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Peach ice cream is a favorite summer treat for many North Carolinians! Check out this recipe from the NC Peach Growers Society to try making your own this summer. All you need to do is stock up on fresh peaches at a local farm or market near you, mix with the other ingredients, freeze and enjoy!
N.C. Peach Ice Cream
By: NC Peach Growers Society
Ingredients:
- 3 cups peach pulp
- 2 quarts milk
- 1 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 pint whipping cream
- 2 cups sugar
- 1⁄4 teaspoon almond flavoring
- 4 eggs (slightly beaten )
Instructions:
- To the peach pulp add the lemon juice and 1 cup of the sugar–all to stand 1 hour.
- Add the other cup of sugar and salt to the beaten eggs. Then blend in half of the milk.
- Cook the sugar, egg, and milk mixture over boiling water to create thick custard.
- Cool.
- Add the remainder of milk, the cream that has been partially whipped, the flavoring, and sweetened peach pulp.
- Pour mixture into freezer container of a 1 1/2-qt. electric ice-cream maker, and freeze according to manufacturer’s instructions. (Instructions and time may vary.)
- NOTE: Recipe makes 1 gallon of ice cream.
