Sea Salt Ice Cream

Sea salt ice cream became famous after its first appearance in Kingdom Hearts II . It was first tasted by Tetsuya Nomura, the maker of Kingdom of Hearts II, on a trip to Tokyo Disney Sea. He liked it so much, that he decided to put it into Kingdom Hearts II with the help of Disney. Hence, the characters of Kingdom Hearts II can often be seen eating and talking about this delicious dessert all the time. He further went onto elaborate that the idea to put the dessert into the game came to him when he was thinking about what the kids in Twilight Town would eat over summer vacation. Now let's see the recipes, so that you can also relish this delicious sweet-salty dessert.

How to Make Sea Salt Ice Cream

You will simply have to follow the simple steps mentioned to make this delicious dessert. However, you will have to be careful while using sea salt. Depending on the sea salt you are using, you will have to adjust the recipe. The ice cream should not turn out to be too salty. It should be salty enough to boost the flavors of the ice cream. This recipe is a basic recipe, you can add flavors and colors of your choice to the recipe. You will require 1 teaspoon of flavoring. Since I am not too fond of colors, I avoid their usage as far as possible. Let's see what are the ingredients.

Ingredients

• Sugar 120 grams
• Egg Yolks 5
• Cream 220 ml
• Milk 220 ml
• Sea Salt 2 teaspoons

Method

• In a mixing bowl, beat sugar and egg yolks together.
• Continue to beat them, until the mixture thickens and lightens in color.
• While you are beating sugar and egg yolks, bring milk to a low simmer.
• Gradually add milk to the egg and sugar mixture in a slow stream.
• Pour the mixture back into the pan and place the pan over low heat.
• Stir the mixture continuously until the custard starts to thicken slightly and just coats the back of a spoon.
• However, ensure that you do not over heat the mixture, as if the temperature of the mixture goes above 72 - 73 degrees Centigrade, it will turn into scrambled eggs.
• Remove the mixture from the heat and allow it to cool for some time.
• Then stir in salt into the mixture.
• While the milk mixture is cooling, whip the cream until it doubles in volume, so that you have soft peaks.
• Gently fold in the custard.
• Freeze the ice cream in the freezer, stirring it every few hours.

If you want to make ice pop just like you have seen in Kingdom Hearts II, you will simply have to pour your mixture into the ice pop molds and place the ice pops in the freezer. Once the ice pops are fully frozen, you will have sea salt ice-cold pops ready, you can go to the nearest clock tower to savor them. If you have an ice cream maker at home, you can also use it to make the ice cream. Simply pour the concoction of custard and cream into the ice cream maker and let the machine run for 1 to 2 hours. You may have to wait longer than normal for this ice cream flavor to freeze because salt lowers the freezing temperature required to freeze the ice cream. Once the mixture thickens, place it in a storage container and place the container in the freezer for the ice cream to freeze.