Pralines and Cream Ice Cream

For the pralines:
Melt butter in a saucepan or frying pan over medium heat. Add pecans and both sugars. Toss to coat pecans. Simmer over medium heat for approximately 5–7 minutes, stirring often, or until sugar mixture turns thick. Remove from heat and let cool.

Once cooled, carefully transfer pecans and hardened candy substance to a cutting board and chop into smaller pieces.

For the ice cream base:
Whisk eggs until fluffy and light, approximately 1–2 minutes. Gradually whisk in sugar, then continue until fully blended. Add cream and milk and whisk to blend.

Add sweet cream base to ice cream machine as per manufacturer’s instructions. When ice cream is close to being done, gradually add candied pecans by the handful.

Once all the pecans are mixed into ice cream, empty ice cream into pints and put in the freezer for approximately 15 minutes to solidify completely.