Patrick Oconnells Butter Pecan Ice Cream Recipes

NO-COOK, HOMEMADE BUTTER PECAN ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Combine sweetened condensed milk, whole milk, evaporated milk, cream, sugar, molasses, and vanilla extract together using a whisk in a large bowl, taking care to avoid creating bubbly foam. Refrigerate mixture for 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium-low heat; stir in salt until dissolved. Mix pecans into melted butter until evenly coated. Spread coated pecans in a single layer onto a baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 6 minutes. Flip pecans and continue baking until toasted and fragrant, about 6 minutes more. Remove butter pecans from oven and coarsely chop. Measure 1 1/2 cups butter pecans and reserve the remaining for another use.
• Pour cream mixture into an ice cream maker and follow manufacturer's instructions for ice cream. When ice cream is semi-solid (about 30 minutes), stop the machine. Pour ice cream into an air-tight container and fold in 1 1/2 cup butter pecans. Cover ice cream with plastic wrap and seal container with a lid. Freeze ice cream until solid, at least 2 hours.

BUTTER PECAN ICE CREAM

Steps:

• In a small skillet over medium heat, cook pecans in butter until lightly browned and fragrant, stirring constantly, about 3 to 5 minutes. Set aside.
• Whisk eggs in a mixing bowl; set aside. Combine brown sugar and half and half in a saucepan and mix well. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat; remove from heat. Gradually pour hot mixture into the eggs, whisking constantly. Return custard to saucepan and cook, stirring occasionally, until mixture coats the back of a spoon (see Editor's Note). Remove from heat and stir in cream, vanilla, and pecans.
• Pour into ice cream maker and freeze according to manufacturers' directions.

CONTEST-WINNING BUTTER PECAN ICE CREAM

Steps:

• In a small skillet, toast pecans in butter for 5-6 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool., In a heavy saucepan, heat half-and-half to 175°; stir in the brown sugar 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 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 the surface of custard. Refrigerate for several hours or overnight. Stir in toasted pecans., Fill cylinder of ice cream freezer; freeze according to the manufacturer's directions. Allow to ripen in ice cream freezer or firm up in the refrigerator freezer for 2-4 hours before serving.

PATRICK O'CONNELL'S BUTTER PECAN ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Combine one cup of the cream with the milk in a saucepan and bring to the boil. Pour the mixture into another container and chill thoroughly. A film will form on top when the mixture is chilled. Remove this film.
• Heat the butter in a heavy skillet and add the pecans. Cook, shaking the skillet and stirring, until the pecans begin to brown. Strain but reserve both the butter and pecans.
• Put the yolks in a mixing bowl and add one-half cup of the sugar. Beat thoroughly.
• Bring the remaining one and one-half cups of cream and one-half cup of sugar to the boil in a heavy saucepan. Slowly pour half of this mixture into the egg mixture, beating constantly. Return this mixture to the saucepan with the remaining cream and sugar mixture and heat gently without boiling or the eggs might curdle. Stir in the reserved butter in which the pecans were cooked and add the vanilla. Pour and scrape the mixture into a mixing bowl and add the chilled cream mixture. Add the pecans and pour and scrape the mixture into the container of a hand-cranked or electric ice cream freezer. Freeze according to manufacturer's instructions. Serve with caramel sauce.