Salted Caramel Ice Cream
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Recipe type: Dessert
Serves: 1 quart
Ingredients
- 1¼ cups sugar, divided
- 2¼ cups heavy cream, divided
- ½ teaspoon flaky sea salt such as Maldon
- ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 cup whole milk
- 3 large eggs
Directions
- Heat 1 cup sugar in a dry 10-inch heavy skillet over medium heat, stirring with a fork to heat sugar evenly, until it starts to melt, then stop stirring and cook, swirling skillet occasionally so sugar melts evenly, until it is dark amber.
- Add 1¼ cups cream (mixture will spatter) and cook, stirring, until all of caramel has dissolved. Transfer to a bowl and stir in sea salt and vanilla. Cool to room temperature.
- Meanwhile, bring milk, remaining cup cream, and remaining ¼ cup sugar just to a boil in a small heavy saucepan, stirring occasionally.
- Lightly whisk eggs in a medium bowl, then add half of hot milk mixture in a slow stream, whisking constantly. Pour back into saucepan and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon, until custard coats back of spoon and registers 170°F on an instant-read thermometer (do not let boil). Pour custard through a fine-mesh sieve into a large bowl, then stir in cooled caramel.
- Chill custard, stirring occasionally, until very cold, 3 to 6 hours. Pour custard into a freeze freezer proof container and stir several times within the first few hours to ensure even freezer.
- After the custard is thoroughly chilled, if are using an ice cream maker, follow the manufacturer’s instructions.
