Dessert Recipes > Butterscotch Parfait

How to make butterscotch parfait:
A delicate and delicious frozen dessert for you to try.



Ingredients

just over 1/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup butter
4 egg yolks
1/4 pint double cream, whipped
vanilla extract to taste
pinch salt
1/4 pint water
(see measure conversions for more information)

Method

- Put the butter into a saucepan and melt carefully.
- Stir in the sugar and cook for 1 minute.
- Add the water, stirring well until smooth.
- Add the egg yolks, stirring all the time until the mixture thickens.
- Remove from heat and allow to cool.
- Fold in the whipped cream.
- Add the salt and vanilla.
- Freeze in a suitable container.
- Stir several times during freezing to break up any ice crystals.
(Use ice cream maker if available.)


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