Thursday, June 28, 2012

Peach Ice Cream - that doesn't require an ice cream maker ;)

Can you say "HOMEMADE PEACH ICE CREAM" faster than you can drool?? Yeah, neither can I. So when my friend gifted me some homegrown organic peaches it was quite embarrassing to have to excuse myself to find a way to wipe up all that drool....
Enjoy and don't make a fool of yourself.

What you'll need (instead of an expensive and practically useless ice cream maker):
- Egg beaters...I just used a cheap little hand held
- Large bowl
- Enough room in your freezer for said large bowl
- Roughly 3 hours where you'll be somewhere near your freezer

Ingredients:
- 6 eggs (beaten)
- 3 cups sugar
- around 10 peaches (over ripe is best)
- 4 cups heavy cream
- 2 cups half&half
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp salt




Ok, so here we go!

Peel and pit your peaches. I learned an awesome trick from my grandmother that works like a charm for this. Boil some water in a medium sized pot. Have a bowl of ice water next to your cutting/peeling/pitting/magic station. Drop a few peaches into the boiling water till they get hot. Then with a pair of tongs, move a peach over to the ice water. Dunk it in for a few seconds and then peel! Or let it peel itself because it pretty much does if you do it this way. Repeat peach by peach. It's kind of like juggling, but if you like cooking you'll have fun with it. 

Ok, so peaches are peeled! Mix all those ingredients together in a large bowl. 

Put mixture in the fridge for two hours. Then move to freezer for 30 minutes. Blend it again with your beaters. Another 30 minutes in the freezer, repeat beating. The more you do that the fluffier your ice cream will be. I only beat mine twice and it came out a nice consistency, slow melting, almost like...dare I say it?...Ben and Jerry's......mmmmm....

Be sure to share some with your friends! Only YOU can fight obesity ;)

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