Ice Cream You Scream! Toasted Almond Ice Cream!!

Ice Cream has got to be one of the greatest creations by man of all time. 

OK, so maybe that's a bit much, but my goodness, 

it does rank really high up there on that man's greatest accomplishment list.

You start with cream and milk.  2:1 ratio. 2 cups cream, 1 cup milk.  Now for me, that means a local dairy fresh raw cream (Circle N) and a second local dairy for the milk (Dry Valley). I prefer the taste of the milk of the jersey cow, but cant get straight cream from that dairy, boohoo.  Circle N's cream is TO DIE FOR! Organic sugar  (2/3 cup) along with vanilla extract (1 tsp) and almond extract (1 1/2 tsp) round out the ingredients for the base.  I first incorporate the sugar into the milk because its not as thick as the cream...which is stout.  Then mix the rest of the ingredients together.  Cover the bowl and refrigerate for at least 4 hours to get maximum chilling effect.  For this recipe I got some great organic raw almonds from a co-op and blanched them in boiling water for 1 minute to make shell extraction easy.  The shell just pops right off.  Make sure to get them out after 1 minute and cooling in cold water immediately.

After that I dry them off and throw them in the processor for a quick chop...chop as you see fit, it's your ice cream.  I then throw them in a hot pan with melted butter like 2-3 tablespoons of butter, and proceed to cook them to my liking, a nice brown, not too done.  Put them off to cool while you make the ice cream.

So I forgot to take a picture of the almonds all roasted up in butter, lol.  It's OK, you get it.

While the ice cream is churning according to your makers manufactures directions, add the toasted almonds towards the end.  I've also added chocolate chips before, but I ran out, cause I was using them with plain almonds and raisins for a night snack.  This is a pretty simple tasty recipe, no additives, simple ingredients, literally, cream, milk, sugar, extracts, almonds and butter.  That's it!  Can't get much more CLEAN then that.  I didn't say this was not fattening, I didn't say it was diet food, it's not, but it's clean, no chemical additives, all organic ingredients, and to be honest, the best damn ice cream you'll ever have!  

And Here is the final product....Toasted Almond Ice Cream!  Pure happiness in a bowl!