Here’s the thing…I love ice cream. I always have. That being said, I REALLY love homemade ice cream, I don’t think anything compares. In search of my favorite recipe for ice cream, I can only thank one of my oldest friends from grade school for letting me in on the secret (Thanks, Aaron). Four ingredients: (Milk, Cream, Sugar, Vanilla), no cooking, no cooling, just straight up, mix, and put in the maker.
Now… living on a goat dairy, I have access to the freshest goat milk around. Last night, we brought home about 2 gallons of milk straight from the nightly milking and ran it through this wonderful contraption:
The cream separator is needed to separate goat milk because it is naturally homogenized, meaning the fat globules are suspended in the milk and don’t separate on their own like cow milk. With the help of some centrifugal force….
Out comes the cream! For the goat milk ice cream, I like to use the cream right away, because if you wait until it’s cold it becomes very very thick.
Mix up 2 cups of whole goats milk, with 1 cup of goat cream, 1/2 cup of sugar, and 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract. Throw it all in your ice cream maker and off it goes!
I ran a double batch last night, because we have some special guests over for lunch. After about 20 minutes or so in the ice cream maker, it was ready to come out.
I prefer to take it out when it’s soft, and move it to another container to put in the freezer. I let it harden up in there. This afternoon I pulled it out of the freezer, and served it up. The next part is what makes this SO good. Olive oil and sea salt. Drizzle some great olive oil on the ice cream, and sprinkle a pinch of sea salt on there. The taste is sort of like eating a nice salty caramel on top. It really is divine.
- 2 Cups whole goat milk
- 1 Cup goat cream
- ½ Cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Olive Oil
- Sea Salt
- Mix ingredients well
- Put in ice cream maker until the ice cream is frozen, but soft
- Put in freezer to stiffen up
- Drizzle with Olive Oil
- Sprinkle with a pinch of Sea Salt
Ben,
OK, you’re now officially in charge of ice cream making for all future family functions!
Much love,
Debra
I wish I could find the cream. I purchase Wateroak Farms goat milk in Austin at Boggy Creek Farm. Any ideas for finding the cream?
Ah yes, the limiting factor. I don’t know of anyone who separates goat milk and sells the cream. I would think you could make this same recipe with cow milk cream, or all goat milk (it might be a bit more icy). The BEST solution though, IMHO, is to get yourself a goat, milk it, separate the yummy cream and drink up the skim!
What make and model is your cream separator?