On 2016-07-21 11:25 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Jul 2016 18:31:42 -0300, wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 20 Jul 2016 17:20:44 -0400, Dave Smith
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> On 2016-07-20 4:18 PM, Gary wrote:
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, 19 Jul 2016 17:46:29 -0700, Taxed and Spent
>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 7/5/2016 9:05 AM, wrote:
>>>>>>> On Tue, 5 Jul 2016 06:11:51 -0700, Taxed and Spent
>>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> All the recipes I have seen just say to soak the raisins in rum.
>>>>>>>> shouldn't there be some spices too?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I don't put spices, I do soak the raisins overnight though so they are
>>>>>>> really plump and full of rum.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks all for your comments. About food!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I couldn't find golden raisins and I didn't want to look all over heck
>>>>>> for them. I will keep my eyes open in my travels for future batches.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I bought some Costco spiced rum - darn it is good!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I macerated the raisins for a couple days - putting more rum that the
>>>>>> recipes all seem to call for, to properly soak the raisins.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I used 2/3 brown sugar and 1/3 white sugar.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I used a tiny bit of cinnamon.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I should have REALLY chilled the mixture before putting it into the ice
>>>>>> cream machine, so it wouldn't have taken so darn long. I did measure
>>>>>> the temperature when it really started turning into ice cream - about 14
>>>>>> degrees.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Darn is it good!
>>>>>
>>>>> Lol don't forget too much alcohol in the mix and it won't really set
>>>>> too well.
>>>>
>>>> I would think that most people would cook the alcohol off before using
>>>> it for ice cream. Cooking won't get rid of it all but most of it and you
>>>> still have the taste left.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Pshaw. The alcohol is a nice addition to the ice cream. One of my
>>> favourites to use with ice cream in Gran Marnier. A little bit of that
>>> goes a long way.
>>
>> 'Cook the alcohol off" - heathen!
>
> If the rum is soaked into the raisins just how will you cook the
> alcohol off... and why would you want to... recipes don't specify
> enough rum to affect freezing.
> http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2...ice-cream.html
>
Recipes I have followed specify adding alcohol as the ice cream starts
setting up because adding it earlier will affect the freezing. The
recipe you linked also says to add the rum soaked raisins when the ice
cream is almost churned.