Double Cream and Evaporated Milk ideas

[amandaandherveg]

I asked my OH to pick up some cream last week and he bought three large cartons bless him. I also have quite a lot of evaporated milk cluttering up the cupboards. Any suggestion - fudge and tablet obviously, but what else?

[shirlthegirl43]

Evap is nice in filter coffee. Also makes custard or rice pud more creamy (tastes like Ambrosia stuff).

As to the cream, if it is double or whipping, whip it and freeze it

[Hilary B]

ice cream base?
Either can be used with soft (or cooked) fruit and sugar to make creamy-fruity ice cream.
Proportions for cream are about 4 parts fruit, 2 parts cream, 1 part sugar (varied a bit according to how sweet the fruit is). If the fruit is too hard to mash, cook it until soft, then mash, mix, and put in the ice-cream machine.
For evaporated milk you will probably need more sugar, because the lower fat content will lead to it freezing too hard.
You can also do a good chocolate ice cream using double cream, high cocoa content cooking chocolate (dark, 70% min) and a little sugar (again to get the right consistency). I found that a half-pint tub of cream, 75g of chocolate and one heaped tablespoonful of sugar (dissolved in the smallest possible amount of hot water, about 50ml) made a very rich chocolate ice cream. I added white chocolate chips when I made this last year, and my husband complained when I wouldn't make any more!

[Alice]

Milk Jelly. Kids love it.

Whisk the evaporated milk til it doubles its volume then whisk in the dissolved jelly. Leave to set.

[sewer rat]

Milk Jelly. Kids love it.

Whisk the evaporated milk til it doubles its volume then whisk in the dissolved jelly. Leave to set.

Yummy - my mum used to make this for us when we were kids and I loved it - think I might have to go get some evaporated milk and make some ! (for Iona of course )

[amandaandherveg]

My Great Grannie used to make it when I was very small - in her little tenement flat in Aberdeen with a Rotary Whisk, bless. Put me in the mood for it too SR, well done Alice.

Going to make a Sweet Pumpkin Pie - not had one for years.

[shirlthegirl43]

My mum used to make that for us as kids but I never knew how to make it. Thanks for that Alice Do you let the jelly set first?

[amandaandherveg]

If I remember correctly, you make up the jelly with half water, let it cool right down until almost setting, whip your evaporated milk then whisk it all together and let it set. Great Grannie used to call if Fluffy Jelly.

[Lemon]

I have a recipe (from back of a jelly packet) for a lime jelly cheesecake. I personally use lemon jelly but principle is the same. Crush digestives to crumbs, mix with melted butter, press into cake tin base with a loose bottom. Chill evap milk, whisk til Light fluffy and increased in volume, whisk in the cooled half set jelly (made with half the amount of water) pour onto biscuit base and chill til set.

[lainey lou]

mmmm, I made some of Nigellas lovely chocolate peanut butter fudge sauce (for icecream sundae) last week, it is LUSH!

175 ml double cream
100g milk choc, chopped
45ml golden syrup
100g peanut butter

Chuck it all in a pan and heat through till melted and combined.
Nigella suggests having it warm on top of icecream with crushed salted peanuts on the top, it is amazing but it also keeps in the fridge for a few days.

[amandaandherveg]

mmmm, I made some of Nigellas lovely chocolate peanut butter fudge sauce (for icecream sundae) last week, it is LUSH!

175 ml double cream
100g milk choc, chopped
45ml golden syrup
100g peanut butter

Chuck it all in a pan and heat through till melted and combined.
Nigella suggests having it warm on top of icecream with crushed salted peanuts on the top, it is amazing but it also keeps in the fridge for a few days.

OMG!

I could eat that straight out of the pan.

[Alison]

If I remember correctly, you make up the jelly with half water, let it cool right down until almost setting, whip your evaporated milk then whisk it all together and let it set. Great Grannie used to call if Fluffy Jelly.

Jelly Fluff in our house. Had forgotten about it until now. Was lovely as a kid but am guessing I'd not like it so much now.

[coreopsis]

You can make some icecream-1 big pot of double cream and tin of caramelised evaporated milk.Whisk the cream untill stiff,mix with milk and put into the freezer.Very rich in taste(I can't eat a lot at once)

[lainey lou]

OMG!

I could eat that straight out of the pan.

yup!!!!!

[Hilary B]

You can make some icecream-1 big pot of double cream and tin of caramelised evaporated milk.Whisk the cream untill stiff,mix with milk and put into the freezer.Very rich in taste(I can't eat a lot at once)

Is that the sweetened condensed milk? You can buy it ready caramelised, or you can boil the unopened tin for a couple of hours, allow to cool, and open when cool. Best use for that is banoffee pie!
Biscuit crumb base (crushed digestives and just enough melted butter to make them stick in the base of the cake tin). Pour over the caramelised milk. Decorate with sliced banana and whipped cream immediately before serving.