3 Marmite Ice Creams That Are Actually Delicious!

I recently sent a copy of my no-churn ice cream recipe book to a friend and then, what a surprise, the other day she asked about the possibility of Marmite Ice Cream! “Hmm” I thought, “Nutter!” 

I kept on thinking, however, and suddenly came up with a plan – three plans actually!

In these recipes the amount of Marmite you add is merely advisory. I have suggested a quantity but, the beauty of home cooking is that you can make the dish exactly as you fancy.

Salted caramel being such a delicious food pairing and Marmite being so salty I decided to try making Marmited Caramel Ice Cream! Here’s what I came up with.

Marmite & Caramel Ice Cream

This ice cream is very rich and smooth with a delicious salty hit.

100g/½ cup white sugar
60ml/¼ cup water
500ml/2 cups double cream
200g/⅔ cup condensed milk
30g Marmite

~   Set the cream beside the stove.
~   In a deep saucepan over low heat stir together the sugar and the water till the sugar is dissolved and then bring to a boil. DON’T stir any more but when it begins turning golden you can swirl it about a bit to even out the colour.
~   Cook to a deep golden brown watching carefully and swirling occasionally.
~   As soon as it reaches this colour, all at once yet carefully (it will boil rapidly) add the cream and stir over low heat till the caramel, which will have hardened and gone all interesting, has melted back into the cream. DON’T re-boil the cream as this will reduce it and make less ice cream!
~   Cool then chill thoroughly – overnight would be a good idea.
~   When the cream is really cold whisk it till thick and fold in the condensed milk and some of the Marmite, taste and add a little more bearing in mind that flavours are muted when chilled.
~   Now give another short whisk to make sure the Marmite is fully merged in.
~   Decant into a suitable container, cover and freeze.

Marmite Ripple Ice Cream

This ice cream is also rich and smooth with a lovely salty crunchy ripple running through it.

~   Make the ice cream above but leave out the Marmite!!!
~   Decant into the container and pop in the freezer while you make a …

Marmite Syrup

100g caster or granulated sugar
50ml water
30g Marmite

~   Bring the water to a boil in a small pan, add the sugar and stir over medium low heat till the sugar has dissolved.
~   When the liquid is clear reduce the heat to low, cover, and cook five minutes more. During this stage of the proceedings, do not stir but do pay attention.
~   The syrup is ready when it forms a thread if you drip a little off the spoon. If you have a sugar thermometer you are aiming for 223˚-235˚F which is 106˚-112˚C.
~   Stir in the Marmite and cool a little.
~   Add to the caramel ice cream that is chilling in the freezer in the following way …

Drizzle the syrup over the ice cream in a figure of 8, or any other enthusiastic swirly shape, and stir it through just once or twice making sure to do a large expansive sort of stir down to the bottom and out to the sides of the mixture. Freeze. When the ice cream is served the cutting, scooping and spooning will cause it to ripple further.

This Caramel Ice Cream is, oddly enough, even delicious without Marmite!

And now for possibly my most peculiar ice cream so far …

Marmite on Toast Ice Cream

I came up with this ideas when writing this post! A while ago I made a gorgeous ice cream (big headed or what!); Hot Cross Bun Ice Cream and it occurred to me I could do a similar thing with Marmite on toast – so I did.

20g fresh breadcrumbs
25g butter
10g Marmite
70g soft light brown sugar
250ml double cream
100g condensed milk

~   Preheat the oven to 180ºC/350°F/160ºC fan/gas 4.
~   Melt the butter and stir in the Marmite.
~   Off the heat stir in the breadcrumbs and the sugar.
~   Spread out onto a baking tray.
~   When the oven is hot bake the crumbs watching carefully and stirring occasionally till crisp and a little darker – about 10 minutes.
~   Cool completely.
~   Whisk the cream to thick.
~   Fold in the condensed milk and then the crumbs.
~   Freeze.

Here are some more Savoury, Interesting and Peculiar Ice Creams and here some more Normal Ideas for Marmite. And here are …

A Few More Unusual Marmite Ideas

I am not the only one to be acting strangely with Marmite. Have you tried …

~ Time Out’s recipe for Honey & Marmite Old Fashioned
~ Marmite Chocolate Crisps
~ If you fancy smelling like Marmite see here – Lynx Africa Marmite body spray!
~ Marmite Very Peculiar Chocolate

Apparently this is described by Unilever, who make the chocolate, as

“a devious treat for the in-laws’ at Christmas”

It is nothing to be scared of but not gobsmackingly delicious either, I kind of agree with this guy.

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