Pear Ice Cream Recipe

  American Dessert

Ingredients:
1 1/2 pounds ripe pears thinly sliced, about 3 cups
1 cup pear juice
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
6 egg yolks
3/4 cup sugar
2 cups heavy cream
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup corn syrup

Directions:
Combine the pears, the pear juice and the lemon juice in heavy saucepan. Bring to boil over medium-high heat. Transfer to processor; purie until smooth. Chill until cold.

Whisk the egg yolks, vanilla and the sugar in a bowl to blend. Bring 1 cup of cream to simmer in a saucepan. Gradually whisk hot cream into yolk mixture. Return to the same saucepan.. Stir over low heat until the custard thickens and leaves path on back of spoon when a finger is drawn across, about 7 minutes. Do not the mixture boil. Pour through strainer into bowl. Mix in the other cup of cream. Cool for 15 minutes.

Add the corn syrup and the 3 cups of pear puree to the custard and whisk until blended Chill custard until cold, at least 4 hour or overnight.

Transfer custard to ice cream maker. Process according to manufacturer's instructions. Transfer to covered container and freeze.

Pear Ice Cream
 

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