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Liquid Nitrogen Eggnog Ice Cream; Handle with Care!
Topic Started: Nov 28 2011, 01:22 PM (2,076 Views)
Mobson
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<crikey> I was really surprised to see this being made on BBC2 yesterday morning in Something for the Weekend's drink segment, when a guy, sorry - mixologist, makes interesting or unusual cocktails!

Here's the recipe, which involves liquid nitrogen, a sure Health & Safety risk, which quite frankly they underplay here...

Liquid nitrogen eggnog ice cream

With a little care, liquid nitrogen makes the creamiest ice cream around....says the BBC's webpage <erm>

Ingredients
2 free-range eggs
25g/1oz sugar
50ml /2fl oz single cream
150ml /5fl oz milk
100ml /3½fl oz brandy
150ml/5fl oz liquid nitrogen
ice cream cones
To garnish
cinnamon stick
freshly grated nutmeg

Preparation method
Place all of the ingredients into a blender and blend until smooth.
Reduce the speed and slowly add the liquid nitrogen.
(CAUTION: liquid nitrogen is extremely cold. Wear gloves when handling and avoid skin contact.)
Scoop the mixture into ice cream cones. Garnish with a cinnamon stick and a grating of nutmeg on top.

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I wonder how it fares using an ice cream machine...I have a bottle of 'Vajecny Sen' liker (egg nog), given to me by a friend from Slovakia, so I might be tempted but definitely in my ice cream maker not faffing about with a highly dangerous product that could give a severe case of finger frost bite! <yikes>

Should you wish to see this being made, in my opinion not terribly successfully because the mixologist omits the brandy in the actual recipe and has to pour it over the cones, here's the link to i-player, the relevant segment is timed at 1.03-1.08 in the 90 min prog....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b017yw34/Something_for_the_Weekend_27_11_2011/
Edited by Mobson, Nov 28 2011, 02:01 PM.
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becky sharp
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The title of it is enough to put me off,Mobs.. <crikey>
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Mobson
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Yes it does sound pretty off putting...and if you take out the brandy in the recipe and obviously ignore the liquid nitrogen, well you get a traditional egg-based dairy ice-cream!
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Fact: 80% of air is nitrogen by volume. So it’s like squirting very cold air in, as the liquid nitrogen will vapourize in a trice. Maybe it’s the 20% oxygen you crave? <mmmmm>


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Mobson
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Always! Can't have too much of the 'oxygen' - when staying in Colorado in the mountains, we 'plugged' ourselves in every night to an oxygen supply...I never looked (or felt) healthier... <angel>
Edited by Mobson, Nov 29 2011, 12:02 PM.
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