Cinnamon ice cream

cinnamon can  appear everywhere, but there many are other uses for cinnamon.

Cinnamon ice cream  is a prefect partner for apples and so this goes perfectly with any apple dessert, although it is also good to eat on its own.

In the summer cinnamon ice cream can be mixed with sparkling apple juice to make a delicious cold drink.

This recipe has a double dose of cinnamon to give it an intense cinnamon flavour, but it is balanced by the vanilla, another of  my favourite  popular spices.

•  Grinding your own cinnamon is said to be worth the extra effort but I have yet to make the effort myself!

•  For a quicker version simply follow our vanilla ice cream recipe and add 2 teaspoons of ground cinnamon. It’s is still pretty good and it is a lot quicker!

240 ml	(1 cup)	milk (full fat or semi-skimmed)
1		cinnamon stick
3		egg yolks
110 g	(½ cup)	sugar, preferably raw (pure) granulated cane sugar
1 tsp		vanilla sugar
1 tbsp		ground cinnamon
480 ml	(2 cups)	whipping cream

1. Put the milk in a pan with the cinnamon stick and bring to the boil.

Turn off the heat and leave to infuse for five minutes.

2. In a bowl, whisk together the egg yolks and sugars until thick and creamy, about a minute by hand.

3. Whisk in the ground cinnamon.

4. Discard the cinnamon stick. Strain the hot milk over the yolks, whisking continuously.

5. Pour the custard mix back into the pan and cook on a low heat for 10 minutes, stirring constantly until thickened enough to coat the back of a wooden spoon. Leave to cool for a few minutes (or longer).

6. Whisk the custard into the cream in a bowl sat over some ice until the mixture is fairly thick and the whisk leaves a trail, about a minute with an electric whisk.

7. Press a piece of cling film (food wrap) over the surface and chill for a few hours or overnight.

8. When cold pour into an ice cream machine with the paddle running and freeze according to the machine’s instructions.

Take the ice cream out of the freezer about 15 minutes before required to give it time to soften a little.