Milo Ice Cream

A few weeks ago, I was ambushed outside UOB Bank. "SURPRISE!!!!!!", cried a group of perky young people as they rushed towards me. What the fing-fing (this is my polite F word) is going on? It was not my birthday, that's for sure.

They had party hats and favors on them and I thought they were going to usher me into a happening pahtay. But no. One of them, the most aggressive of the lot, presented me with this big blue tumbler.

And then she told me to follow her into the bank for a short 5 minutes presentation. Ah...sales talk. I don't normally respond to this but I wanted the tumbler, which was crammed full of goodies heh..heh..heh... All I needed to do was to lend her my ears. Apparently the bank was promoting some medical insurance plan.

After listening for a bit, during which time, I was pretty much thinking of what dishes to pick from the chap fan stall (hmmm......marmite chicken or sweet and sour pork...hmmmm...), it was over. She took down my contact details and gave me her card. And that was it. She never heard from me again.

Now let's take a look at the loot. Oh, there is something missing. There were a few small boxes of raisins which I took out and gave to my partner. He loves raisins. 

See that sachet of Milo 3-in-1? That proved to be very handy because this month's theme on Little Thumbs Up is Milo! I still remember the Milo jingle from my childhood "Minum Milo anda jadi sihat dan kuat!".

Then there was the Milo van that would make a trip to my school every now and then to delight us with a cup if ice cold Milo. It was something to look forward to not just for the drink but for the opportunity to get out of the classroom.

And whenever any of us was sick, my mum would put us to bed with strict instructions not to read or watch TV (because it would aggravate our headache) and she will come into our room with a glass of ice cold Milo. Ah...that was something that more than made up for the lack of TV or reading. Yes, my mum gives us cold drinks when we are sick. Our family does not observe any pantang but we grew up alright.

To be honest, it has been a long, long time since I drank Milo. And since this is the Milo month, I went on Milo overload and bought Milo Nuggets (in addition to a packet of Milo powder) and pinched 2 sachets of Milo 3-in-1 from the office.

Now that I know how to make ice cream, naturally my mission is to make Milo Ice Cream. Yeah! But...but...before that I baked cookies with Milo but I'll post that a bit later, OK? We do need cookies to support the ice cream.

The whole night before I made the ice cream, I was contemplating not adding eggs into the ice cream. Eggs...no eggs... eggs...no eggs...eggs...no eggs... Why? Because (1) it is troublesome (2) I will be left with eggs whites. In the end, after giving myself a sleepless night (I know. I am extreme), I decided to use eggs after all. I torture myself like this all the time.

I also added crushed Milo Nuggets into the ice cream and I tell you, this Milo ice cream is AWESOME!! It had the full malty chocolaty flavors of Milo and it was very creamy. I was a little bit impatient and couldn't wait for the ice cream to set properly before tucking in, hence you can see that my ice cream is melting all over the place.

I did not add any sugar to the ice cream mixture because Milo 3-in-1 and Milo powder is already sweet enough for me. I also took into account the sweetness that would be contributed by the Milo Nuggets. The ice cream itself is mildly sweet, the way that I like it. With the addition of the crushed Milo Nuggets, the sweetness was amped up a bit and was fine by me.

If you love Milo, you will love this Milo ice cream. I thoroughly enjoyed this ice cream, sprinkled with crushed Milo Nuggets and Chocolate Chip Cookies and served atop a giant cookie!

Milo Ice Cream
Recipe source : Adapted from Honest Cooking

Ingredients :
- 1 cup full cream milk
- 2 cups cream
- 2 sachets of Milo 3-in-1 and Milo powder , all together makes one cup
- 5 eggs yolks
- 1 packet Milo Nuggets, crushed (optional)

Note : If you like your ice cream to be sweeter, please add 1/2 cup sugar.

Method :
1. Sift Milo 3-in-1 and Milo powder together. Any rough residue left on your sieve, just add it into the sifted ingredients. Set aside.
2. Whisk the egg yolk in a mixing bowl and set aside.
3. In a saucepan, heat milk and cream on low heat. Add the sifted Milo powder and stir until it dissolves.
4. When the mixture is hot enough or when you see tiny bubbles forming at the side of the pan, slowly pour the hot liquid into the egg yolks while whisking the egg yolks.
5. Then pour the mixture back into the saucepan and continue to stir on low heat until the mixture is thick enough to coat the back of the spoon.
6. Take the mixture off the heat and sieve into a container.
7. Cover the mixture with cling wrap, making sure the cling wrap is in contact with the surface of the mixture to prevent formation of a skin.

8. Once cool, place in the fridge to chill before churning with an ice cream machine for 40 minutes (please follow manufacturer's instructions).
9. During the last 5 minutes of churning, add the crushed Milo Nuggets (if using).

10. Transfer ice cream into an air tight container and freeze.

This post is linked to the event, Little Thumbs Up organised by Zoe of Bake for Happy Kids and Doreen of My Little Favourite DIY and hosted by Zoe of Bake with Happy Kids.