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booza ice cream

Booza Ice Cream Recipe

Booza is the predecessor to modern ice cream the way we are familiar with it today.
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Course: Sweets
Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Keyword: Ice Cream, Lebanese
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
FREEZING TIME: 5 hours
Total Time: 5 hours 20 minutes
Servings: 12 servings
Calories: 201kcal

Ingredients

  • cups Cream
  • cups Milk
  • 1 tbsp Sahlab or ¼ cup cornstarch
  • ¼ tsp Mastic
  • 1 cup Sugar
  • 1 tbsp Orange Blossom Water

Instructions

  • Whisk together the sugar, mastic and sahlab, and place in a pot.
  • Slowly pour in the milk and cream into the pot while whisking.
  • Place on medium heat.
  • Slowly heat while whisking until just before boiling. The mixture should be getting very thick by now.
  • Remove from the heat and whisk in the orange blossom water. Pour into a bowl and allow to cool completely.
  • Once cool, whisk well and place in the freezer for thirty minutes.
  • Remove and whisk again, and replace in the freezer for 30 minutes more.
  • Once again remove from the freezer and this time using a spatula, mix and fold over ice cream.
  • Repeat this procedure until the mixture reaches a frozen ice cream consistency.
  • Place in an airtight container and place in the freezer.
  • To serve, scoop into a ball and sprinkle with chopped pistachios.

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Nutrition

Calories: 201kcal | Carbohydrates: 21g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Cholesterol: 46mg | Sodium: 33mg | Potassium: 89mg | Sugar: 19g | Vitamin A: 520IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 77mg | Iron: 1mg