what is creme de marsala?

[sirahola]

I need Sicilian creme de marsala for an ice cream recipe. Where can I find it? Is this alcoholic? what does it taste like?

thanks

[Paulustrious]

My Sicilian partner had never heard of it. And she also commented that that is not an Italian / Sicilian name. But after looking at the French references it is just a sauce made with Marsala. If you search for "Marsala Sauce" there are many references, and many variations on some combination of sugar, eggs, cream, milk and Marsala wine. I think you are better off searching for "Marsala Ice Cream" - which I have made. Here is an example...

http://cookingwithbooze.org/fortified...

[HillJ]

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/foo...

sirahola, this is a recipe I use that incorporates a homemade marsala sauce, perhaps it can serve as a jumping off recipe for your ice cream.

[randyhusted]

I believe that it is "Marsala Cream". Take some good quality Marsala wine and mix with heavy cream. (80% Marsala/20% Cream). I've also seen people add eggs to the mixture which might be good for Ice cream. What ice cream are you making?

[sirahola]

It's called Sicilian Vanilla:

2 cups whipping cream
2 cups whole milk
1 cup sugar
pinch of nutmeg
2 tbsp of vanilla extract
9 egg yolks
2 tablespoons creme de marsala, preferably Sicilian
3/4 cup chopped and toasted walnuts

by the way, this makes 8 servings. Is that more or less than 2 quarts?

[babette feasts]

Probably about 2 quarts or a bit more after spinning - 4-1/4 c liquid, 1 c sugar (which adds about 3/4 c volume) and a little more than half cup egg = 5-1/2 cups base which should spin to at least 7 cups depending on your machine, plus the nuts.

Sounds good. I'd be tempted to use regular marsala if that was easier but I'm like that.