ice cream - Honey Roasted Macadamia Nut Ice Cream

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Ingredients

  • macadamia nut milk
  • 1/2 cup raw macadamia nuts
  • 1 cup warm water
  • 2 tablespoons arrowroot powder
  • 1 1/2 cups full fat coconut milk or heavy cream
  • pinch of salt
  • 3 tablespoons raw honey
  • 1 egg
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • Honey roasted macadamia nuts
  • 1/2 tablespoon raw honey
  • 1 teaspoon macadamia nut oil (or coconut oil)
  • pinch of salt
  • 1/2 cup raw macadamia nuts, halved or chopped

Preparation

Step 1

Macadamia Nut Milk:
add the nuts and water to a blender and blend for a couple of minutes
strain the milk using a fine mesh strainer or cheesecloth into a saucepan. This should yield 1 cup of macadamia nut milk.
whisk the arrowroot powder into the milk until it dissolves
add the coconut milk or heavy cream, salt, honey and egg and heat mixture slowly at medium heat, stirring constantly until it starts to bubble and thickens
remove from heat, let it cool, then mix in the vanilla extract and refrigerate overnight
Honey Roasted Macadamia Nuts:
in a bowl whisk together the honey, macadamia nut oil and salt
add the nuts and mix well until all nuts are coated with the honey
prepare a baking sheet with parchment paper and spread the coated nuts across the pan
bake for 15 minutes at 350°F or until golden brown, being careful not to burn
let nuts cool and fold them into the chilled ice cream mixture
process ice cream in your ice cream machine according to the manufacture's instructions and serve