Honey ice cream

• 2 cups heavy cream
• 1 cup whole milk
• Pinch of salt
• 1 tbsp vanilla
• 1 tbsp vodka
• 1/2 cup honey

1. In a saucepan over medium heat add honey, cream and salt and heat until steaming but do not let it boil. Keep an eye on it.
2. Remove from heat and add the milk and vanilla. Whisk well. Chill in fridge 4 hours or overnight. You can also chill in freezer if you need it to go faster. Just stir frequently to prevent freezing.
3. Stir in vodka just before adding to your mixer. The vodka helps with texture and can be omitted.
4. Freeze in ice cream maker until soft serve texture. Transfer to air right container and freeze until hard.

I was looking for recipes that don’t include refined sugar and had a hard time finding a simple honey ice cream. This is adapted from a more complicated recipe to be easy. No eggs. Minimal cooking. no drizzling honey in later.

There is a distinct honey flavor, so use a nice honey if possible. I buy orange blossom honey for this.

I made some honey chocolate shavings that ended up weird. 2oz unsweetened chocolate melted and mixed with honey to taste. Spread in parchment paper and rolled up. Put in the freezer until hard, but it didn’t harden even in the freezer and stayed chewy. It was odd but not bad.