Flavor #55 - Apple Cider Donut

When I first started on this quest I asked my Facebook friends for their favorite flavors. As it was June, Apple Cider Donut was one I was looking forward to, but only in the Fall. I had the recipe planned when Zach walked through the door the other day with a big sack of apple cider donuts a friend gave him from one of the local farms in North Andover. The race was on at that moment to get this together before the donuts went stale.

 1 1/2 Cups of Heavy Cream

1 1/2 Cups of Milk

1/2 Cup of Sugar

1 Pinch of Salt

1/2 Teaspoon of Mace or All Spice (Optional)

4 Cups of Apple Cider

2-3 Apple Cider Donuts

This all starts with the reduction of the 4 cups of apple cider down to 1/2 a cup. This will take a good 90 minutes of carefully heating and stirring, keeping the cider from burning, scalding and eventually from sticking to the sauce pan.  The reduction will need to cool but be sure to take it our of the pan before it sticks. I used a Pyrex measuring cup to hold it while it cooled and became a sticky ball of goo, which made it easy to reheat in a hot water bath over the stove. Put the ice cream mix together and warm that in a sauce pan adding the cider sludge over the heat. Heat is the only way to get the sludge back into liquid form and mix well with the milk and cream. Once the mix is smooth, cool the mixture again and toss in the machine.  I chopped 2 1/2 donuts to get the amount I was looking for. As donuts can be different sizes use as many as you like. I like mine a little stale and crisp around the edges and these made for a great addition to this flavor.

Thanks Travis!

Enjoy!