Pumpkin—Caramel Lode Ice Cream Pie

Name: Pumpkin—Caramel Lode Ice Cream Pie
Yield: Serves 8
Ingredients: ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon; ½ teaspoon ground ginger; ¾ cup milk; 1½ cups heavy (whipping) cream; 1½ cups chocolate wafer cookie or chocolate graham cracker crumbs; ¾ cup pumpkin purée; 3 large egg yolks; ½ cup sugar; ⅛ teaspoon kosher salt; 1½ cups cold Classic Caramel Sauce; 1 tablespoon sugar; 1 cup crème fraîche or sour cream; 2 ounces (4 tablespoons) unsalted butter, melted

Preparation info

Serves
8

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

A Passion for Ice Cream

By Emily Luchetti

Published 2006

About

We never had pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving when I was a kid. Mom and Dad liked chocolate and caramel better. I do appreciate the merits of a good pumpkin pie, but don’t feel, as many do, that the November holiday is not complete without it. So here’s a Thanksgiving pie guaranteed to keep everyone in my family happy.

Ingredients

Pumpkin Ice Cream

3 large egg yolks
½ cup sugar
⅛ teaspoon

Dessert
Vegetarian
Pie
ice cream
Thanksgiving
November

Method

To Make the Ice Cream

In a large bowl, whisk together the egg yolks, ¼ cup of the sugar, and the salt.

Cook the milk, cream, the remaining ¼ cup sugar, the cinnamo