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Prep time
4 hours 10 minutes
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Makes
1 quart
Author Notes
If there's one drink I keep in my liquor cabinet at all times, it's single-malt Scotch. I like it in an Old Fashioned glass, splash of water. I like it in my ice cream, too. It makes sense to use booze you already have on hand when it comes to homemade ice cream, especially one that isn't churned, because 1) alcohol doesn't freeze and 2) it tastes good. Here Scotch doesn't turn the cream boozy, as liquor too often does in desserts; rather, it highlights the deep, musky notes of vanilla bean and perfumes everything like buttery caramel. It really works, and my method couldn't be easier: All you need is a whisk. This is no-cook, no-churn ice cream at its most refined—which is, more often than not, the simplest. —Eric Kim
Test Kitchen Notes
Featured in: No-Churn Scotch Ice Cream Is My Own Version of Self-Care. —The Editors
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Ingredients
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2 cups
heavy cream
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1/2 cup
granulated sugar
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1
vanilla bean, split and scraped
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1 tablespoon
Scotch whisky
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1 pinch
kosher salt
Directions
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Whisk together the cream, sugar, vanilla seeds, Scotch, and salt until soft peaks form, and then turn into an air-tight quart container. Cover and freeze until firm, about 3 to 4 hours. Remove to thaw for 5 to 10 minutes before scooping (should be creamy, not hard).
Eric Kim was the Table for One columnist at Food52. He is currently working on his first cookbook, KOREAN AMERICAN, to be published by Clarkson Potter in 2022. His favorite writers are William Faulkner, John Steinbeck, and Ernest Hemingway, but his hero is Nigella Lawson. You can find his bylines at The New York Times, where he works now as a writer. Follow him on Twitter and Instagram at @ericjoonho.
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