Dulce De Leche Ice Cream

Total Time: 6 hrs Cook Time: 6 hrs

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups heavy cream
• 1 1/2 cups milk
• 1 cup dulce de leche, home-made or store bought
• 6 egg yolks
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 pinch salt

Recipe

• 1 in a saucepan over medium heat, warm the cream, milk and 2/3 cup of the dulce de leche.
• 2 stir mixture constantly until well blended, about 5 minutes.
• 3 in a heatproof mixing bowl, whisk together the egg yolks, sugar and salt.
• 4 gradually add the hot cream mixture and whisk until they are fully incorporated.
• 5 transfer the mixture to a saucepan.
• 6 cook over medium-low heat, stirring with a wooden spoon or spatula, until the custard thickens, about 10 minutes; do not boil.
• 7 pour the custard through a cheesecloth lined strainer set over a clean bowl.
• 8 this will strain any lumps and leave a smooth custard.
• 9 nestle the custard bowl in a larger one filled halfway with ice and water and cool the custard to room temperature.
• 10 stir this mixture occasionally.
• 11 refrigerate until chilled, at least 1 hour.
• 12 transfer chilled custard to an ice cream maker and freeze according to the manufacturer’s instructions.
• 13 at the end of the freezing stage, drizzle the remaining 1/3 cup dulce de leche into the churning ice cream to get the swirled effect.
• 14 harden off/freeze finished ice cream until firm, 3 to 4 hours.