Coffee Ice Cream

Memorial Day weekend just past and with it the unofficial start of summer, the official opening of beaches and drumroll please, ice cream season! Now that the weather has gotten warmer, I have decided to get back on my ice cream making game. I wanted to make a flavor I have been meaning to try for a while, coffee ice cream.

Coffee Ice Cream

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups milk

3/4 cups sugar

1 cup instant coffee (any brand will do)

pinch of salt

1 1/2 cups heavy cream

5 large egg yolks

1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract

Preparation:

Heat the milk, sugar, instant coffee and 1/2 cup of the heavy cream in a pot until hot and steamy, but not boiling.

Once the mixture is warm, remove it from the heat and let steep for 1 hour.

After the hour is up, reheat the coffee mixture.

In a separate bowl, whisk the egg yolks together.

Temper the egg yolks by pouring in a half cup of the coffee mixture, whisking constantly.

Then combine the egg yolks with the rest of the coffee mixture in the pot.

Add the rest of the cream and stir the mixture over medium heat for roughly ten minutes.

Pour the mixture through a strainer and into a clean bowl.

Chill in the refrigerator overnight and churn in your ice cream maker.

I love this ice cream. It has a rich, creamy texture and a smooth coffee flavor. It reminds me of last summer when I traveled to Vietnam and spent my days drinking Vietnamese Iced Coffee, which is a combination of coffee, condensed milk and sugar. Although they make Vietnamese Iced Coffee here, often called Thai Iced Coffee, it comes no where as close to good as the coffee I had in Vietnam. I think this is because of the quality of the coffee beans the Vietnamese use. For the first time since leaving Hanoi, the rich, creamy blend of this coffee ice cream transported me back to my Vietnamese Iced Coffee drinking days. Would it be wrong to eat coffee ice cream for breakfast?

Overall: I would give this Coffee Ice Cream 5/5 scoops. It is one of my favorite flavors and everything you would want in a coffee ice cream. It is perfect for a hot summer day!

Until next time, keep calm and get your ice cream eating on.