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Meringue ice cream

 

Pistachio ice cream

  • 200 GRAM MERINGUE, broken in pieces
  • 2 EGG YOLKS
  • 2 CUPS MILK
  • 75 GRAM SUGAR
  • 200 GRAM CREAM CHEESE
 
  • 4 EGG YOLKS
  • 2 CUPS CREAM
  • 1/2 CUP MILK
  • 100 GRAM SUGAR
  • 100 GRAM UNSALTED PISTACHIOS, shelled

Stir the egg yolks together with the sugar and a few tablespoons of milk. Bring the remaining milk to the boil, add the yolk mixture and heat slowly while stirring, until it thickens. Don't cook! Allow this mixture to cool down; add the cream cheese and meringue and stir well. Make ice cream with this mixture using an ice cream machine or put in the freezer for 5 hours, stir every hour.

Meringue is very easy to make and it looks and tastes good. Try also other meringue recipes like

Grind the pistachios finely. Mix the egg yolks, the sugar, the milk and half of the cream together and heat the mixture, either au bain marie or in the micro wave, first 30 seconds and then 15 seconds every time. Keep mixing. When the mixture thickens and is hot, add the rest of the cream and the ground pistachios. Allow the mixture to cool down. Freeze for at least 4 hours, stir every hour, or use an electrical ice cream maker.