Caramel Swirl Fried Apple Ice Cream - Tutorial

"No machine needed."
"What did you say?"
"No machine needed!"
"Impossible!"
"I'm telling ya."
"I have got to see this to believe it."

I have had many conversations like that about this ice cream.  Yes, it's true.  NO MACHINE NEEDED!  I'll show you how so you believe it.  Skeptics, sheesh!

This ice cream can be flavored any way that you want it to be really.  I'll post the ingredients for my Mint White Chocolate Chunk at the bottom.  First off, we'll start off with the ice cream itself.  All you need, is a pint of Heavy Whipping Cream, one can sweetened condensed milk, and about a Tbsp of melted butter.  That's it! 

Start off by putting your well chilled Heavy Whipping Cream into a cold mixing bowl.

Mix and mix and mix until you have a thick whipped cream that forms stiff peaks.

 I saved these two steps for last on this Fried Apple ice cream, because I didn't want the whipped cream to deflate while it waited.  So, I highly recommend that you leave this part for later.  But, that whipped cream is the basis of your ice cream, no matter the flavor.  You will always mix one can sweetened condensed milk and some melted butter with your ingredients before incorporating the whipped cream.  But, you'll see how that's done as you scroll through.  With those few ingredients and that whipped cream, your ice cream possibilities are endless!!

Okay, now for the remainder of the ice cream, 'cause I can see that you're getting bored and hungry.

Start with 3 medium to small apples

Using your dual corer/slicer, slice them up and throw away that core.  Be sure to check that you got all of the core, 'cause nobody wants core to ruin their ice cream.  That would be disastrous.

Now, take those slices that you got from your slicer and chop it all up into small bits.

Those small little bits should like like this.  Before you put them in your skillet, add a couple Tbsp of butter and melt it down.

Cover and cook on Medium heat for 15 minutes. Stir frequently. You'll find the apples to be nice and mushy soft when they're done.

While the apples are cooking, you will want to make that whipped cream.

When your apples are done cooking, turn off the heat. Mix in 1/2 tsp. cinnamon and a dash of nutmeg. Then in a very large bowl (that can go in your freezer) mix together one can sweetened condensed milk, 1 Tbsp. melted butter, and your apples.  I wanted to make a crumb topping (like on pies) to mix in, but I was out of flour :(  I bet it would be really yummy with a crumble topping though.

GENTLY fold the whipped cream into your apple mixture. You really need to be careful here because you do not want to deflate the whipped cream. So be patient!!

Now, take several spoon fulls of that dulce de leche we made in another tutorial (as much or as little as you like) and drop it on top of the ice cream mixture. GENTLY fold that in as well. You want to leave it as swirls in the mixture and not completely mixed in.  You will not want to use the dulce de leche cold for this, it should be slightly warmed to make for good swirling fun.

Then, put your lid on your bowl and pop it in the freezer! Wait for it to freeze (I know, it's killer having to wait!!) and then enjoy a bowl of delight that will make your taste-buds do a little dance on your tongue :-)


Mint White Chocolate Chunk:
To the sweetened condensed milk step, add 1 tsp Mint extract, and as much shaved white chocolate as you want.  Proceed with the folding process and freeze.  I imagine that you could use white chocolate chips instead of shaving your chocolate, but it just seems so much tastier when you do as much of a recipe by hand as possible.  Am I right??