Ugandan Vanilla, Caramel, Pecan & Peanut Ice Cream Bars
Author: Tristan Rousselot
Servings: 10 each
Ingredients:
CARAMEL AND UGANDAN VANILLA-FLAVORED ICE CREAM BASE
- 2ea PROVA Gourmet Uganda Vanilla Beans
- 565g Whole Milk
- 144g Caster Sugar
- 59g Butter
- 33g Whipping Cream
- 89g Egg Yolk
- 56g Skim Milk Powder
- 37g Atomized Glucose 21 DE
- 2g Stabilizer
- 7g Caster Sugar
DOUBLE VANILLA SOFT CARAMEL
- 1ea PROVA Gourmet Uganda Vanilla Bean
- 136g Whipping Cream
- 66g Caster Sugar
- 46g Glucose Syrup
- 0.4g Fleur de Sel
- 13g Milk Chocolate Couverture 38%
- 6g PROVA Gourmet Fusion Vanilla
- 30g Butter
FUSION VANILLA MILK CHOCOLATE COATING
- 623g Blond Compound Coating
- 246g Milk Chocolate Couverture 38%
- 36g PROVA Gourmet Fusion Vanilla
- 94g Grapeseed Oil
DECORATION
- 100g Peanuts
- 100g Pecans
Directions:
CARAMEL AND UGANDAN VANILLA-FLAVORED ICE CREAM BASE
- 1. The day before, split vanilla beans and scrape out the seeds. Add to milk and bring to a simmer. Cool and leave to infuse overnight.
- 2. Caramelize the first amount of caster sugar until brown in color. Meanwhile, combine butter and cream in a sauce pot and bring to a boil. Pour into caramelized sugar to stop cooking process.
- 3. Add mixture to infused milk and return to the heat. At 86°F, add the atomized glucose. At 113°F, add the yolks and milk powder. At 122°F, add the second amount of sugar and stabilizer.
- 4. Bring mixture to 185°F. Mix, then straight the mixture through a chinois. Allow to mature overnight, or for a minimum of 4 hours, in a refrigerator.
- 5. Mix and strain through a chinois and churn.
DOUBLE VANILLA SOFT CARAMEL
- 1. The day before, split vanilla beans and scrape out the seeds. Add to cream and bring to a simmer. Cool and leave to infuse overnight.
- 2. Cook the sugar until you obtain a dry caramel. Meanwhile, combine infused cream, glucose, and fleur de sel and bring to a boil. Pour into dry caramel to stop cooking process.
- 3. Return mixture to the heat and bring to 223°F and remove from heat. When it cools to 140°F make an emulsion with the milk chocolate couverture and Fusion Vanilla. Once it cools to 104°F, incorporate salted butter. Refrigerate for 48 hours before using. Place in piping bag without a tip.
FUSION VANILLA MILK CHOCOLATE COATING
- 1. Melt the compound coating, milk Chocolate couverture, and Fusion vanilla together. Add grapeseed oil and mix.
DECORATION
- 1. Roast peanuts and pecans at 320°F for 20 minutes, stirring halfway through cooking time. Chill.
ASSEMBLY
- 1. Mold the just churned caramel ice cream in frozen silicone ice cream bar molds, smooth them and insert the ice cream sticks.
- 2. On the exposed side, add pieces of peanuts and pecans. Then pipe on some dots of caramel and freeze them.
- 3. Remove ice creams from the molds and coat them with the Fusion Vanilla milk chocolate coating.