White Sesame and Pistachio Custard Ice Cream

By

Source: Serious Eats — Max Falkowitz, White Sesame Pistachio Crunch Ice Cream.

Custard ice cream · Sesame & pistachio · French

A white sesame pistachio crunch ice cream recipe for 1 serving, written from a single tested source, with times and temperatures kept as the source set them.

Prep15 min
Cook20 min
Total35 min
DifficultyMedium
Per serving3617 kcal
FreeVegetarian
Servings1Recipe makes 1
Your ratingSaved in this browser only.
Allergens (EU 14)
GlutenCrustaceansEggsFishPeanutsSoybeansMilkTree nutsCeleryMustardSesameSulphitesLupinMolluscs

Always check the labels of the products you use.

Method

  1. 1

    Chill. Grind freshly toasted sesame seeds in blender upon mid-sized speed for 10 seconds, till they are mostly pulverized. Pour in around milk and blend for another (1/2 cup) 10 seconds till a fine paste forms. Add leftover milk plus cream plus blend on high for 30 seconds, till everything is uniformly mixed. Beat together egg yolks and sugar till pale in color and gently thickened in a mid-sized heavy-bottomed saucepan. Pour in dairy, beat to mix, and cook on mid-sized heat, beating often, till a custard forms upon the back of a spoon plus a swiped finger leaves one clean line. Strain custard in an airtight container, pressing on sesame solids in order to extract all liquid. Mix in orange zest and vanilla extract, next salt till it tastes right. Chill at least 6 hours or overnight in fridge, next churn the next day according in order to manufacturer's instructions. In this last minute of churning, tip in pistachios. Move churned ice cream to airtight container and put in the fridge in freezer for no less than 4 hours before serving. To offer, top every bowl using 1 to of pomegranate molasses (2 teaspoons).

Storage

Keep covered in the fridge and use within a few days.

Free sugars

Sugar (daily guide)

212.7 g per serving

425.4 % of the 50 g daily maximum · 850.8 % 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

  • mixing bowl
  • scales
  • saucepan

Nutrition per serving Calculated from USDA FoodData Central

Approximate: the recipe has 1 serving, so these numbers are for the whole batch; more salt than a serving would eat is listed (salt, to taste; a brine, rub or typo), so salt is capped at 3 g. No nutrition labels are shown for this recipe until it is fixed.

Per servingAmount
Energy3617 kcal
Protein60.2 g
Carbohydrate272.5 g
of which sugars244.2 g
of which free sugars212.7 g
Fat265.2 g
of which saturates132.5 g
Fibre13.6 g
Salt3.71 g

Protein per 100 kcal

1.7 g High protein needs ≥ 5 g per 100 kcal (20% of energy) and ≥ 10 g per serving

Calculated from USDA FoodData Central ingredient values