Peach Ice Cream

I don’t know what possessed me on the coldest weekend we have had in Massachusetts this winter to make ice cream, but I did.  My parents have had this ice cream maker in their basement for about a year and I thought it might be a fun thing to do with my boys.  The ice cream maker comes with instructions on how to make different kinds of ice cream and that’s where I got this recipe.

Ingredients & Directions:

• 1 quart Half & Half
• 2/3 Cup Sugar
• 2 T Vanilla
• 1/2 C Peaches diced (I used canned, fresh would better)
• Ice
• Rock Salt

Put the rock salt in to the maker.  (Sea salt or kosher salt will work too you may just need to double the amount)

Simply pour the half & half, sugar, and vanilla into the maker.  Shake for ten minutes.

Dice the peaches up into small cubes.  I used canned peaches here because the peaches at the grocery store didn’t look too good.

After shaking the maker for the first 10 minutes open it up and put the peaches in.  Continue to shake for 5 more minutes.  Open the maker up, scrape the sides, close and shake for another 15 minutes.  It took approximately 35 minutes of shaking to get really solid ice cream.

I packed all the ice cream up into containers and put it in the freezer to eat later.  It was delicious.  Next time I will probably puree some of the peaches as well as leaving chunks of peaches in for a more overall peach flavor.

Also if you don’t have an ice cream maker I have made it using plastic storage bags before and it works great.

(Steven)