Coffee Ice Cream

Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Servings: 8
Yield: 8 servings

Description

This coffee ice cream recipe steeps coffee in cream overnight to make this rich and creamy frozen dessert with added dry milk powder and coffee liqueur.

Ingredients

2 cups heavy cream, divided
3/4 cup coffee beans, coarsely ground
1 cup milk
1/2 cup superfine sugar
3 tablespoons nonfat dry milk powder
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoons milk
2 teaspoons tapioca starch
2 tablespoons coffee-flavored liqueur (such as Kahlua®)

Directions

1 Combine 1 cup cream and coffee in a container with a lid; stir to combine, seal, and steep in the refrigerator, 8 hours to overnight.
2 Line a fine-mesh sieve with cheesecloth; place over a medium saucepan. Strain coffee-cream mixture through cheesecloth; squeezing cheesecloth to extract as much liquid as possible. Discard cheesecloth and solids.
3 Stir remaining 1 cup cream and 1 cup milk into coffee-cream liquid; bring to a gentle simmer over medium-low heat. Stir in sugar, dry milk powder, and vanilla extract; simmer, 3 to 4 minutes. Off heat, set aside ice cream base.
4 Whisk 2 tablespoons milk and tapioca starch together in a small bowl; stir into ice cream base. Stir in coffee liqueur; cool to room temperature, at least 20 minutes. Refrigerate, 4 hours to overnight.
5 Pour ice cream base into an ice cream maker and freeze according to manufacturer's instructions, about 20 minutes. Transfer to an airtight, freezer-safe container and freeze until firm, at least 6 hours.