ICE CREAM NOUGAT Recipe

How to make it

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• Mix the yolks of 8 eggs and 120g castor sugar in a mixer until pale yellow and stiff;
• Boil 120g saugar in 1 cup water until it forms a thick syrup;
• Add this slowly to the yolk mix;
• With a hair dryer on hot blow the sides of the mixing bowl as well as into the bowl;
• Take care not to blow it too near to the mix or a sash of ice cream will land up on your eye lash!!! ;-);
• The mix will become 'gooey', stiff and the whisk leave a trail;
• Heat 1 cup of your choice of liquer and/or 455 gram melted chocolate;
• Mix until cooled;
• When it is cooled down to about room temp, you then whisk the egg white until stiff;
• Heat 80ml honey in the microwave on medium until just-just watery in consistency;
• Add this in a slow stream to the egg white whilst the mixer runs at high speed;
• YOu can also add some moreheated liqueur;
• Fold one third into the youlk mis with a whisk until well incorporated;
• Add the rest;
• This folding in is IMPORTANT!!;
• You must do it slowly not to break the air bubbles in the egg white;
• An idea is always to left the yolk with the whisk over the egg white, instead of pounding the egg white into the yolk!;
• Put this in the freezer for 1 hour;
• Whisk 1 litre fresh cream until stiff and fold into the ice cream
• Incorporate well;
• At this stage you add fresh fruit or whatever you fancy;
• Pour into tubsand freeze for at least 6 hours before serving;
• Obviously the size you pour it in will determine the time until frozen;
• If you need it in a hurry, pour it into large pans to a thickness of 1 cm
• It will be set in 2 hours;
• You can then cut in blocks and, just before serving,decorate it with melted chocolate.
• VARIATIONS:
• Grand Marnier, Van Der Hum, with tangerine preserve
• Kirsch or Cherry Liqueur (Bolls) with glazed cherries. Add a few strandsof saffron when preoparing the syrup.
• Add raisins soaked in Rum for a day. Add the heated rum to the yolk mix and reserve the soaked raisins to add it when adding the cream.
• And for the adverturous person. Make a coulis from star aniseed, lime juise and sugar. Add freshly ground black pepper and chilli. Let it cool a bit before you add1 cup Coconut Liqueur. Add to the yold mix. Add roasted sesame seedswith the cream in the final stage.
• TRY IT - IT IS WORTH IT!!!