This liquorice ice cream recipe is a no churn one, made using condensed milk. The flavour came from a packet of liquorice sweets that were too sweet for my palate. They did however add the perfect balance of taste and sweetness to the ice cream.
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Did you know liquorice is actually a plant?
Liquorice is a flowering plant and it is the root that is used for flavouring in sweets, tobacco, drinks and medicines. A sweet, aromatic flavouring is extracted from the root of this plant which is part of the bean family. Liquorice is also used for dietary supplements but I would exercise extreme caution when doing so. Eat too much and you may find yourself having an upset stomach and you should avoid it while pregnant. You may find an increase in your blood pressure or a lowering of your potassium levels if you overindulge.
Let’s talk about confectionary
Black liquorice gets both its colour and flavour from the root. However, liquorice flavoured sweets may make use of anise extract which tastes very similar. My favourite is Dutch double salt liquorice which uses ammonium chloride to get its salty flavour. The sweeter liquorice uses sodium chloride, and this is what I used for my liquorice ice cream. Liquorice has a natural sweetness as the extract contains glycyrrhizin. This natural sweetener is 50 times sweeter than sucrose.
Did you know liquorice sweets were first made in Britain?
The first time liquorice was made was in 1614 when Sir George Savile made a Pontefract cake stamped with an image of Pontefract Castle. In 1760, Dunhill added sugar to make the first known confectionary. To make liquorice, the extract, sugar and some form of a binder are dissolved in water and heated to 135°Celsius. This liquid is then poured into starch lined moulds to get the desired shape. Once dried and removed from the moulds, the sweets are sprayed with beeswax to get a nice shiny surface.
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Liquorice Ice Cream
Ingredients
- 250 mls whipping cream
- 100 g liquorice sweets
- 125 mls condensed milk
Method
- Place the cream and liquorice into a saucepan and place onto a medium to low temperature
- Bring the cream to a simmer then remove from the heat and leave to cool completely
- Strain the cream into a stand mixer bowl and add the condensed milk
- Whisk until soft peaks form then pour into a lidded freezer proof container and freeze for at least 8 hours before serving
- Remove from the freezer and allow to soften for 10 minutes before scooping
See the links below for blog posts I published on March :
- 2023: Salsa Di Pomodoro
- 2022: Quiche Pastry
- 2021: The End Of Her
- 2018: February 2018 Showcasing In My Kitchen
- 2016: Red Currant And Lime Sorbet
- 2013: Petit Poulet Au Vin
- 2012: Horseradish
- 2011: Simply Asia
Love the sound of this! I first had liquorice ice cream in Japan where it was described as “Squid ink”
I wonder if they used real squid ink for the colour?
We have here in Canada orange ice cream with a licorice swirl, and I quite like it. I have not tried ice cream with pure licorice flavour, but I think I’ll like it too!
That sounds very interesting 🙂
We grew up in a Dutch area with immigrants who came here after WW2, so we grew to eat and like Dutch salted liquorice. Not everyone can eat it :=) I know Nigella Lawson tends to use regular liquorice in her sweets, tho I think it’s fairly unusual here. I love a no-churn ice cream.
The more salt the better for me, and the best I have had was in Utrecht from a small sweet store 🙂
Sounds delicious, Tandy! I absolutely adore licorice so licorice ice cream is right up my alley. My favorite is the pure unsweetened Calabrian variety (no surprise there!) but I enjoy just about any kind.
I have the Calabrian one in my travel handbag which strangely enough I bought in London 🙂
HI Tandy, you do like making ice cream. I’ve only tried once and its wasn’t a huge success.
I always have at least one flavour in my freezer 🙂
I absolutely love licorice. I used to go to a restaurant in the Blue Mountains where they served a licorice cheesecake, I was obsessed with it! Love the look of this ice cream – when you say licorice sweets, do you mean regular black eating licorice? I can’t wait to try this!
Yes, that is what I mean by liquorice sweets. And I wish that I had tried that cheesecake when we were in the Blue Mountains 🙂