Avery 16th Anniversary Ice Cream
We're back with another beer ice cream recipe. With a few batches under our belt now we wanted to branch out a bit and work with some additions. We wanted to enhance the peach flavor already present in the beer but we didn't want syrupy sweetness. The solution was to add fresh peaches to the almost frozen ice cream giving you little frozen bits of peach goodness. The lemon zest helps brighten things up withouth feeling overwhelming. This ice cream doesn't taste like beer, but you'll taste the earthy hints of the saison yeast and the overall freshness of the beer coming through. We hope you enjoy this as much as we did.Avery 16th Anniversary Ice Cream with Lemon Zest and Fresh Peaches Recipe
Ingredients
* 3 cups half-and-half
* 1 cup heavy cream
* 6large egg yolks
* 1 cup sugar
* 16 oz Avery 16th Anniversary Ale
* 1 cup fresh diced peaches (roughly 2 peaches)
* 1/2 tsp lemon zest
Directions
Place beer in small saucepan, cook until reduced to 1/2 cup. Set Aside.
Pour half and half and cream in saucepan, heat on medium to a simmer, turn off heat.
Whisk the egg yolks until they lighten in color. Gradually add sugar while whisking rapidly. Keep whisking until mixture falls from whisk in ribbon like form.
Temper the cream mixture gradually adding small amounts, a few tablespoons at a time, of cream into the eggs while stirring, until about a third of the cream mixture has been added. Pour remainder of cream in and transfer back to saucepan. Cook, stirring frequently, until the mixture thickens slightly and coats the back of a spoon and reaches 170 to 175 degrees F.
Pour the mixture into a container. Once mixture has cooled enough not to form condensation on the lid place the mixture into the refrigerator for 8-12 hours.Place beer reduction in separate container and cool in refrigerator.
After 8-12 hours stir in beer reduction and lemon zest into ice cream base.Pour into an ice cream maker and process according to the manufacturer's directions. When ice cream begins to thicken and freeze add in peaches. This should take approximately 25 to 35 minutes. Freeze for another 3 to 4 hours to allow the ice cream to harden.
