So in making the carnitas yesterday, the recipe called for 2 tablespoons of sweetened condensed milk. Sweetened condensed milk comes in 14oz cans. So once I had measured in the appropriate amount into the carnitas, I was left with most of an open can of the stuff. So what do you do with it? Make ice cream.
There is a simple way to make ice cream with just two simple ingredients: sweetened condensed milk and whipped cream. First whip a cup of heavy cream until stiff peaks form, then fold the sweetened condensed milk gently into the whipped cream until everything is combined and freeze overnight.
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| Vanilla ice cream with dark chocolate chips |
Before you freeze you can customize the base to your hearts content. The basic recipe is itself very sweet, so you don't need to add any additional sugar to the mixture, but extracts like mint or vanilla work great. You can also fold in some chunks like chocolate chips, chopped candied ginger, or chopped walnuts. Last night I made two smaller batches. One I made vanilla ice cream with dark chocolate chips and the other I made ginger ice cream with chunks of chopped candied ginger.
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| Ginger ice cream |
Honestly, the base comes out a little TOO sweet for me, so I like to use a little more whipped cream than I was able to last night, but that's a personal preference for me. Overall if you're looking for a way to get rid of some sweetened condensed milk that you had to open, you can do a lot worse than making some ice cream - especially when it's really this easy!
I plan to try this. Shane and Jason love ice cream. Add cocoa powder for chocolate or do you have a better suggestion?
ReplyDeleteCocoa power should work fine for chocolate ice cream. Generally cocoa powder is unsweetened, but this base provides more than enough sweetness to account for that. I would make sure to add a little vanilla extract too to give a little more depth to the flavor.
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