Rum Ice Cream question and or ideas....

[suz]

Traca's recipe calls for dark rum and all I have in the house is Bacardi Puerto Rican Rum, could I use this instead?

My intention is to serve the ice cream along side chocolate molton cakes...I thought it would be more interesting than vanilla.

any ideas welcomed

 

[steve2-in-la]

Not Traca but I think the negative impact would be minimal.

 

[shaun-in-to]

But maybe add or bump up the vanilla or other spices. Amber has a much milder flavor, and plus the

cold will diminish flavor. You could even add half teaspoon or so molasses. Increase any ginger or cinnamon that's in the recipe, or add a pinch, since dark rum is spiced and you want that flavor.

 

[traca]

If you're substituting white rum in the base, you may want to use brown sugar to

give you that deeper flavor that dark rum has. (I'd use dark brown sugar.)

 

[traca]

BTW, love, lov e, love rum ice cream. Resto I used to work with also uses

a cognac ice cream. I've also used coconut rum and to guild the lily, infused the milk with toasted coconut.

 

[suz]

Traca, thanks for getting to me your mailbox was full....