Skyrís

Skyr ice cream

This article contains advertising / links to other blogs - Volker from the food blog "Volker mampft" is the organizer of the food blogger campaign " Culinary World Tour ", and this month the trip stops in Iceland of all places - exactly the topic that is close to my heart!

So of course I didn't miss the opportunity to take part in this travel stop and contribute a typical Icelandic recipe.

Iceland was settled over 1,000 years ago by Norwegian Vikings, who settled here with their families, their servants and slaves, their pets, horses, sheep, cows, chickens and pigs. They brought their recipes with them from their old homeland, including the traditional recipe for Skyr.

Skyr is actually (technically) cream cheese, given the bacterial strains used, the addition of rennet and the corresponding whey formation. Pure skyr tastes quite sour, which is why Icelanders always eat it with milk or cream. Skyr basically has a nice, creamy consistency and can therefore be processed wonderfully.

In the past, each farm made its own Skyr and stored it in large wooden Skyr barrels - these days, however, most Icelanders buy their Skyr quite simply in the supermarket, where there is a very large selection.

Sure, there are many different recipes for Skyr ice cream, even here on my blog, but this is one of my absolute favorite recipes!



Ingredients

4 egg yolks
200 g brown sugar
450 g blueberry skyr
200 ml whipping cream


Preparation

Mix the egg yolks thoroughly with the sugar.

Add the blueberry skyr to the egg yolk and sugar mixture and mix vigorously.

Beat the cream separately...

...and carefully fold into the skyr mixture.

Then put the mixture into a suitable mold, if available a king cake mold lined with cling film...

...and place in the freezer for at least 4 hours until the ice cream is frozen.

Then cut the ice cream into slices and serve with fresh blueberries.
Well then - bon appetit!

[Translated from here.]