Sweet Corn Elotes Ice Cream Cone

A Fry-Ready® tortilla is rolled into a crisp golden cone, fried, and coated in a chili-cinnamon sugar mix. Filled with scoops of sweet corn and caramel ice cream, then topped with a brown sugar tortilla streusel. Finished with cotija crumbles and a dusting of ancho chili powder. Sweet, salty, tangy; pure street corn exuberance in dessert form.

Ingredients

  • 1 each Chile-Cinnamon Tortilla Cone
  • 1 cup Sweet Corn Ice Cream see related recipe
  • 1 tbsp Tortilla Streusel
  • 1 tsp Cotija cheese, crumbled
  • a pinch Ancho chili powder

Directions

  1. Prepare Sweet Corn Ice Cream, Tortilla Streusel, and Chili-Cinnamon Tortilla Cone sub recipes.
  2. To build, add two 2 oz. scoops of ice cream into the tortilla cone and top with the tortilla streusel, crumbled cotija, and a dusting of chili powder.  

Ingredients

  • 2 each Corn on cob
  • 2 1/2 cups Heavy cream
  • 1 cup Whole milk
  • 2/3 cup Granulated sugar
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 2 tbsp Unsalted butter
  • 1/4 tsp Cumin
  • 6 each Egg yolks
  • 1/2 each Vanilla bean, seeds scraped
  • 1/4 cup Mexican caramel

Directions

  1. Cut corn from cob and add both kernels and the cobs to heavy cream, milk, sugar, butter, and salt. Simmer lightly over medium heat for 5 min stirring often. Let cool and steep for 20 min. Remove cobs, then blitz in a blender and strain.  
  2. In a separate sauce pot, temper egg yolks with the ice cream base by slowly whisking warmed cream mixture into the egg yolks.  
  3. Cook stirring constantly until thickened enough to coat back of a spoon, about 170°F.  
  4. Strain again and chill 4 hours to overnight with a sheet of plastic wrap pressed against the top of the liquid to prevent a skin from forming on the surface.    
  5. Add to ice cream maker and run until it reaches the desired consistency. 
  6. Scoop one-third of the ice cream into the container, top with half of the caramel, add another one-third of the ice cream, the remaining caramel, and finish with the last third ice cream. Cover and freeze.