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Carnivore Ice Cream

Cream, egg yolks, salt. A rich frozen custard with no sweetener. For a broad-tier variation, fold in 2-3 tbsp raw honey after tempering. Tastes more like frozen butter than traditional ice cream.

Carnivore Ice Cream
Prep
30 min
Cook
15 min
Servings
1 (6 original)
Difficulty
easy
320 cal
5g protein
32g fat

Ingredients

1

Scaled to 1 serving (0.16666666666666666x)

  • 0.33 cups heavy cream
  • 1 egg yolks
  • 0.17 tsp coarse salt

Instructions

  1. 1

    Whisk yolks and salt in a heatproof bowl until pale and thick, about 2 minutes.

  2. 2

    Heat cream in a saucepan until steaming, not boiling.

  3. 3

    Pour hot cream into yolks in a slow stream, whisking constantly to temper.

  4. 4

    Return mixture to the saucepan. Cook on low, stirring with a wooden spoon, until it coats the back of the spoon (170F internal). Do not boil.

  5. 5

    Strain through a fine sieve into a bowl set over ice. Chill completely.

  6. 6

    Churn in an ice cream maker per manufacturer instructions, or pour into a loaf pan and freeze, stirring every 30 minutes for 3 hours.

  7. 7

    Optional: for a sweeter broad-tier version, whisk 2-3 tbsp raw honey into the yolks in step 1. Do not serve to children under 12 months if honey is added.

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