Peach ice cream pie
This recipe requires a food processor and a 9-inch pie pan. If you’re making this at the beach, do make sure you have the proper equipment on hand before getting started.
Serves: 8
Hands on time: 30 minutes
Total time: 4 hours
1 cup granulated sugar, divided
1⁄2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 cups (about 4 whole) peeled and sliced peaches
45 vanilla wafers
1⁄4 cup (1⁄2 stick) butter, melted
11⁄2 quarts vanilla ice cream
1 cup heavy whipping cream
In a medium saucepan,
combine 1⁄2 cup granulated sugar, cinnamon and vanilla extract. Chop 2 cups of the peaches into small pieces and stir them into the sugar mixture (reserve the remaining 2 cups of peaches for the peach sauce, below). Cook the mixture over medium heat for about 5 minutes, or until the sugar is dissolved and the mixture is bubbly but the peaches are still crisp. Remove from heat and cool completely for about an hour.
In the meantime, make the crust. In the bowl of a food processor, combine 35 of the vanilla wafers and 2 tablespoons of granulated sugar and process until fine. Add the melted butter and process until well-combined. Press the mixture into the bottom and up the sides of a 9-inch pie pan. Freeze the crust for about 30 minutes.
Allow the vanilla ice cream to sit at room temperature until slightly softened, about 15 minutes. Coarsely crush the remaining 10 vanilla wafers.
Place the ice cream in a large bowl and carefully stir in the cooled peach mixture and the coarsely crushed wafers until the ice cream is just swirled in a marble pattern. Pour the filling into the crust, mounding in the center and smoothing the surface, and freeze until hard, at least 3 hours.
Meanwhile, make the peach sauce. In a food processor or blender, combine the remaining 2 cups peaches with 1/4 cup sugar. Puree and store in the refrigerator.
To prepare the sweetened whipping cream, beat the cream with the remaining 2 tablespoons sugar until soft peaks form. Store in the refrigerator.
To serve, drizzle each dessert plate with peach sauce. Place a slice of pie on top of the sauce, then top the pie with whipped cream.
(Recipe courtesy of Dailey’s in Atlanta)