Fresh Lime Custard Ice Cream
By Joe
Source: NYT Cooking.
Our French vanilla custard, made sharp and fragrant with lime: the zest is rubbed into the sugar and steeped in the hot custard, and fresh juice goes in just before chilling. Creamy but properly zingy.
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Method
- 1
Make lime sugar. Rub about three quarters of the lime zest into the sugar with your fingertips until it smells strongly of lime and feels slightly damp. Cover the remaining zest so it does not dry out.
- 2
Warm the dairy. Put the cream, milk, lime sugar and salt in the saucepan and stir over medium heat until the sugar has dissolved and the dairy is steaming.
- 3
Temper the yolks. Whisk the yolks in the heatproof bowl, slowly whisk in about a third of the hot dairy, then pour everything back into the pan.
- 4
Cook. Keep stirring over a low flame until the probe reads 77-80 °C and the custard clings to the spatula.
- 5
Steep. Take the pan off the heat and leave for 30 min so the zest can perfume the custard.
- 6
Add the juice. Stir in the lime juice and the reserved zest, then strain into a bowl set in the iced water. Once cool, chill for at least 4 h.
- 7
Churn and freeze. Churn until thick, then pack into the container and freeze for at least 4 h.
Storage
Freeze in a covered container for up to 2 weeks.
Free sugars
17.5 g per serving
35 % of the 50 g daily maximum · 70 % of the ideal 25 g
Free sugars under 50 g a day, ideally about 25 g, based on WHO free-sugar guidance (not endorsed by WHO). The share shown is the share of one serving. WHO
Equipment
- ice-cream maker
- medium heavy saucepan
- heatproof bowl
- whisk
- silicone spatula
- probe thermometer
- fine sieve
- large bowl of iced water
- freezer container with lid
- small bowl
Nutrition per serving Calculated from USDA FoodData Central
| Per serving | Amount |
|---|---|
| Energy | 335 kcal |
| Protein | 4.8 g |
| Carbohydrate | 21.6 g |
| of which sugars | 21 g |
| of which free sugars | 17.5 g |
| Fat | 26.2 g |
| of which saturates | 15.7 g |
| Fibre | 0.1 g |
| Salt | 0.18 g |
Protein per 100 kcal
1.4 g High protein needs ≥ 5 g per 100 kcal (20% of energy) and ≥ 10 g per serving
Calculated from USDA FoodData Central ingredient values
