Rose Water Ice Cream
"This recipe comes from a cutting from a Sainsbury’s magazine article on Moroccan cuisine, that I’ve been saving since July 2001. I love rosewater, I love ice cream, but I’m afraid that so far this remains un-tested. But it does sound lovely and I know I’ll make it one day! This recipe is suitable for ice-cream machines, but you don’t need one. Cooking time is freezing time, but an ice-cream machine will be quicker. Posted for Zaar World Tour 2005."
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- Ready In:
- 8hrs 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 5
- Serves:
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8
ingredients
- 3 tablespoons rose water
- 275 ml whole milk
- 4 large egg yolks
- 110 g superfine sugar
- 284 ml heavy cream
directions
- Heat the milk slowly in a pan to boiling point.
- Meanwhile in a bowl, beat the egg yolks and sugar together until smooth and foamy; pour the heated milk over the egg mixture, beating all the time.
- Return the mixture to the pan and cook over a low heat, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon, until it thickens slightly to form a coating over the back of the spoon (do not let it boil).
- Pour into a bowl, cool then refrigerate until chilled, stir in the cream and rosewater then either churn in an ice-cream maker or pour into a shallow plastic box and place in the freezer until completely frozen (after 2 hours of freezing, you may wish to remove the ice cream from the freezer and whisk it to remove any ice crystals that form at the edges – repeat this twice more during the freezing process).
- 30 minutes before serving, place the ice cream in the fridge to soften.
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Reviews
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I just made this and it tastes exactly like my childhood. Just like the kind served at Persian restaurants.
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Overall this was a nice recipe. It had a good flavor, it was smooth and creamy, and it was easy. I made the mistake of adding nuts to it, which overpowered the delicate flavor of the rosewater (which I would recommend adding more of). I will most definitely be making this again, this time without nuts. Great recipe Mrs. B! -
I have access to GREAT rose water here in Greece (made my nuns somewhere) and got a lovely, delicately-fragrant ice cream. Personally, I love the taste of roses (they do have flavour, people) and will definitely make this again. Served with a sprinkle of chopped pistachios. -
Hi! Well, first of all, I have to say that it did not end up tasting like turkish delight for me....It actually tasted like vanilla ice cream....but that doesnt matter, it still tasted nice...I added some chopped up turkish delight to it, to enhance the turkish delight taste which i THOUGHT was going to be in the ice cream...No worries however, over-all a good recipe :) Keep up the good work! -
Wow, we all loved this ice cream, it tasted like Turkish Delight! This recipe has inspired me to make more home made ice cream so I think I'll have to buy an ice cream machine! Thanks Caroline for a delicious dessert!
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Mrs B
Worcester Park, Surrey
I live with my husband and 2 cats in Worcester Park; a quiet typical 1930s suburb (which no one has ever heard of!) about 12 miles South West of London.
I'm a fair weather gardener and as my husband is a vegetarian I grow a few easy vegetables, such as tomatoes and peppers, mainly in containers. My husband loves growing flowers, the brighter the better, and we have a pretty garden as a result. Our cats, Araminta and Purrl, like it too!
I do a lot of cooking and try to keep our diet as healthy and varied as possible. Although I work full time, I use very little in the way of pre-prepared foods. This is partly because of the limited choice of vegetarian meals, which I think are overpriced anyway; but mainly because I like to know what goes in my food!
I love using the Internet for all the great ideas it gives me. Last year I participated in the Zaar World Tour (under my previous public name Caroline Blakey), which was great. Mr B and I tried lots of new foods and discovered new favourite meals. Researching recipes for the Tour was really interesting, however as I didn't have time to try them all, some were posted untested. I'm still working my way very slowly through them. To make matters worse I keep seeing other recipes I want to save and have also participated in Zaar world Tour II. So many recipes, so little time to make them!
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My 'rules' for posting recipes are a) if I wouldn't make a particular recipe, I won't post it and b) if my husband wouldn't eat it, I won't post it. This means that all my recipes are vegetarian friendly.
As you will see from the number of recipes saved in my cookbooks, I particularly enjoy making jams and chutneys; I'd say it was one of my favourite hobbies. We always have a good supply of home preserves; my friends and work colleagues are well supplied too.
If we won the lottery (say £5m, as a good number) we'd like to give up work, move to the country and buy a place with a bit of land. In my dreams this would be a manor house or old vicarage, with a walled garden, an orchard where I could keep hens, a vegetable garden, etc, etc, etc! In my more realistic moments (the £1m win perhaps) I would like to run a B&B, perhaps offering Vegetarian taster weekends. Luckily it costs nothing to dream.......I’d also love more time to read, do embroidery, learn a language, see more of the countryside; and of course play on Zaar.
