
This is one of my favorite homemade ice cream recipes. I found the base for this recipe in a cookbook my wife gave me as a gift a couple years ago, but have been tinkering with it to make it even better. One of the great things about this ice cream is that it is one of those desserts that you don't need to have alot of in order to feel like you have enjoyed it. The tartness of the key lime juice mixed with he sweetness of the graham crackers allows you to be satisfied with only a scoop or two (unlike fresh berries which I will continue to eat till they are all gone).
I made this dessert for a little dinner some friends made for me and my wife. They made a great chicken curry along side some kebobs. Talk about good food, I need to get the recipes. The meal had both spice and heat to it and, though I love food with a lot of kick to it the wife and I were glad to find that yogurt was included to temper the heat when it got a little much. It took a bit of thinking to come up with a dessert that could go along with such strong flavors and I think this ice cream held up well.
Ingredients for Key Lime Ice Cream
3 eggs
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup heavy cream
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup key lime juice
4 graham crackers, broken into small pieces
Music: Ladytron's following albums. "Witching Hour" and "Light and Magic"
Process for Key Lime Ice Cream
In a bowl, whisk eggs with sugar until thickened and pale yellow
In a medium saucepan over medium-low heat, bring milk and cream to a simmer. Gradually whisk into the egg mixture
Stir in lime juice. Cover and refrigerate until its completely cool
Stir cream cream mixture. Transfer to Ice cream mixer and freeze according to your mixers instructions.
Add graham crackers in the last five minutes of mixing and let the machine stir them in.
So what music goes well with Key Lime Ice Cream? For me that would be the band Ladytron. Hailing from Liverpool, Ladytron has been around for a long time. I didn't find out about

I love this ice cream!
ReplyDeleteyum. I just made my own ice cream for the first time too but using fresh peaches we get in South Carolina. Key Lime sounds awesome too. Good choice in soundtrack...I've heard a few of those tracks but maybe should invest in the albums...
ReplyDeleteThe more homemade ice cream recipes I try, the more I find that my favorites don't have any egg. Do you have an opinion on the issue?
ReplyDelete@jenny Mmmm, fresh peach ice cream sounds amazing.
ReplyDelete@Donna-lyn I really find that it depends on the kind of ice cream I'm in the mood for. But most often I think the egg is good, but then I love custards.