Butterscotch Nut Parfait

Ingredients

• 1 ¼ cups brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 ½ cups water
• 3 egg yolks
• 3 egg whites
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 ½ cups heavy cream
• ½ cup nut meats, broken into pieces

Method

1. 1 In a small saucepan, combine brown sugar, butter, and water. Stir until sugar melts, then boil without stirring to 238°F (soft-ball stage).
2. 2 Pour the hot syrup slowly onto beaten egg yolks while beating continuously until the mixture is cold and thick.
3. 3 Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites, vanilla, stiffly beaten heavy cream, and broken nut meats.
4. 4 Pack the mixture into paper cases or molds, sprinkling with nuts between layers.
5. 5 Freeze in an ice cream freezer with ice and salt (2 quarts ice to 1 quart salt) for 4 hours, or until frozen solid.