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Lucuma Powder Ice Cream Recipe

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 The Lucuma Ice Cream is a Peruvian staple for summer. The Lucuma is a superfood worth trying to add to your desserts. You will love the caramel flavour of this fruit. This recipe is made with Lucuma in powder form to do it anywhere in the world. 

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cup whole milk
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • pinch of salt
  • 3 egg yolks
  • 2 cups heavy cream
  • 5 tablespoon Lucuma Powder
  • 5 tablespoon water
  • 1/2 of chopped dark chocolate

Instructions

  1. First thing, Hydrate Lucuma powder with the water and mix it well until it is smooth like the Peruvian fruit. Let it stand aside for later. The idea is to create the consistency of lucuma fruit pulp. 
  2. Heat milk, sugar, vanilla and salt in a medium saucepan over medium heat until you dissolve the sugar. Don’t let the mixture simmer. 
  3. In a bowl, beat the egg yolks to break their yolks. Add the heavy cream and the hydrate Lucuma Powder to the yolk mixture, and hit it fast to prevent lumps from forming. We will temper the egg yolks mixture by adding a third of the hot milk mixture we made in the previous step. Mix it well, so the yolks don’t cook with the warm milk. Add this new egg mixture to the remaining milk in the saucepan. Bring the saucepan to low-medium heat again and move it with a spatula until the custard reaches 175°F, or coat the back of the spatula, don’t let the mixture simmer. Turn off the heat and strain the lúcuma custard; transfer lúcuma-cream mixture into a clean bowl. 
  4. Refrigerate the ice cream until cold for 4 hours or overnight cover it with a plastic wrap.
  5. In the meantime, refrigerate the ice cream maker for 4 hours or more. 
  6. You need to assemble the ice cream maker into the mixer and check that it works correctly. Add the ice cream thru a side of the mixer, don’t move the paddles of anything to pour the ice cream. You have to scoop it thru the ice cream maker. As soon as you have it all in, beat it for 20 minutes at a low speed (1). At the last minute, add the chocolate pieces. You don’t want to add it from the beginning otherwise will be hard for the machine to work correctly. 
  7. If you don’t have an ice cream maker, you can substitute it with an ice bath using a giant bowl full of ice and water. You will insert a smaller bowl into it, pour the ice cream mixture, and mix it with a hand mixer for 20 minutes. Finally, add the chocolate chunks.
  8. Transfer the ice cream to an airtight container, freeze it for 4 hours more, and enjoy the smooth ice cream with cones or some sauces. 

Notes

You could find the lucuma powder in local health food stores or Latin markets.

Find it online: https://cangurocriollo.com/lucuma-powder-ice-cream-recipe/

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