Call It What You Want - Pie Ice Cream

Finding yourself with a lone piece of pie or cobbler after a summer night feast? Have no fear, mix it into an ice cream base and call it what you want! This may be one of the easiest ice creams I've made in a long time. There's something so wonderful when you can whip a treat up on a whim that incorporates another! 

For this ice cream, I actually screwed up my attempt at a vegan key lime pie...well what did I do (other than slap the counter because I felt like it was a waste)? While my lovely husband and I consumed my failed attempt at an alternative dessert, I decided to fix it by mixing the unset pieces into a vanilla base and I'm so happy for what turned out. Cheers!

Ingredients:

1 slice of any sweet pie, cobbler or crumble (cold)
3/4 cup sugar
1 cup whole milk
2 cups heavy cream
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 pinch salt

4 egg yolks

Directions:

1. In a medium saucepan on medium low heat add sugar, milk, vanilla extract and 1 cup of heavy cream. Whisk egg yolks together. Slowly pour the warm mixture into the yolks and return mixture to the saucepan

2. While whisking, bring custard mixture to a temperature of 165-170 degrees Fahrenheit or until it has become a thick custard

3. Once mixture is thick, strain into remaining heavy cream and chill at least 8 hours in refrigerator

4. Once chilled, pour into ice cream maker with salt and follow the manufacturer’s instructions

5. Towards the end of the freezing process, layer in your broken up pieces of pie and enjoy!