Coconut Macaroon Ice Cream (Biscuit Tortoni)

Name: Coconut Macaroon Ice Cream (Biscuit Tortoni)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 6-8 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 cup sugar; 1/2 cup water; 6 egg yolks; 2 cups whipping cream; 2 teaspoons vanilla; 1 cup finely crushed macaroons; 2/3 cup powdered macaroons

Submitted by Jo Ann L

"I'm not sure whether this is "real" Biscuit Tortoni, but if you like coconut macaroons (and sinfully rich desserts), you should love this. When we were kids, my sister and I got to choose what my mother cooked for dinner on our birthdays. Actually, of course, she could have just cooked the dinners without asking, because we always asked for our favorite foods. So on my birthday, dessert was always Coconut Macaroon Ice Cream. BTW the prep time figure obviously doesn't count the overnight freezing time."

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Ready In:: 30mins
Ingredients:: 7
Serves:: 6-8

ingredients

1 cup sugar
¹⁄₂ cup water
6 egg yolks
2 cups whipping cream
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 cup finely crushed macaroons
²⁄₃ cup powdered macaroons

directions

Boil sugar and water together to form a syrup which spins a thread when dropped from the tip of a spoon.
Beat egg yolks well; add syrup slowly, beating eggs during addition.
Cook for 5 min.
in double boiler.
Remove from heat and beat well.
Add the 1 c.
macaroons and cool.
Whip the cream and fold into cooled egg mixture.
Fold in vanilla.
Spread in a shallow container and top with the powdered macaroons to give a brown crust appearance.
Freeze overnight.
Note: This cannot be made in any kind of ice cream machine; the texture will be ruined.

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I love macaroons.

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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY

Jo Ann L

San Jose, CA

I am a retired community college instructor. I taught Communication Studies for 36 years, 34 of them at a community college in California. I do a lot of church volunteer work, and a lot of pitterputtering, and retirement is great!

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