Delicious homemade cashew caramel ice cream. Creamy rich luscious ice cream with salted cashews gives crunch in every bite
This ice cream has long story to go with it. This dish has been requested from my hubby for a very long time. When I married and moved to Utah my hubby took me to Brigham Young University creamery (BYU Creamery) for the first time and he ordered this caramel cashew ice cream. He loves it; it was in turn introduced to him by his friend Carl. This ice cream has been in our minds for a long time along with 5 Buck Pizza and beautiful natural wonders of Utah.
When we are in Utah, we were newly married, so every weekend, he will ask me to pack my bags to go hiking and photographing. I enjoyed those outing. Now after two kids, weekend is only for grocery day or cleaning day. One thing about Utah is that on Sunday everything will be closed only a few grocery stores are open. Hubby always asks do you know how to make caramel cashew ice cream.
I will say I don’t know I will try it. Poor guy is now diabetics and can’t enjoy a generous dose of ice cream at a stretch. He has to satisfy with 1 or two scoops of ice cream. Finally I got some guts to make this ice cream. Again Google came to my help. I have seen David Lebovitz’s salted caramel ice cream , however it has 5 yolks. I made raspberry ice cream with 5 egg yolk, and I don’t like the texture much. So tried to search some other recipes and then finally settled on this salted caramel ice-cream recipe from Gourmet. I like this recipe as it uses only 3 eggs.
When I read the reviews I came to know that I have to reduce some sugar, so skipped ¼ cup sugar from the original recipe. I don’t want to make a salted ice cream, so skipped the salt in the ice cream and added roasted salted cashews to make this caramel cashew ice cream. When I was making caramel my heart is always beating at high speed. However after mixing heavy cream egg mixture to caramel and doing a taste test I was happy, yes I have made perfect caramel.
How to make Cashew Caramel ice cream
First you need caramel: You can either make it from scratch like by heating sugar and caramelize and then add cream. You can use store bought caramel sauce. Heat the granulated sugar in a small saucepan over medium heat, stirring constantly to prevent burning. The sugar will begin to form clumps and will eventually melt and turn brown. Once the sugar has melted completely. The mixture will bubble, continue stirring for 1-2 minutes then add the cream. Boil for 1 minute then remove from the heat and add the salt. Allow the caramel to completely cool at room temperature, about 1 hour.
Then Heat the Milk . In a medium saucepan set over medium heat milk and heavy cream, Heat until warm.
Tempering eggs : This is most important part in making this ice cream. First incorporate small amount of hot cream and milk with eggs with continuous whisking together the eggs. Go slow so you don’t scramble them! Gradually pour the mixture back into the saucepan. Constantly whisk over medium heat until the mixture thickens and reaches a temperature of 165 degrees. Pour the mixture through a mesh sieve set over a medium size mixing bowl.
Refrigerate. Chill custard, stirring occasionally, until very cold, 3 to 6 hours or overnight, I gave a overnight chilling.
Freeze. Remove the ice cream base from the refrigerator and pour into a prepared ice cream machine or attachment bowl. Freeze according to the manufacturer’s instructions (about 20-25 minutes). During the last stage of mixing add coarsely chop the cashews and fold in. Place in a freezer-safe container, freeze for 3-4 hours before serving.
If you want, you can swirl a bit of the caramel throughout and then drizzled some on top. After about 4 hours in the freezer and enjoy .
I refrigerated the mixture for overnight. I like to do that as it gives more flavor infuse compared to few hours of chilling. Then next day I mixed in 1 cup of salted chopped roasted cashews and churned the ice cream in ice cream maker. Trust me I got the most luscious ice cream. Great caramel flavor, nutty taste delicious treats in every scoop, my hubby commented that it is classic, and my daughter enjoyed it as one of her favorite ice creams. I am happy that I found a new luscious rich ice cream to dig in.
Here comes the recipe, try at least once, you will always come back to another scoop. I am sure about that.
Caramel Cashew Ice Cream
Ingredients
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 ¼ cups heavy cream divided
- 1 cup roasted salted cashew
- ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 cup 2 % milk
- 3 large eggs
Instructions
- Heat 1 cup sugar in a dry 10-inch heavy skillet over medium heat, stirring with a fork to heat sugar evenly,
- until it starts to melt, then stop stirring and cook,
- swirling skillet occasionally so sugar melts evenly, until it is dark amber.
- Heat 1 ¼ cups cream in a sauce pan when it starts boiling .
- Remove from the fire and add to caramel (mixture will spatter) and cook, stirring, until all of caramel has dissolved. Transfer to a bowl and stir in vanilla. Cool to room temperature.
- Meanwhile, bring milk, remaining cup cream, and just to boil in a small heavy saucepan, stirring occasionally.
- Lightly whisk eggs in a medium bowl,
- then add half of hot milk mixture in a slow stream, whisking constantly.
- Pour back into saucepan and cook over medium heat,
- stirring constantly with a wooden spoon, until custard coats back of spoon and registers 170°F on an instant-read thermometer (do not let boil).
- Pour custard through a fine-mesh sieve into a large bowl, and then stir in cooled caramel.
- Chill custard, stirring occasionally, until very cold, 3 to 6 hours or overnight, I gave a overnight chilling.
- When you are ready to make ice cream, add chopped salted roasted cashew to the custard mixture and make ice cream according to manufacturer’s instructions.
If you don’t have ice cream maker,
- First freeze a baking dish while you are preparing the ice cream mixture. Pour mixture into frozen baking dish, freeze for 45 minutes. Take it out, break up frozen bits with whisk or spatula. Repeat this process at 30 minute intervals until it’s nearly impossible to break apart anymore. Scoop into Tupperware containers and place in freezer until ready to serve.
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This is Swathi ( Dr. Ambujom Saraswathy Ph.D) from Zesty South Indian Kitchen who loves to explore cuisines from all over the world. Whenever possible I try to to give an Indian touch to several of the world cuisine, and has weakness for freshly baked bread. All the recipes you see here are created by me and approved after taste-test by my family.
nipponnin says
Love your ice cream! I love cashew nuts and stock in my pantry all the time.
MY husband is from Utah and we lived in Utah for 6 months before moving to Oregon.
Swathi says
Glad to know that you love this ice cream, also your husband is from Utah. I love that place a lot.
mjskit says
I'll be making this ice cream this summer!! Wish I could eat it right off the screen.
Reeni says
How great that you could recreate it from your memories! it looks really, really delicious! Those cashews sound so yummy. Never had them in ice cream before.
rebecca says
wow looks divine what a fab combo
suhaina says
this is pure and creamy indulgence. love it any time of the day.
Rekha Vengalil says
I am big fan of your ice-cream recipes. They are so easy to whip up.
Nalini Somayaji says
lovely caramel cashew ice cream ...and a beautiful narration of sweet memories...nice to read..Swathi Iyer..
remyasean says
oh!!!!!!!yumyum
Nalini Somayaji says
love the way you started the blog..caramel ice cream is yemmy and delicious...
Gayathri says
Yummy icecream. Love the mild colour.
traditionallymodernfood says
Caramel and cashew omg!! Can't say nooo.. Swathi, ice cream Looks delicious
niloufer says
yummy delicious flavour!!
Amber @ Apples to Applique says
Mmm, those flavors together sound divine! Ice cream is one of my favorite desserts; pinning this to try this summer!
Jennifer S. says
Anything Caramel and I am ALL OVER IT!!! This looks so yummy!
julie says
loved the beautiful color n flavors..yummy n perfect for the season 🙂
Beulah says
Wow!! This looks so yum! I could finish that whole bowl!
Thank you for linking it to Favorite Recipes Event 🙂
Anuskitchendelights says
Yummy caramel flavor...love to grab a scoop...
Smitha says
looks so yummy n rich.. drooling
Babitha costa says
love to taste that creamy cashew ice cream swathi
Jayashree says
Just picture perfect ice cream, so creamy and rich.
amrita says
Mouthwatering
sona says
Yummy and creamy ice cream, looks very tempting!
Chrissy Bernal says
That looks amazing! I'm going to have to try this for sure!
Meena Kumar says
My family would simply clean those bowls for u.All our favorite flavors are there just loving it, Swathi.
I think the ice cream will turn out well even if u skip the yolk since whipping cream is there.
Gloria says
I want a double scoop of this yummy ice cream ....just can't resist...