What makes an effective and cheap substitute for mint flavouring?The answer: Mint flavour Tic Tac!
Mint flavour Tic Tac gives a surprisingly easy and light mint taste after it is dissolved in ice cream. The trick is to use the Tic Tac conservatively. (You can always add more if you like ice cream that tastes like toothpaste.)
Here is the recipe:
150ml milk
70ml cream
2 yolks
25g to 30g sugar
25g shaved dark chocolate
4 to 5 mint Tic Tacs
Now you got your ingredients, you can get to work:
1. Heat 150ml milk in pot
2. Mix eggs and sugar in a bowl
3. As milk heats up but stops short of boiling, pour heated milk into egg-sugar mix
Stir thoroughly and swiftly as you pour the heated milk and return egg-sugar-milk mix back into pot
4. Cook until custard thickens and coats back of wooden spoon
5. Strain custard through metal sieve
6. Dissolve 4 to 5 mint Tic Tacs into custard while it is still warm
7. Mix 70ml cream into custard
8. Leave custard to set in freezer for about 30 minutes
9. Stir shaved dark chocolate until evenly distributed
10. Remove from freezer every 30 minutes for a good whisking
Makes about 220ml ice cream. Serves two.
Here's the fun part: Don't tell whoever you giving this ice cream to that it contains Tic Tacs. After they are done, let them in on it.
They'll be surprised. Well, I was.
Hi, i find the tictac idea very interesting . Tried it out last week, but the tictacs didn't melt nicely or completely. what do u think went wrong? Thanks, i find ur website very informative! =)
ReplyDeleteHey thanks for popping by!
ReplyDeleteIf you find the tic tacs too big to melt completely, you can try smashing them up first. Or else, put them into a durable plastic bag and pound them with something sturdy, like a rolling pin.
If all else fails, microwave the tic tacs on high for 10 seconds or so. When they are super heated, they tend to melt more easily.
Hope this helps!