NOUGAT/GULAB JAMUN ICECREAM

Gulab jamun (indian sweet dish)mixed icecream Preparation Time : 15 - 20 minutes Cooking Time : 15 - 16 hours

Ingredients

FOR ICE CREAM Milk 500 millilitres Cornflour/ corn starch 2 tablespoons Cream 1/2 cup Sugar 3/4 cup Ice cream essence 3 drops CMC 1 teaspoon GMS (stabilizer) 1 teaspoon FOR NOUGAT Almonds 1/2 cup Sugar 1 cup FOR GULAB JAMUN ICE CREAM Mini gulabjamuns 12 - 15

Method

Dissolve cornflour in a little cold milk. Heat the remaining milk in a pan. Meanwhile in another pan heat sugar with a few drops of water and caramelize. Add fresh cream to the boiling milk and mix. Add sugar and continue to boil. Add the dissolved cornflour and stir continuously to avoid lumps. Boil for ten more minutes. Strain through a muslin cloth. Add chopped almonds to the caramelized sugar and mix. Transfer the mixture onto a greased tray and spread evenly. When cooled remove the nougat and crush.Add icecream essence to the icecream mix and mix well. Dissolve GMS and CMC in a little water and add to the mixture and mix well. Strain again if there are any lumps remaining. Pour the mixture into an ice-cream tin. Add some crushed nougat, mix, cover with the lid and put in the deep freezer to set. Take out after an hour or two. Open the lid. sprinkle some more nougat on top. Again keep it in the deep freezer to set. To make gulab jamun ice cream pour the ice cream mixture into an ice-cream tin. Add some gulab jamuns, mix, cover with the lid and put in the deep freezer to set. Take out after an hour or two. Open the lid, add some more gulab jamuns on top. Again keep it in the deep freezer to set. Allow to set for ten to twelve hours. Demould, slice and serve when firmly set.

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