Figured I'd share a recent failed recipe. I wanted to create a less-sweet, less-heavy ice cream by incorporating some Greek yogurt, but it didn't really work. I'd love to hear if you've found something that does work, though.
I do not recommend making this. It's okay, but tastes a little bit cheesy and has noticeable ice crystals.
Ingredients:
- 1.5 cups 2% milk
- 1 cup Heavy cream
- 0.5 cup Sugar
- 0.5 tsp Table salt
- 1 whole egg + 1 egg yolk
- 2 tsp Vanilla extract
- 1 5.3oz tub Fage fat free Greek yogurt
Procedure:
- Whisk together the milk, cream, sugar, and salt in a saucepan set to medium. Stir occasionally until just barely boiling.
- Whisk the egg + yolk together, and then temper with the cream mixture until you can add it in. Heat until it gets all foamy (just about boiling again).
- Remove from the heat and chill.
- Whisk in the vanilla and yogurt.
- Use your ice cream maker to freeze it on low speed.
What I would do differently:
I'm not sure this recipe is salvageable, but if I were to try it again, I would make these changes:
- Add 1 more whole egg, or maybe just the yolk. I think this might help avoid the ice crystals.
- Use the ice cream maker at high speed, to aerate & lighten the final product. This might also help avoid ice crystals.
- Maybe: Bump the sugar up to 0.75 cups. It wasn't very sweet, but I didn't really want it to be.
- Maybe: Bump the vanilla up to 1 tbsp (3 tsp). I really like vanilla, and it might help cover the cheesy yogurt flavor.
Like I said above, if you try this and like your result, please share in the comments. I want to play with this recipe some more.
