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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Set aside a large bowl of ice water. | 2. In a saucepan, bring milk and half of sugar to a simmer, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Add crème de menthe. | 3. In another bowl, mix or whisk yolks and remaining sugar until thick and pale. To this add hot milk slowly, whisking, and pour mixture back into saucepan when finished. | 4. Cook over moderately low heat, stirring constantly, for approx 20 minutes. (170F) Do not allow mixture to boil! | 5. Pour custard through a fine sieve into a freezer container, stir in cream and set in the bowl of ice water to cool. | 6. Chill in refrigerator until cold (1 to 4 hours). | 7. Press plastic wrap to the surface of the mixture and cover container with a lid. Put in the freezer until frozen, (1.5 to 3 hours). | 8. Remove from freezer and whisk with a hand blender to break up any ice crystals. | 9. Return to freezer. | 10. Repeat process one to three more times until it reaches desired smoothness. | 11. Garnish with mint leaves or shaved chocolate. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
superfine sugar	3/4	cup		580.5	149.97	0.0	0.0
egg yolk	4			218.96	2.4412	10.7848	18.0472
milk	2	cups		297.68	23.3264	15.372	15.9576
vanilla	1	tablespoon		37.44	1.6445	0.0078	0.0078
heavy cream	3/4	cup		306.0	2.4659999999999997	2.556	32.472
creme de menthe	1/4	cup		-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.