Sorvete De Doce De Leite

*picture courtesy of Linds at CJ

My husband LOVES his Doce De Leite or as I would say, dulce de leche. He also LOVES ice cream. I got this recipe a few years back from my dear friend, Lindsey at Cafe Johnsonia. We love this ice cream best. It is a serious favorite. In fact, it’s all I’ve really made. Well, a blackberry here and there. Anyway, it’s rich and creamy and my hubby adores the dollops of Doce de Leite in it.

You see, Cade served a mission in Brazil years ago. There they ate a lot of Doce de Leite. And leite condensada. I think that’s how you spell it. He even it’s that on his oatmeal occasionally. Gross. He also makes this amazing key lime pie and a papaya ice cream/smoothie thing. But, his two most favorites are anything Doce de Leite and Mousse de Maracuya. (I totally just found a recipe for that and I can’t wait to try it!!!!) I love making anything that is Brazilian because I know that Cade will adore it.

Sorvete de Doce de Leite
Recipe by Cafe Johnsonia

2 cans dulce de leche
2 cups whole milk
4-6 egg yolks (I use 5)
1/4 cup sugar
1 cup cream
dash of salt

Whisk together one can of dulce de leche and the milk in a medium
saucepan. Heat gently over medium heat until very hot, but not boiling.

Whisk the egg yolks and sugar until light in color.

Slowly add 3 tb hot milk mixture to the eggs while whisking. Pour all of the egg mixture into the pan. Gently cook over low to medium heat, until it starts to
thicken and reaches 160 degrees F on an instant read thermometer.
(Don’t let it exceed 180 degrees, or it will curdle. If you don’t have a
thermometer, cook until the custard is thick enough to coat the back of
a wooden spoon.)

Strain the cooked custard through a fine mesh sieve into a clean bowl and add the cold cream.

Chill until completely cold.

Follow your manufacturer instructions to make the ice cream.

Place a little in a container, add dollops of dulce de leche, top with more ice cream and repeat the process. Freeze until firm.