Rum Raisin Ice Cream
This recipe is a good bit more involved than my usual ice cream recipes, but sometimes, the end result is just plain worth the effort. This is absolutely one of those times. I found this recipe in Great Scoops: Recipes from a Neighborhood Ice Cream Shop. I had such fun flipping through this gorgeous ice cream cookbook. While my love of ice cream is a well-documented thing, it’s also fun to check out someone else’s flavor combinations.
Rum Raisin ice cream has been on my must-try list for years and I simply never got around to it. The description in the book had me sold on it immediately. Similar to the Blueberry Chocolate Chunk Ice Cream from Rusconi’s, my forever beloved Cafe con Leche Ice Cream, and the French Custard Style Cinnamon Ice Cream as well, you need to temper and use egg yolks in this recipe. Don’t be intimidated, I promise it’s simple enough for all of us to do. While there are 60+ egg-free Philadelphia-style ice cream recipes on this website, sometimes, you just need to allow yourself a few extra minutes in the kitchen for an extra special result. There isn’t a shortcut to this recipe. Yes, you can take the rum-soaked raisins and just stir them into a batch of the Best and Easiest Homemade Ice Cream. Will it be tasty? Yes. Will it be anything at all like this classic recipe for Rum Raisin Ice Cream? No. Take the time to make this creamy, ultra rich, custard-based rum ice cream exactly the way Marlene Haley of The Merry Dairy intended it, my friends. You’re going to love it.
Rum and Raisin Ice Cream
Rum-soaked raisins are as simple to make as they sound. Combine raisins with rum and allow them to soak until the raisins are plump and have absorbed a good bit of the rum. Just a note about alcohol and ice cream, when used it moderation, alcohol can contribute a lovely creaminess to ice cream without contributing much alcohol flavor at all. It can also be used to provide a hint of flavor, without being overpowering. Take care not to adjust the alcohol amounts too much when playing with ice cream recipes. If you add more than a few tablespoons of alcohol to most ice creams, the result might be too soft and it can inhibit freezing altogether. And lastly, be sure to add alcohol to ice cream mixtures after the base is removed from the heat. If it’s added during the cooking process, the small amount of alcohol will simply cook off.
Rum Raisin Ice Cream Recipe
You’ll need the following ingredients to make this ice cream:
heavy cream whole milk sugar kosher salt egg yolks Caribbean rum ground nutmeg rum-soaked raisins
Homemade Ice Cream Recipes
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