Caramel Ice Cream Pie topped with Crunchy Peanut Brittle

Name: How to cook Caramel Ice Cream Pie topped with Crunchy Peanut Brittle - cookcic.com
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Cuisine: Us

Introduce

Chef :

Keith Vigon

Caramel Ice Cream Pie topped with Crunchy Peanut Brittle

This sounds complicated, and although 'rich' with ingredients, the compliments you will get will make it a breeze! If you make it, and like it, pleae add a photo.

Ingredient

/2 vanilla bean, split lengthwise

2 tablespoons (1/4 stick)

/4 cup (packed) dark brown sugar

5 tablespoons

/2 cup salted roasted cocktail peanuts

1 (1/2 teaspoons)

natural-style creamy peanut butter

1 cup

coarsely chopped peanut brittle

3 pints

premium vanilla ice cream, slightly softened

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

FOR CARAMEL SAUCE Place cream in small saucepan. Scrape in seeds from vanilla bean; add bean. Bring just to simmer. Mix in butter and sea salt; set vanilla cream aside. Then stir in the sugar, 1/3 cup water, and corn syrup in heavy medium saucepan over medium heat until sugar dissolves. Increase heat; boil without stirring until syrup turns deep amber, brushing down sides with wet pastry brush and swirling pan occasionally, about 12 minutes. Remove from heat.

* Step 2

1.Whisk in vanilla cream (mixture will bubble). Set sauce aside.

* Step 3

FOR PIE: Heat up oven to 220C - 375F. Line a 22cm diameter pie dish with foil. Finely grind graham crackers and brown sugar in processor. Add butter and vanilla; blend until moist crumbs form. Add nuts; blend just until finely chopped. Using plastic wrap as aid, press crumbs firmly onto bottom and up sides of foil-lined pie dish. Freeze 20-30 minutes.

* Step 4

Bake crust until brown, about 15 minutes. Freeze 1 hour. Using foil, lift crust from dish; carefully peel off foil. Return crust to pie dish. Drizzle 1/2 cup caramel sauce over bottom of crust. Freeze 30 minutes. Spoon 1 1/2 pints ice cream into crust; smooth top. Drizzle 3 tbs peanut butter over, then 2 tbs sauce. Sprinkle with 1/2 cup brittle. Freeze 1 hour.

* Step 5

Spoon remaining 800cc - 1.5 pints of ice cream over; smooth top. Drizzle 2 tablespoons peanut butter over, then 2 tablespoons sauce. Sprinkle edge of pie with 1/2 cup brittle. Freeze 4 hours. DO AHEAD: Pie can be made 3 days ahead; tent with foil and freeze. Cover and chill remaining sauce.