The mention of the very word “peanut butter” brings to our mind that ethereal taste of jam and bread and peanut butter all clubbed into the lunch snacks box packed with a mother’s love. You seem to lose yourself in that buttery taste of sweet butter and jelly. And what if the peanut butter is a major ingredient for your ice cream? If you have tried out making various types of ice creams before, now is the time to try your hand at making the peanut butter. Beware! Peanut butters in come cases are said to be allergic to infants and human being in some cases. So children below two years should not try out your peanut butter ice creams.
First, get ready with the ingredients. This is a recipe that would serve a family of four. You have to take 200 mili litres of milk, one egg and sugar which weigh forty grams. 120 grams of chocolate, 140 mili litres of cream, water that amounts to around seventy mili litres and 7 ml of vanilla essence. Pea nut butter need for making this ice cream measures 200 grams.
The process of making peanut butter ice ream is easy. First the egg and sugar is whisked and the peanut butter is added along with the warm milk. Then you can add the mixture to a bowl and the mixture is to be heated and not boiled for five minutes. After straining this mix it is allowed to remain cool. Then the chocolate is to be broken into pieces and water is added slowly to dissolve the whole mix. The mix is heated over low heat. The melted chocolate is then added to the other mix and the whole thing is to be stirred. The cooling of this mixture is important. You can bring the mix out of the refrigerator and stirred evenly before it is kept back again. The whole mixture is to be brought out and stirred till it becomes very even and frothy. Once the whole thing is cooled you can add the vanilla and the whipped cream and then whisk it again. You have to keep the whole mixture many times and the whole thing refrigerated for 20 minutes.
There is your sumptuous chocolate peanut butter ice cream treat. The platter will licked clean as this ice cream is tasty as well as a very filling food. While freezing we have to see that the air passes into the mixture. This will help the ice cream to become nice and frothy and not hard.
The main thing you have to keep in mind is ice crystals should not be formed in the mixture this can be done by allowing air into the mix; you can do this by taking the mixture out of the freezer after several minutes and giving it a further whisk. This can be repeated as many times as you feel is required.
These are a few more tips that would help to bring in a lot of perfection in the art of ice cream making. You have to chill all utensils and ingredients before using them. The quantity of the sugar should be proper as too much sugar will stand in the way of the mixture from freezing and too little sugar will make the mixture rock hard. The warm mixtures should be allowed to cool outside before freezing. The freezer is to be kept at the highest level.