Black Pepper Ice Cream

Name: Black Pepper Ice Cream
Yield: makes about 2 cups (500 ml)
Ingredients: 1/2 cup (125 ml) whole milk; 1/3 cup (65 g) sugar; 1 tablespoon black peppercorns, coarsely cracked; Pinch of salt; 1 cup (250 ml) heavy cream; 3 large egg yolks

December 9, 2011

Black pepper ice cream tastes spicy and lively, as you probably can imagine. I like it as a contrast to sweet summer berries, or pears roasted with a swirl of dark honey in autumn. If you don’t have a mortar and pestle, crack the peppercorns in a heavy-duty plastic bag with a hammer.

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