Name: Salted Pecan-Maple Ice Cream
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: Coarsely chopped pecans - ½ cup; White sugar - 2 tablespoons; Sea salt, or to taste - ½ teaspoon; White sugar - ¾ cup; Real maple syrup - ¼ cup; Eggs - 2; Vanilla extract - 1 teaspoon; Maple-flavored extract, or to taste - 1 drop; Half-and-half - 3 cups; Coarse sea salt, or to taste - 1 pinch

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Cooking:

45 min.

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Ingredients for - Salted Pecan-Maple Ice Cream

1. Coarsely chopped pecans - ½ cup

2. White sugar - 2 tablespoons

3. Sea salt, or to taste - ½ teaspoon

4. White sugar - ¾ cup

5. Real maple syrup - ¼ cup

6. Eggs - 2

7. Vanilla extract - 1 teaspoon

8. Maple-flavored extract, or to taste - 1 drop

9. Half-and-half - 3 cups

10. Coarse sea salt, or to taste - 1 pinch

How to cook deliciously - Salted Pecan-Maple Ice Cream

1. Stage

Place pecans into a heavy saucepan over medium heat and toast the nuts, stirring constantly, until fragrant, 1 to 2 minutes.

2. Stage

Sprinkle 2 tablespoons sugar over pecans and stir constantly until the sugar melts to a light brown syrup and coats the pecans. Immediately pull the pan off the heat; sprinkle with 1/2 teaspoon sea salt.

3. Stage

Turn hot pecans out onto a piece of parchment paper and cool thoroughly; break apart any large clumps. Set candied pecans aside.

4. Stage

Whisk 3/4 cup sugar, maple syrup, eggs, vanilla extract, and maple flavoring in a large bowl until smooth. Slowly whisk in half-and-half.

5. Stage

Pour mixture into an ice cream maker and freeze according to manufacturer's instructions. Mix the candied pecans into the softly-frozen ice cream. Sprinkle servings with a pinch of coarsely ground sea salt.