durian ice cream

If you like to eat durian, you may want to try making your own durian ice cream. You do not need to buy the expensive D24 durian. I bought several boxes of durians that were sold at S$2 each. In the end, I only needed two to three boxes of durians. Hmm... what shall I do with the rest of the durians? Durian bread? Durian muffins? Let me place some thought as to the recipe. Do watch this space for more updates!

When you are making ice cream without the use of an ice cream maker, you have two options:-

(a) take the trouble to stir the ice cream when it has been placed in the freezer for 1 hour (and repeat this process a few times); or

(b) eat it as it is (that is, without the constant stirring).

For so long as you use a main ingredient that is creamy (eg. banana, durian, avocado, etc), you do not actually have to adopt option (a) above. I have so far made banana raisin ice cream and durian ice cream using option (b) above and whilst the ice cream would, of course, have been more creamy had I used an ice cream maker or had I stirred the ice cream every hour or so, Da and I do not have complaints about the texture of the ice cream.

INGREDIENTS

400g durian flesh (puree)
80g castor sugar (or to taste)
160g plain yoghurt
1 tsp durian essence
200g whipping cream

METHOD

1. Remove the seeds from the durian flesh.

2. Place the durian flesh, sugar, yoghurt and durian essence in a blender and blend until smooth. Taste a bit of the puree - add more castor sugar if the puree is not sweet enough and add more durian essence if the durian flavour is not strong enough.

3. Whisk the whipping cream using a hand whisk until stiff.

4. Pour the durian puree into the whipped cream and stir until evenly mixed.

5. Place the mixture in a container and freeze overnight.

TIP

1. Depending on the type of durian that you have bought, you may need to adjust the amount of sugar and durian essence accordingly. For example:-

(a) the cheaper durians (such as those sold for S$2 per box) tend to be less sweet and flavourful, so you may need to add more sugar and/or durian essence;

(b) Thai durians tend to be fleshy and sweet, so you may need to cut down on the amount of sugar;

(c) D24 durians tend to be bitter-sweet, so you may need to add more sugar.

2. It is important to do a "taste test" when you have pureed the durian mixture before you add it to the whipped cream so that you can add more sugar and/or durian essence to suit your tastebuds.