Christine Manfield

Cassia ice-cream

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

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By Christine Manfield

Published 1999

  • About

Perfect with Cinnamon-baked Apples or any other apple preparation that incorporates the warmth of cinnamon.

Ingredients

  • 500 ml full-cream milk
  • 1 tablespoon cassia bark, broken into small pieces
  • 6

Method

  1. Bring milk and cassia bark to a simmer in a saucepan over very low heat. The slower the infusion, the better the flavour.
  2. Whisk egg yolks and castor sugar in a bowl until pale and creamy.
  3. Whisk in hot milk mixture.
  4. Stand bowl over a saucepan of gently simmering water and cook, stirring, until mixture coats back of a spoon. Strain custard thr