Mastic Ice Cream
By: Evelyne
Published: Wednesday, August 17, 2011 - 1:19pm

Ingredients




1/2 teaspoon mastic resin crystals
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup heavy cream
1 cup milk
4 egg yolks
1 pinch of ground vanilla (optional)

Preparation

1 Grind the mastic resin crystals in a mortar and pestle along with some sugar. 2 Heat the cream, milk, sugar and mastic in a sauce pan until it almost boils, about 5 minutes. 3 Reduce the heat to low. 4 Temper the eggs and stir them into the cream. 5 Cook at low heat until it thickens and can coat the back of a spoon. 6 You may want to strain the mixture at this point to remove any bits that may have formed while warming. 7 Chill the mixture in the fridge. 8 Freeze according to the instructions for your ice cream machine.

About

I read in a few places that Mastic gives a certain chewiness to the ice cream when you eat it. That was a pleasant texture I really enjoyed. It is still ice cream but it is ever so slightly gummy. Very cool. And the taste? Best comparison I can give you is spruce bear soda. You have to try it to believe it. I love spruce beer so I loved the ice cream.