Candied Apple Ice Cream Pie

Kalen and I were planning on baking Conor a cake for his Birthday. But after consulting Kalen's Mom what was Conor's favorite cake, we learned he prefers pie. Apple pie is his favorite. So, we thought we would do something a little bit more special. Traditionally, hot apple pie is served with vanilla ice cream; however, we don't do things traditionally in this house. :P

Let me present...

 Candied Apple Ice Cream Pie

 Crust

 In bowl, use fingers to rub

• 1c all purpose flour
• 4T of butter, cubed

 Once it looks like bread crumbs, add

• 1T sugar
• 1 egg yolk
• 2T cold water

Mix together and collect all breading in bowl. Transfer to lightly flour pastry board. Knead until lumps are out. Roll out to fit glass 8inch pan. Fork the bottom and cover with wax paper (should help it from rising too much). Cool in fridge for 35minutes and preheat oven to 400. Bake for 10minutes. Take off wax paper. Turn off oven and let sit for 20minutes. Remove and let cool. Place in fridge once glass no longer feels hot to touch on the bottom.

Apple Pie Filling

 May be complicated. Need Centrifuge.

Peel and core 4.5 granny smith apples. Slice and put into pot. Then, take the peels, cores, and 2 granny smith apples (chopped up), and send through centrifuge. Zest one lemon and put in pot. Send the rest of the lemon through centrifuge.  Pour all the liquid into pot.

Add

• 3T butter, cubed
• 1t cinnamon
• 1/2t ground all spice
• 1/4t nutmeg
• 1/4t salt
• 2T flour

Then heat on low and stir till the butter and flour has dissolved. Crank up to Medium till it boils while stirring occasionally. Then reduce heat to low-medium and let the liquid reduce and the apples cook. Remove apples from liquid once they are soft and put in bowl to chill in fridge.

 

Candy Apple Topping

Reduce the rest of the liquid from cooking the apples. Add 2T of brown sugar. Constantly stirring on low-medium heat. Do not let boil. Continue to do so for about 10-15minutes. Once the liquid is no longer runny. Add crushed walnuts. Continue heating on low till liquid is more syrup like consistency. Pour contents in bowl and scrap bowl of all syrup. Put in fridge to cool but not get cold (otherwise it will prove harder to spread over the top of the ice cream during assembly).


It will taste like candy apples that you get at the carnival or fair.

Vanilla Ice Cream (quick version, no egg)

In bowl, add

• 2.5c heavy whipping cream
• 1.5c 1% milk
•  1T vanilla extract

Slowly stir in 

• 3/4c sugar

Once sugar has mixed evenly. Sit the bowl in fridge to let cool for 45minutes. Use the directions for your ice cream maker.  Should take about 1hour to harden.

Assembly

 Remove from Fridge

• Crust
• Apple Filling
• Candy Apple Topping

Take the Crust and relatively thin layers of

1. Ice cream
2. Apple Filling (it will sink)
3. Candy Apple topping

Oh my Pie! :)

Put the pie into Freezer and let chill for a few hours. Then serve cold.

And there you have it...

The crust was crunchy and the candy apple topping just had a great punch on top. I really think centrifuge granny smith apples with lemon zest and juice really knocked it out of the park.

Good alternative to birthday cake for sure.

Note: Next time. Make the ice cream in advance. The Ice cream didn't want to set up in less than 6 hours.