Best 4 Carrot Garden Ice Cream Dessert Recipes

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Indulge in a refreshing and nutritious treat with our exploration of the best carrot garden ice cream dessert recipes. This unique dessert combines the sweetness of carrots with the creaminess of ice cream, offering a delightful symphony of flavors and textures. Embark on a culinary journey as we present a variety of recipes that cater to different tastes and preferences, ensuring an unforgettable dessert experience. From simple and classic preparations to more elaborate and innovative creations, our guide will provide you with the inspiration and instructions to craft the perfect carrot garden ice cream dessert that will tantalize your taste buds and leave you craving for more.

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CARROT GARDEN ICE CREAM DESSERT



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When I was a kid, my mom made an ice cream dessert topped with gummy worms. I've riffed on it with carrots made out of frosting. -Karen Enns, Kamloops, British Columbia

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Desserts

Time 15m

Yield 12 servings

Number Of Ingredients 6

1 package (15-1/2 ounces) Oreo cookies
1-1/2 quarts vanilla ice cream
1 carton (8 ounces) frozen whipped topping, thawed
1/2 cup canned vanilla frosting
Orange paste food coloring
2 to 3 pieces pull-apart green apple licorice

Steps:

  • Finely crush half of the cookies; coarsely crush the remaining cookies., In a large bowl, beat ice cream, whipped topping and finely crushed cookies until blended. Spread into an 8-in. square dish; sprinkle with crushed cookies. Freeze until firm., Tint frosting orange; pipe carrot tops in rows over dessert. Cut green apple licorice into 1-in. pieces; separate strands, leaving one end intact. Place on carrots to form stems.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 414 calories, Fat 20g fat (10g saturated fat), Cholesterol 29mg cholesterol, Sodium 228mg sodium, Carbohydrate 56g carbohydrate (39g sugars, Fiber 2g fiber), Protein 3g protein.

CARROT AND ORANGE ICE CREAM



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Provided by Food Network

Categories     dessert

Time 43m

Yield 1 quart

Number Of Ingredients 8

2 cups carrot slices
2 cups half-and-half
2 cups heavy cream
1/2 vanilla bean, split lengthwise
2 wide strips orange rind
1 cinnamon stick
9 egg yolks
3/4 cup sugar

Steps:

  • In a small saucepan, boil the carrot slices in water until very tender. Drain them then make a puree and reserve it.
  • In a saucepan over medium heat, heat the half-and-half, cream, vanilla, orange rind, and cinnamon stick, whisking occasionally to make sure the mixture doesn't burn or stick to the bottom of the pan. When the cream mixture reaches a fast simmer (do not let it boil), turn off the heat and let the flavors infuse for 10 minutes.
  • Whisk the egg yolks and sugar together. In a thin stream, whisk half of the cream mixture into the egg yolk mixture. Then pour the egg-cream mixture back into the saucepan containing the rest of the cream mixture. Heat over medium heat, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon. At 160 degrees F, the mixture will give off a puff of steam. When the mixture reaches 180 degrees F it will be thickened and creamy, like eggnog. If you do not have a thermometer, test it by dipping a wooden spoon into the mixture. Run your finger down the back of the spoon. If the stripe remains clear, the mixture is ready; if the edges blur, the mixture is not quite thick enough yet. When it is ready, quickly remove it from the heat.
  • Meanwhile, in a bowl put 2 handfuls of ice cubes in the bottom, and add cold water to cover. Rest a smaller bowl in the ice water. Combine the carrot puree with the custard, mixing well. Pour the cream mixture through a fine sieve or chinois (to remove the vanilla bean pieces, orange rind, and cinnamon sticks) and into the smaller bowl. Chill 3 hours, then continue according to the directions of your ice cream maker.

CARROT ICE CREAM CAKE



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Provided by Food Network

Categories     dessert

Time 7h20m

Yield 6 to 8 servings

Number Of Ingredients 40

About 10 ounces oil
About 15 ounces sugar
4 eggs
About 10 ounces all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
2 cups organic carrots (about 3 large)
8 1/2 ounces pineapple (1 large golden pineapple)
1 cup hickory nuts
1 liter milk
About 17 to 18 ounces cream
About 14 ounces sugar, divided
About 5 ounces glucose
1/2 teaspoon salt
Cream cheese or (recommended: Brilliant Savarin Cheese)
30 egg yolks
About 17 to 18 ounces carrot reduction (need 30 large carrots)
About 3 1/2 ounces pineapple reduction (need 1 large pineapple)
About 17 to 18 ounces milk
8 ounces heavy cream
About 8 1/2 ounces sugar
About 3 1/2 ounces dry milk
About 4 1/2 ounces dry glucose
About 1/4-ounce ice cream stabilizer
About 2.2 pounds fresh pineapple puree (2 large golden pineapples)
About 8 1/2 ounces sugar
About 1/4-ounce Pectin NH (found in specialty stores)
Pinch salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
White Chocolate Spray:
About 17 to 18 ounces cocoa butter
About 22 ounces white chocolate (recommended: Valhrona)
About 3 1/2 ounces glucose
About 7 ounces fondant icing
1 cup whole hickory nuts, toasted
Toothpicks
Masking tape
About 17 to 18 ounces white tempered chocolate

Steps:

  • For the Carrot Cake:
  • In a kitchen aid bowl, with paddle attachment, add the oil and sugar. Mix well, about 1 minute.
  • Add the eggs to the bowl and mix. Once the eggs are mixed, sift the dry ingredients and add to the bowl. Mix until incorporated. When the flour has been mixed, add the carrots, drained pineapple and nuts. Mix well, scraping down the sides of the bowl. Pour the mixture onto a full sized sheet pan that has been lined with a silpat.
  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and bake until golden brown, approximately 10 minutes, rotating at the halfway point.
  • Cool the cake to room temperature then place in the freezer to chill.
  • For the Cheese Ice Cream:
  • Place the milk, cream, half of the sugar, glucose and salt in a saucepan. Bring it to a simmer.
  • While this is heating, crack the yolks, and place the other half of the sugar to the side.
  • Place the cheese in a bain marie that has an ice bath nearby.
  • Once the milks are hot, whisk the sugar into the yolks, temper the eggs with the hot milk, and stir. Place it back in the pan, and onto medium heat. Cook the ice cream until thickened enough to coat the back of a wooden spoon. Pour the anglaise into the bain marie, over the cheese. Allow it to cool completely, then burmix the anglaise and strain it through a fine sieve. Pour into your ice cream machine and chill in freezer for at least 1 hour.
  • For the Carrot Ice Cream:
  • Begin by peeling and juicing approximately 30 carrots. Using a juicer, juice the carrots to yield 2 liters juice. Cook the carrot juice until reduced to about 17 to 18 ounces. It should have become thick.
  • Juice 1 pineapple with a juicer and then just like the carrot juice, cook it until reduced to 3 1/2 ounces.
  • To begin the ice cream, place the milk and cream in a saucepan. Mix together the sugar, dry milk, dry glucose and stabilizer. Whisk it into the milks. Cook the mixture to 185 degrees F.
  • While the mixture is heating pour the carrot juice and pineapple into a bain marie with an ice bath. Pour the mixture over the juices and cool completely.
  • Strain through a chinois and put in ice cream machine. Freeze for at least 1 hour.
  • For the Pineapple Chips:
  • With the left over pulp from the grated pineapple from the carrot cake, place it into the blender and puree. Pat the chips out onto a silpat and sprinkle with powdered sugar.
  • Preheat the oven to 210 degrees F.
  • Place the chips into the oven for at least 2 hours.
  • Once the chips are dry, take the chips out of the oven, and turn the temperature up.
  • Using a small wooden dowel, heat the chips until pliable and roll the chips around the dowel and then pull them off. Cool, set aside.
  • For the Pineapple Sauce:
  • Using fresh Pineapple, peel 2 pineapples, cut them up and remove the core. Place it into the blender and puree until smooth. Strain the puree through a chinois. Mix the sugar, pectin and salt. In a pan combine the puree with the sugar and pectin and add the vanilla.
  • Cook on medium heat until thick, approximately 3 minutes after it comes to a simmer.
  • Strain the sauce and put into a bain marie to cool completely. Place in a squeeze bottle.
  • For the White Chocolate Spray:
  • Heat the cocoa butter until melted in the microwave. Heat the white chocolate separately in the microwave until melted. Now that the 2 are melted, burmix them together and mix in the vanilla and salt. Strain through a chinois. Keep in a warm place until ready to spray your cake.
  • For the Fondant Sugar Work:
  • Place the glucose and fondant together in a small pan, and cook until pale golden. Pour it into a small glass bowl. Allow to cool but not set up.
  • For the Hickory Nut Sugar Spears:
  • While cooling pierce 6 hickory nuts with toothpicks. Place a piece of masking tape up on the edge of a table or the edge of a shelf. Dip the nut into the sugar and stick the toothpick into the masking tape so that it can hang and the sugar drips and it cools. Cut it however long you want your spear.
  • Assemble the cake:
  • Now that the cake is frozen, cut out pieces of cake using a 6-inch cake ring. With large cookie cutters cut out 2 more circles that are 4 inches in diameter. Place the cake ring on a cardboard that is the same size. Line the ring with a piece of acetate. Place the largest piece of cake on the bottom.
  • Paddle the cheese ice cream in a kitchen aid bowl to soften it. Place it into a piping bag and pipe around the base of the cake and all the way up the sides of the ring. Just so the sides of the ring are covered with ice cream. Allow it to chill 5 minutes.
  • Paddle the carrot ice cream the same way, and place it into a piping bag.
  • Pipe a layer of ice cream over the cake. Place it into the freezer 10 minutes.
  • Place another layer of cake, and repeat with ice cream. Place it into the freezer for 10 minutes.
  • Pipe a thin layer of pineapple sauce over the ice cream. Allow to freeze for 10 minutes.
  • Pipe a layer of cheese ice cream over the sauce. Freeze for 10 minutes.
  • Place the last cake over, and pipe the cheese ice cream on the top to finish. With an off-set long metal spatula, smooth out the top. Allow the cake to freeze for at least 1 hour.
  • Once frozen, pull out the cake, remove the ring and the acetate. Smooth out the sides.
  • Prepare to spray the cake with the white chocolate spray.
  • Once the cake is sprayed, place it into the freezer while tempering chocolate.
  • Temper chocolate and spread onto transfer sheet, cut as desired. Place the tempered chocolate on the outside of the cake, adhering it by using honey. Garnish the top with pineapple sauce and hickory nut spears.
  • Serve with pineapple sauce.

CARROT ICE CREAM PIE



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This refreshing dessert tastes a little bit like orange sherbet. I make several pies at a time and keep them on hand in the freezer. My guests are always surprised to learn they're eating carrots!-Bethel Anderson, St. James, Minnesota

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Desserts

Time 35m

Yield 6-8 servings.

Number Of Ingredients 7

1-1/3 cups graham cracker crumbs (about 21 squares)
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
1/3 cup butter, melted
1/3 cup thawed lemonade concentrate
2-1/4 cups chopped carrots
1/4 cup sugar
1 quart vanilla ice cream, softened

Steps:

  • In a small bowl, combine cracker crumbs and brown sugar; stir in butter. Press onto the bottom and up the sides of an ungreased 9-in. pie plate. Refrigerate for 30 minutes. , Meanwhile, place lemonade concentrate, carrots and sugar in a food processor or blender; cover and process until carrots are finely chopped and mixture is blended. Transfer to a bowl; stir in ice cream until well blended. Pour into crust. Cover and freeze for 8 hours or overnight. Remove from the freezer 15-20 minutes before serving.

Nutrition Facts :

Tips:

  • Choose fresh and sweet carrots. The quality of your carrots will greatly impact the flavor of your ice cream. Look for carrots that are brightly colored and free of blemishes.
  • Peel and grate the carrots finely. This will help them to blend smoothly into the ice cream.
  • Use a high-quality ice cream maker. This will ensure that your ice cream is smooth and creamy. If you don't have an ice cream maker, you can also freeze the ice cream mixture in a covered container and stir it every few hours until it is frozen solid.
  • Don't over-churn the ice cream. Over-churning can make the ice cream grainy. Once the ice cream is thick and creamy, stop churning and transfer it to a covered container.
  • Store the ice cream in the freezer for at least 4 hours before serving. This will allow the ice cream to firm up and develop its full flavor.

Conclusion:

Carrot garden ice cream is a delicious and refreshing dessert that is perfect for any occasion. It is easy to make and can be enjoyed by people of all ages. If you are looking for a unique and flavorful ice cream recipe, this is the one for you!

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