Homemade "Shamrock Shakes"

You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Homemade "Shamrock Shakes" a try. This recipe serves 2. Watching your figure? This gluten free and vegetarian recipe has 1188 calories, 17g of protein, and 82g of fat per serving. It will be a hit at your st. patrick day event. Head to the store and pick up egg yolks, sugar, mint leaves, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the mint extract you could follow this main course with the Mint Brownies as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 9 hours.

Instructions

In a heavy medium saucepan, whisk together cream, milk, sugar, salt, and egg yolks until well combined.

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Egg Yolk

Cream

Sugar

Milk

Salt

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Sauce Pan

Whisk

Place saucepan over medium heat and cook, whisking occasionally to prevent scorching, until mixture registers 145° F.

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Whisk

Sauce Pan

Remove from heat and strain into an airtight container.

Place container over ice bath and whisk until cooled to room temperature. Stir in mint leaves.

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Mint

Ice

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Whisk

Add split vanilla bean. Cover and refrigerate custard overnight.

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Vanilla Bean

Custard

Remove custard from refrigerator.

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Custard

Remove vanilla bean, set aside. Strain custard through fine-mesh sieve into large measuring cup. Press on mint leaves to strain out all of the liquid then discard the leaves. Scrape out vanilla bean seeds and whisk them into the strained mixture. Discard the pod.

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Vanilla Bean

Mint

Custard

Seeds

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Measuring Cup

Sieve

Whisk

Whisk in green food coloring and mint extract (if desired) then transfer custard to electric ice cream maker and churn according to manufacturer's directions until mixture is the desired thickness (should be about as thick as soft serve).

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Green Food Color