Salted Browned Butter Pecan Ice Cream

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Preparation info
  • Makes

    1 quart

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Malai: Frozen Desserts Inspired by South Asian Flavors

By Pooja Bavishi

Published 2025

  • About

Growing up, I always underappreciated butter pecan ice cream, and I think it was for good reason. There was a promise of pecans and, well, butter, but those store-bought containers in the 1990s never really had either. It was most often vanilla ice cream with what seemed like a nut or two. When I realized the true potential of butter pecan ice cream, I set out to make a great version. I used browned butter to play up the nutty flavor and threw in lots and lots of toasted pecans. Here’s the