HONEY VANILLA ICE CREAM – two versions

#1

3 eggs
½ cup honey
2 cups milk
2 cups cream
2 tsp vanilla

  1. Beat eggs and milk together in a large saucepan. Add honey.
  1. Cook over low heat stirring constantly until thickened. ( approx. 10 mins). Mixture should smoothly coat the spoon.
  1. Cool. Add cream and vanilla. Refrigerate overnight.

 

#2
1 ½ tsp unflavoured gelatin
1/3 cup cold water
2/3 cup sugar
3 Tab honey
2 ½ cup heavy cream, chilled and lightly whipped
4 tsp pure vanilla extract
bowl of ice water

  1. In a small bowl, soften gelatin in 3 tablespoons cold water for 5 minutes.
  1. In a small saucepan: combine sugar, honey & remaining water. Bring to a boil, stirring, and simmer, stirring, until sugar is dissolved. Add gelatin mixture and stir until gelatin is dissolved. Transfer mixture to a metal bowl set in a bowl of ice water and stir until cool.
  1. Add 1 ½ cups of cream, stir until cold and with an electric mixer beat until thickened and almost double in volume.
  1. Stir in vanilla and fold in remaining cream, lightly whipped.
  1. Transfer to an ice cream freezer and freeze according to directions.

HONEY SPONGE CAKE (steam-cooked)

Ingredients:
6 eggs, separated and at room temp
1 cup sugar
¼ cup almond powder (OR 1 teaspoon almond extract)
1 Tab honey
1 ½ cup plain flour
1 ½ tsp baking powder
¼ tsp salt
½ tsp bicarb soda
4 Tab milk
2 Tab butter, melted then cooled
(OR peanut oil)

In Steamer:  Before mixing, bring water to boil in pressure cooker.
In bowl:  sift flour, baking powder and salt; set aside.
In another bowl:  beat egg whites until stiff.

1.  With electric mixer, beat egg yolks; gradually blend in sugar and almond powder. Cream mixture until smooth, about 5 minutes. Add honey (and almond extract). Mix together milk, baking soda and cooled melted butter; add to egg yolk mixture. Gradually add sifted flour mixture.

2.  When batter is thoroughly blended, quickly but gently fold in egg whites.

3.  Steaming:  Grease bottom only of 9″ round flat-bottom, high-sided bowl (or tube pan, bundt pan or cupcake tins). Pour batter into bowl. Steam for 1 hour.

Best served steaming hot. Cake can always be re-steamed without suffering.