Licorice Ice Cream

[Emagggie]

3 x 50g packets of licorice toffees
1 cup milk
300ml carton of thickened cream
2 tablespoons castor sugar
4 egg yolks

Combine toffees, milk and cream in a medium saucepan, stir over heat, without boiling,until toffees have dissolved, bring to boil,remove from heat.
Beat sugar and egg yolks in a small bowl with an electric mixer until thick and creamy. Beat hot milk mixture into egg mixture; cool.
Pour mixture into deep cake pan, cover freeze until firm.
Removeice cream from pan, beat in large bowl with electric mixer until smooth, return mixture to pan,cover,freeze until firm.
Serves 6
This is fabulous and very easy.

[Emagggie]

[littlebabybird]

that sounds so good, i'm gonna have to make that
thank you Emaggie
lbb

[Kea]

Yum! Sounds Yummy! ....Just don't use Dutch Licorice...Yuk!

[Emagggie]

 :o is it salty or sommat Kea?

[Kea]

Yes very salty. The Dutch seem to like very salty things. My ex-husband's parents were Dutch, they all loved Dutch licorice.

By the way if you have high blood pressure licorice is off limits!

[littlebabybird]

By the way if you have high blood pressure licorice is off limits!

realy, do you know why?
do you think it would help my low bp?

would be a great excuse :)

lbb

[Baccy Man]

By the way if you have high blood pressure licorice is off limits!

realy, do you know why?

Because it can be lethal.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3733757.stm
Too much of anything is bad it would be better to eat small amounts regularly rather than risk overdosing on it.

Glycyrrhizin (found in liquorice) can cause temporary vision problems or loss, high blood pressure, water retention, irregular heartbeats, heart attack, kidney damage, muscle weakness or muscle breakdown & abnormally low testosterone levels in men or high prolactin levels and oestrogen levels in women.

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/natural/patient-licorice.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycyrrhizin

[littlebabybird]

sounds like no one should eat it

[Emagggie]

Oh dear. ::) perhaps we had better scotch this one then.....
but we're all still here in this house ;D

[Baccy Man]

If you look up virtually any food you will find loads of health problems it could cause but there will also be a llist of health benefits associated with the same food.
With the exception of allergic reactions it is very unlikely that any food will cause severe health problems if eaten in moderation.

[GrannieAnnie]

Many licorice candies are made with artificial licorice flavoring these days rather than the real thing. 

[Kea]

I try not to eat it because I like it almost as much as chocolate and I wouldn't manage eating it in moderation if I had some. High blood pressure runs in my family and I tend towards it myself, my Dad also loved licorice and I remember him being told not to eat it.