Peach has always been one of my favorite ice cream flavors since they are so sweet and wonderful. On that note, if you’re making this recipe you should make sure you have nice, sweet peaches to use that are at a perfect ripeness.
How do you know when peaches are ripe?
Look for peaches that are a deep, golden yellow color and have a slightly wrinkled skin texture near the stem. Squeeze them gently, and ripe peaches will have a little give to them without being squishy or bruised.
Ingredients needed:
fresh peaches freshly squeezed lemon juice heavy whipping cream whole milk vanilla bean egg yolks white sugar corn syrup
How to make Fresh Peach Ice Cream:
Toss the fresh peaches with lemon juice and put them in the refrigerator. In a saucepan, simmer the heavy whipping cream and whole milk with the peach peels, peach pits and a vanilla bean. I know it sounds weird to add the peels and the pits in there, but they add so much flavor to this Fresh Peach Ice Cream custard! Then you’ll strain the solids out and put the peach-infused cream/milk back into the saucepan. In a separate bowl, whisk the egg yolks and sugar together. Whisk in the hot cream just a tablespoon at a time to temper the cream. Be sure to add the hot liquid super slowly because you don’t want the eggs to turn into scrambled eggs! Then you can add the egg mixture to the saucepan, and simmer for about 10 minutes- until thickened. It’s done when a spoon dipped in the custard leaves a good coating on the spoon. Strain the mixture again, stir in corn syrup and refrigerate until very cold (preferably overnight).
When ready to make your fresh peach ice cream, purée the peaches in a food processor, add in 1 cup of the custard. Then add the puréed peaches to the custard. Follow your ice cream machine’s instructions for processing the ice cream. It should take about 25 minutes. My favorite ice cream maker is the Cuisinart. I have two of them!
Scrape the processed ice cream into a pan or bowl. Freeze for several hours until it is firm enough to scoop. If you try to serve it right away, it will be like very soft soft-serve ice cream! Sample a few bites, and then freeze the rest.
Scoop and serve. You can either serve your ice cream in dishes or on top of ice cream cones. You might also like to make Fresh Strawberry Ice Cream or Blueberry Cheesecake Ice Cream too. Enjoy!
