Durian ice cream (dehydrated fruit-style)
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The tropical Durian fruit leaves no-one unaffected. The same goes for this Durian ice cream, passionately loved or hated (depending on where you stand on Durian itself).
Ingredients
FOR THE CUSTARD-LIKE BASE
  • 350 ml (scant 1,5 cup) milk
  • 350 ml (scant 1,5 cup) cream
  • 240 ml (about 1 cup) sugar
  • 1-2 tablespoons inverted sugar (corn syrup, glucose or their likes)
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla powder
  • about 35 gram dehydrated Durian fruit
  • About 6 gram (about 1 teaspoon) Tara gum (alternatively 5 egg yolks)
OR: THE EASY SWEETENED CONDENSED MILK VERSION:
  • 1 can of sweetened condensed milk
  • 500 ml (about 2.1 cups) cream (moderately whipped)
  • about 30 gram dehydrated Durian fruit, crushed/pulverized
Instructions
  1. Start by crushing /pulverizing the dehydrated pieces of fruit.
FOR THE CUSTARD-LIKE VERSION:
  1. Mix the cream, the milk, the sugar(s) and the vanilla in a sauce pan (if using Tara gum, mix it with some of the sugar before adding it. If using egg yolks instead, add them with the rest of the ingredients).
  2. Add the crushed/pulverized fruit to the rest of the base.
  3. While whisking regularly, bring the mix to the so-called Nappe stage (approximately in the 82-84º C /180-183ºF-bracket. If not using egg yolks but Tara gum, it is sufficient if you bring the base to about 80º C /176º F)..
  4. Once done, take off from the stove and let cool down, then chill for a few hours or preferably over night.
  5. Churn in your ice cream machine.
  6. Enjoy fresh or pour into a freezer-safe container, cover with plastic film and put in the freezer.
FOR THE SWEETEENED CONDENSED MILK VERSION
  1. Whip the cream and combine with the sweetened condensed milk.
  2. Add the crushed/pulverized fruit and blend well.
  3. Pour into a freezer-safe container and put in your household freezer.
  4. For best results, still-freeze by checking on your ice cream every other hour or so for the first hours of freezing and then whish around with a fork or similar: this to even out the freezing, add some air to the ice cream and improve the final result..
Recipe by ICE CREAM NATION at https://www.icecreamnation.org/2022/08/durian-ice-cream-a-matter-of-love-or-hate/