Double honey ice cream

Double honey ice cream

Go on, treat yourself - homemade ice cream tastes so much better than anything you can buy

Difficulty and servings

Moderately easy

Serves 8

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 30 minutes plus chilling + freezing

Method

  1. Start by making the ice cream. Warm the honey in a small pan over a low heat. In another pan heat the cream and milk together until just below boiling point. Whisk the egg yolks together in a large bowl until combined.
  2. Pour the hot cream mixture over the eggs whisking constantly. Return the whole lot to the pan and set over a low heat, stirring constantly until the custard thickens enough to coat the back of a wooden spoon. Strain into a clean bowl and add the warmed honey and mix thoroughly. Cool and then chill for at least 2 hours before churning in an ice-cream machine following the manufacturer's instructions.
  3. To make the honeycomb tip the caster sugar into a saucepan and add the honey and 4-5 tbsp water. Bring slowly to the boil to dissolve the sugar. Continue to boil steadily until the caramel becomes honey coloured. Add bicarbonate of soda and, working very quickly, swirl the pan to mix evenly. Immediately pour into a greased baking tin set on a heatproof surface and leave until the honeycomb is completely cold and brittle.
  4. Break the honeycomb into pieces and gently mix through the ice-cream mixture. Tip into a freezer-proof container and freeze until needed. Serve the ice cream in generous scoops in waffle cones.

Per serving

565 kcalories, protein 4.9g, carbohydrate 41.9g, fat 43.2 g, saturated fat 22.9g, fibre 0g, salt 0.21 g

Recipe from olive magazine, June 2009.

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  • 29 May 2009

    Sarah rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This is amazing! Without doubt one of the best ice creams I�ve ever tasted, rich, creamy and very sweet. The honey gives a floral rounded flavour and stops it been too too sweet (if there is such a thing!) Yes it takes time to make but ti�s so worth the calories!

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  • 25 July 2009

    sally rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Easy and yummy!

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  • 14 April 2010

    Jasminka O'Hora commented on this recipe

    This tastes amazing and the ice cream was really easy to make. I struggled with the honeycomb and after 3 attempts found an alternative honeycomb receipe that was more successful! Putting that aside the end result was FANTASTIC!

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  • 10 June 2011

    helsbels rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    You have to try this its dead easy an absolutely gorg!

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Difficulty and servings

Moderately easy

Serves 8

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 30 minutes plus chilling + freezing

Ingredients

  • 225g runny honey
  • 550ml double cream
  • 250ml full-fat milk
  • 6 large eggs , yolk only (freeze the whites to use later)

HONEYCOMB

  • 125g golden caster sugar
  • 1 tbsp runny honey
  • ¼ tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • waffle ice cream cones to serve
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Per serving

565 kcalories, protein 4.9g, carbohydrate 41.9g, fat 43.2 g, saturated fat 22.9g, fibre 0g, salt 0.21 g

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