How can I save this Ice Cream?

I added 1/2 cup of Peach Brandy to a recipe calling for 1 and 1/2 cups of fruit puree. I only had 1 cup of puree. My ice cream won't freeze up. How can I save this creamy peachy, brandy concoction?

MissyWh
  • Posted by: MissyWh
  • August 17, 2024
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8 Comments

Gammy August 17, 2024
Get yourself some more peaches and make another half cup of puree. Personally, I would make at least another full cup to be sure your recipe will work the second time around.
 
MissyWh August 17, 2024
Really? More fruit will allow this mixture to freeze? I’m pretty sure the brandy will not allow it to freeze. Am I wrong about that?

I’m wondering if I follow an Allrecipes Coffee Icebox cake recipe on youtube by adding marscapone cheese to my peachy, creamy, brandy mixture I might save this botched ice cream from becoming a smoothie.
 
MissyWh August 17, 2024
I should add co-pilot suggested making it into a peach tiramisu.
 
Nancy August 18, 2024
That will work.
It’s also an old Julia Child piece of advice when you’ve had a cooking mishap before a dinner party:
• Rename the dish, repurpose, smoke and serve!
 
Nancy August 18, 2024
Smile and serve!
 
Gammy August 18, 2024
I was assuming that by adding the missing 1/2 cup of peach puree, you would return the recipe to its original ingredient list. Did you add the Peach Brandy as an EXTRA ingredient not in the original recipe? If so, then YES, the alcohol in the Brandy is what is keeping your ice cream from freezing.
 
MissyWh August 18, 2024
Hahaha! Good one.
 
MissyWh August 18, 2024
This is a Martha Stewert Strawberry Ice Cream recipe. You macerate the fruit in vodka (supposedly you drain this out--but the fruit absorbs it) so when I was short 1/2 cup of fruit puree I figured 1/2 cup of Peach Brandy (which has been in the cupboard for years) would work (considering the vodka) but it was apparently too much.

I am going to use mascapone cheese and attempt an Icebox Cake (maybe Graham Crackers or the like) or Tiramisu.

It's a shame because it's just me and my better half for all this goodness. I'll have to surprise a neighbor!!
 
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