One of my favorite gadgets at school has been the ice cream maker. It recently occurred to me that my KitchenAid at home has an ice cream attachment. It's more similar to an old fashioned ice cream churn but it is still an ice cream maker. I dusted it off today and gave it a try.I've had candy canes in the back of my cupboard since the Clinton administration so I dusted those off as well and made some peppermint ice cream. I made a creme anglaise with the cream, yolks and sugar and started the churning process. I crushed a dozen candy canes and added it to the churn toward the end of the freezing process. The result was 2 quarts of really creamy ice cream with a nice peppermint taste.
The instructions mentioned that a less fattening (and less creamy) alternative would be the substitution of milk or skim milk for the cream. Are they kidding?
