Author Notes
Since I love their natural sweetness, I can never get enough tomatoes especially at this time of the year. Partnering with its longtime companion basil with a smattering of Parmesan cheese and toasty pine nuts, this ice cream combines all my favorite summertime flavors into one little frosty scoop. —NBrush
Ingredients
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11/2 cup
heavy cream
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11/2 cup
whole milk
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1/2 cup
basil leaves
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3/4 cup
granulated sugar
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1/4 cup
Parmesan cheese, grated fine
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3
egg yolks, blended
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3/4 cup
tomatoes, skinned, seeded and diced small
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1/2 cup
toasted pine nuts
Directions
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In a large saucepan combine the cream, milk, basil, sugar and bring to a simmer on medium high heat. Retrieve the basil and stir in the cheese. Temper the yolks by adding a ladleful of the hot cream mixture to them, stirring it together until well combined and returning it to the pan.
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Whisk until the cream mixture becomes thicker and coats a metal spoon then strain into large loaf pan. To expedite chilling, place a freezer pack in the loaf pan then refrigerate until thoroughly chilled, about 2-3 hours.
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Process the cream mixture in an ice cream maker according to the manufacturer’s directions. When the ice cream is almost finished and still soft add the tomatoes and pine nuts. Serve immediately, as I love to, or transfer to a container and freeze until hard.
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Note: To skin and seed tomatoes, bring a small pan of water to a boil, cut an ”x” on the stem end then drop into the pan. Wait thirty seconds until the skin starts to peel away at the “x” then drop into an ice bath for another 30 seconds. Seed the tomatoes by squeezing out the seeds and giving a quick rinse. Blot the tomato flesh dry before dicing.
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