Kiwi Ice Cream

 Kiwi Ice Cream

So at work, for Christmas, one of our tow truck drivers brought us a box of kiwis.  I guess he does this ever year, and needless to say, for the most part they go to waste.  So after two days racking my brain trying to figure out what on earth I could make using kiwi's, the light bulb (duh!) finally went on.  I could make the thing I always make - ice cream!

4 cups Heavy Cream
3 cups Sugar (2 cups for the base - one for the kiwi mixture)
6 Egg Yolks
Approximately 20(ish) Kiwi's

I blended the kiwi pieces in a blender, get it nice and smooth.  Don't worry about the seeds - they are totally edible.  Add the extra cup of sugar to this.  You may need more than that.  My ice cream was quite tart. So I either needed to add more sugar to the kiwi mixture or another suggestion was to add strawberries.  Next year with the box of kiwis maybe I'll make Kiwi Strawberry ice cream. 

Note: With fruit based ice creams, I make and cook the base on it's own (heavy cream, sugar, egg yolks).  I combine the base and fruit mixture in the container for cooling - that way the fruit doesn't get cooked.

Another Note:  When making fruit ice cream, due to the juice, you loose some of the creamy texture.