Black peppercorn has been my favorite flavor ice cream for a while now. I was googling different recipes for it and came across Chow.com which had a recipe for pink peppercorn ice cream! I followed the recipe exactly, with the pink peppercorns not black. The consistency came out wonderful, it was more of a custard base, but the creaminess paired perfectly with the spiciness and sweetness of the berry. Apparently this recipe comes from Chika Tillman of ChikaLicious Dessert Bar in New York City. Thank you Chika! Her recipe makes about 1 1/2 quarts.
INGREDIENTS
- 2 cups heavy cream
- 2 cups whole milk
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon whole black or pink peppercorns, crushed with the bottom of a heavy pan
- 8 egg yolks
INSTRUCTIONS
- Heat the heavy cream, milk, sugar, and pepper in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Bring mixture to a simmer, stirring occasionally to dissolve the sugar.
- Remove from heat and let mixture steep for 20 minutes. Meanwhile, place the egg yolks in a medium mixing bowl and beat well with a wire whisk.
- Return the cream mixture to medium heat and bring to a simmer again. Remove from heat. Temper the hot mixture into the eggs by slowly pouring the cream into them in a thin stream, while constantly whisking the eggs with a whisk.
- Strain the egg-and-cream mixture through a fine-mesh strainer back into the saucepan. Return it to the stove and cook over medium-low heat, stirring often with a wooden spoon, until the custard base has thickened enough to coat the back of the spoon.
- Cool the custard in an ice bath until it is completely cold.
- Freeze the custard in an ice cream maker, according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Place in a covered plastic container and store in the freezer overnight.
Hello! This ice cream looks divine! The photograph is also a work of art. Thank you so much for the recipe. I will pass it along to my husband (our resident ice cream cook — he has his own professional ice cream maker which I’m not allowed to touch) to see if he can pull it together, so I can try it!
This may just push me over the edge into finally buying an ice cream maker
Good idea, you won’t regret it!
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Thanks.
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