Salted Pecan-Maple Ice Cream

Name: Salted Pecan-Maple Ice Cream
Total time: 110
Yield: 8
Ingredients: ½ cup coarsely chopped pecans; 2 tablespoons white sugar; ½ teaspoon sea salt, or to taste; ¾ cup white sugar; ¼ cup real maple syrup; 2 eggs; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1 drop maple-flavored extract, or to taste; 3 cups half-and-half; 1 pinch coarse sea salt, or to taste

Recipe by livduran from allrecipes.com

Dessert 2 Hr. 50 Mins.

Ingredients

8 servings

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½ cup coarsely chopped pecans
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2 tablespoons white sugar
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½ teaspoon sea salt, or to taste
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¾ cup white sugar
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¼ cup real maple syrup

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2 eggs
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1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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1 drop maple-flavored extract, or to taste
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3 cups half-and-half
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1 pinch coarse sea salt, or to taste

Instructions

Place pecans into a heavy saucepan over medium heat and toast the nuts, stirring constantly, until fragrant, 1 to 2 minutes.
Sprinkle 2 tablespoons sugar over pecans and stir constantly until the sugar melts to a light brown syrup and coats the pecans. Immediately pull the pan off the heat; sprinkle with 1/2 teaspoon sea salt.
Turn hot pecans out onto a piece of parchment paper and cool thoroughly; break apart any large clumps. Set candied pecans aside.
Whisk 3/4 cup sugar, maple syrup, eggs, vanilla extract, and maple flavoring in a large bowl until smooth. Slowly whisk in half-and-half.
Pour mixture into an ice cream maker and freeze according to manufacturer's instructions. Mix the candied pecans into the softly-frozen ice cream. Sprinkle servings with a pinch of coarsely ground sea salt.