Pineapple Ice Cream

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Pineapple Ice Cream

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Servings: 9 cups
Ingredients Instructions Notes

Ingredients
  

Pineapple Flavor
  • 2 ½ cup Crushed Pineapple, canned (= 567 g)
  • ¼ cup Sugar (=50 g)
  • 1 ea. 6 oz can of 100% pineapple juice
  • Juice from ½ lemon (=29 g)
  • 8 drops yellow food coloring
Ice Cream Base Mix
  • 1 cup whole milk (=222g)
  • 2 whole pasteurized eggs
  • 3/4 cup sugar (=154 g)
  • Dash salt
  • 2 cups Heavy whipping cream (=444 g, add later)

Instructions
 

Pineapple Flavor
  1. Drain pineapple well. Divide drained pineapple in two, set aside half to add later after ice cream is frozen
  2. Put ½ of the pineapple, all of the drained pineapple juice, and all of the rest of the Pineapple Flavor ingredients in the blender.
Ice Cream Base Mix
  1. Add Ice Cream Base Mix ingredients except whipping cream to blender.
  2. Blend on High for 1 minute.
  3. Add whipping cream. Blend on Medium setting for 30 seconds.
  4. Freeze in ice cream machine.
Combine
  1. After ice cream is frozen, fold in the remaining ½ of the crushed pineapple.

Notes

Use pineapple packed in 100% pineapple juice or heavy syrup, not water
Because of the added crushed pineapple, pineapple juice, and lemon juice this recipe makes more than will fit into one 1.5 quart ice cream machine. We divide this in two and put half in each of two machines to freeze.

For more information see Pasteurized Eggs Instruction Sheet

For more information see Adding Fruit to Ice Cream

Canned pineapple juice
Crushed pineapple in heavy syrup
Use sieve and spatula to drain pineapple well
Divide drained pineapple in half
Add half the drained pineapple to the blender
Add all of the drained pineapple juice
Add the canned pineapple juice
Add the squeezed lemon juice and other Pineapple Flavor ingredients. Add the Ice Cream Base Mix Ingredients except whipping cream. Blend on High
Add whipping cream, blend on medium
Freeze in two ice cream machines, or one large machine, or freeze half now and half later
After ice cream is frozen, fold in remaining half of the drained crushed pineapple
Finished ice cream

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