food processor and stir 5 cups of puree into egg mixture. Stir in cream, half-and-half, vanilla and salt and mix well.
• Pour mixture into freezer canister of ice cream maker and freeze according to manufacturer's instructions.

HONEY-PEACH TART WITH VANILLA ICE CREAM

Steps:

• For Filling:
• Preheat oven to 400°F. Roll out tart crust dough on floured work surface to 13-inch round. Slide 10-inch diameter tart pan bottom or bottom of 10-inch diameter springform pan under dough. Mix 2 tablespoons sugar and flour in small bowl. Sprinkle over tart crust, leaving 2-inch border. Arrange sliced peaches in concentric circles atop sugar mixture in crust, leaving 2-inch border. Drizzle peaches with honey. Gently fold pastry edges up around peaches. Brush edges of crust with melted butter. Sprinkle crust and peaches with 1 tablespoon sugar. Place tart (on tart pan bottom) on heavy large baking sheet with rim. Bake tart until crust is golden and peaches are tender, about 35 minutes. Transfer baking sheet to rack. Using pastry brush, brush any juices from center of tart over peaches and crust. Cool tart 20 minutes.
• For Crust
• Mix flour, powdered sugar and salt in processor. Add butter; process until mixture resembles coarse meal. Mix egg yolks and water in small bowl. Add to flour mixture and process until moist clumps form. Gather dough into ball; flatten into disk for round tart or into square for rectangular tart. Wrap in plastic and refrigerate 1 hour. (Can be prepared 3 days ahead. Keep refrigerated. Let dough soften briefly at room temperature before rolling out.)

GEORGIA PEACH HOMEMADE ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Puree peaches with the sugar and half-and-half in batches in a blender or food processor.
• In a gallon ice cream freezer container, mix together the peach mixture, sweetened condensed milk, evaporated milk, and vanilla. Pour in enough whole milk to fill the container to the fill line, about 2 cups.
• Follow the manufacturer's instructions to freeze the ice cream.

PEACH ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Peel peaches over a large bowl to catch the juice. Halve and pit them and chop roughly. Place in the bowl and sprinkle with 1/2 cup of sugar, the salt and lemon juice and let them sit for 30 minutes.
• While peaches macerate, put cream and remaining sugar in saucepan with vanilla bean or vanilla. Heat over medium-low heat, stirring frequently to keep from scorching, until the sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat and cool. Discard vanilla bean.
• Pour cream over peaches and mix thoroughly. Taste to see if it needs more sugar. (This will depend on the peaches.) Refrigerate until chilled.
• Pour the mixture into an ice-cream machine and freeze according to the manufacturer's directions until set but not quite hard. (If serving immediately, freeze harder.) Pack the ice cream into a bowl or mold to completely solidify. When it has hardened, dip mold into hot water or wrap in a hot towel and invert onto a serving platter. Or, simply scoop and serve.