Orange Blossom Honey Ice Cream Recipes

ORANGE BLOSSOM ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Whisk together 200 ml (about 0.8 cup) of the cold milk with the Arrowroot starch, making sure that there are no remaining lumps. Set aside for now.
• Blend the remaining 500 ml (about 2.1 cup) of the dairy, the sugar, the salt and the vanilla in a sauce pan. Warm until steaming hot (not boiling!) on medium heat.
• Blend the Arrowroot starch mixture with the rest of the ingredients in the sauce pan and whisk away. Since Arrowroot thickens at lower temperatures than corn starch and also does not react well to overheating, limit the continued cooking to a couple of minutes or so).
• Whisk well, add the orange blossom water and let the mixture cool down. Refrigerate the base for a couple of hours, and churn according to the instructions of your ice cream machine.
• In case you have no ice cream machine, still-freeze the base in your freezer (see the post on how to best make ice cream without an ice cream machine). By the way - like Sicilian gelato in general, the base is perfect for still-freezing!
• After the churning, place the ice cream in a freezer-safe container, cover with plastic film and a lid, and store in the freezer.

ORANGE BLOSSOM HONEY ICE CREAM

Steps:

• heat milk half and half and heavy cream to simmer reduce heat.
• add honey blend well till thick.
• place mixture in ice cream machine.
• serve when semi hard.

ORANGE HONEY SYRUP

Steps:

• In a heavy saucepan combine the honey, the orange juice, the water, and the zest and simmer the mixture, stirring occasionally, for 20 minutes, or until it is reduced to 1 1/3 cups. (If the syrup is reduced too much, it becomes too thick and too sweet.) Stir in the Manto and let the syrup cool. The syrup may be made 1 week in advance and kept, covered, at room temperature.
• Makes about 1 1/3 cups

VIOLET ORANGE BLOSSOM HONEY ICE CREAM

Steps:

• heat the heavy cream to a simmer.
• add orange blossom honey.
• add violet syrup.
• remove fom heat and blend well with blender in deep bowl.
• prepare mixture for ice cream maker.
• serve when semi hard.