Island Sweet Potato Ice Cream Recipes

SWEET POTATO ICE CREAM

Steps:

• The day before you make the ice cream freeze the ice cream insert for a full 24 hours.
• Add the sweet potato puree to a large bowl along with the half-and-half, beer, light brown sugar, cinnamon, ground ginger, allspice, and salt. Whisk together until smooth. Cover with plastic wrap and chill the mixture thoroughly before churning.
• Churn in your ice cream machine until it freezes to a soft frozen state, about 20 to 25 minutes. Put in the freezer to continue to firm up until you are ready to serve.

SWEET POTATO ICE CREAM RECIPE

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Heat cream, milk, and brown sugar in a medium saucepan over medium heat, stirring occasionally until sugar is dissolved and mixture begins to boil.
• In a small bowl, whisk egg yolks briefly; slowly pour about 1 cup of the hot cream mixture into egg yolks, whisking briskly as you pour.
• Pour egg yolk-cream mixture back into the saucepan, whisking constantly. Continue cooking over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens slightly and coats the back of a spoon, or to about 175 F. Do not boil.
• Strain mixture through a fine-mesh sieve into a bowl. Whisk in the sweet potato puree, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Cover and refrigerate until thoroughly chilled, at least 3 hours.
• Churn in an ice-cream maker following manufacturer's directions. Transfer to a container. Cover, and freeze until firm, at least 1 hour.

ISLAND SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Cook potatoes and carrots in boiling water until tender; drain, reserve some cooking liquid.
• In a small pan, melt butter.
• Cook onion, garlic and ginger until soft but not brown.
• Add curry powder, and cook 1 minute more.
• Puree potatoes and carrots using a food processor, food mill, or mash with potato masher.
• Mix in curry mixture and chutney; if mixture is too thick, thin with reserved cooking liquid.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper.

SWEET-POTATO ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Prick the sweet potatoes all over with a fork. Place on a baking sheet and bake 40 to 60 minutes, or until very soft. (To cook the potatoes in a microwave oven, prick, wrap in paper towels, and cook on high 5 to 8 minutes, or until soft, turning once. Remove paper towel, wrap potatoes in foil, and let stand 3 to 5 minutes. Proceed as directed.) Cool until easy to handle, then remove and discard the peel. Puree the flesh in a food processor or blender, then press through a sieve. Measure out 1 cup puree (use any excess for making sweet potato pasta, or to add to soups or stews) and set aside.
• In a small saucepan, scald milk and set aside.
• In a bowl, beat egg yolks well. Beat in sugar, salt and spices. Add hot milk slowly, whisking constantly. Pour mixture into the top of a double boiler and cook over barely simmering water, stirring constantly, 5 to 8 minutes or until mixture coats the back of a spoon.
• Turn off the heat, whisk in the potato puree. Cool to room temperature; stir in cream and vanilla. Chill in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour. Freeze in an ice-cream maker according to manufacturer's directions. Fold in nuts, if desired.

SWEET POTATO PIE ICE CREAM

Steps:

• In a blender, combine the first five ingredients; cover and process for 30 seconds or until smooth. Transfer to a freezer container; freeze for at least 4 hours before serving. Serve in dessert dishes with graham crackers.

SWEET POTATO ICE CREAM PIE

Steps:

• In a small bowl, mix cracker crumbs and sugar; stir in butter. Press onto bottom and up sides of a greased 9-in. deep-dish pie plate. Refrigerate 30 minutes., Place sweet potatoes, brown sugar, pie spice, orange zest and salt in a food processor; process until smooth. Add ice cream; process until blended. Spread evenly into crust. Freeze, covered, 8 hours or overnight., Remove from freezer about 10 minutes before serving. In a small bowl, beat cream until it begins to thicken. Add confectioners' sugar and vanilla; beat until soft peaks form. Spread over pie.

SWEET POTATO PIE ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Beat cream in a large bowl until foamy. Gradually add sugar, continuing to beat until stiff peaks form. Lift your beater or whisk straight up: the cream should form a sharp peak. Add sweetened condensed milk and egg yolks; beat until well mixed. Slowly beat sweet potatoes into cream mixture until well blended. Stir in cinnamon.
• Crumble graham cracker crusts into the sweet potato mixture; pour into an ice cream maker and freeze according to manufacturer's directions until it reaches 'soft-serve' consistency, about 6 hours. Transfer ice cream to a lidded plastic container; cover surface with plastic wrap and seal. For best results, ice cream should ripen in the freezer for at least 2 hours or overnight.