dulce de leche ice cream
Serves 6
Dulce de leche is a poppular caramel in Latin America. You can make a quick version of this ice cream by mixing half the dulce de leche with 1 litre of softened good-quality vanilla ice cream. Begin this recipe a day ahead.
Dulce de leche is a poppular caramel in Latin America. You can make a quick version of this ice cream by mixing half the dulce de leche with 1 litre of softened good-quality vanilla ice cream. Begin this recipe a day ahead.
- 400ml thickened cream
- 790 ml (2x395ml cans) sweetened condensed milk
- 2 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 630ml full-cream milk
- Praline pieces, crushed toffeed almonds or toffee shards, to serve
- Remove and discard labels from the milk cans, then using a can opener.
- Place in a saucepan, opened-side up, and add enough water to almost cover cans. Bring to the boil, then adjust heat to simmer gently and steadily. Cook for 3 hours, reguraly topping up with boiling water so it stays at the same level, until a thick caramel in colour.
- Remove from heat and, using an oven glove, carefully remove cans from water. Cook completely. Open cans an scoop out dulce de leche into a container. Cover and chill. (it'll keep in the fridge for 2-3 weeks).
- Combine milk, cream and a pinch of salt in a large pan over low heat until just below boiling point. Remove from heat, add two-thirds of the dulce de leche and whisk to combine.
- Transfer to a metal bowl and place in a large bowl or sink filled with cold water until cooled. Stir in vanilla, then chill for 1 hour until well chilled.
- Pour the mixture into a shallow container and freeze until frozen at the edges. Remove from the freezer and beat oeth an electric beater. Pour back into the container and refreeze. Repeat 2 or 3 times. (Alternatively, churn the mixture in an ice cream machine following the manufacturer's directions). Transfer to a large plastic container, adding dollops of reserved dulce de leche here and there. Cover and freeze overnight.
- Serve scoops of the dulce de leche ice cream garnished with praline, toffeed almonds or toffee shards, if desired.