Cola Float

Recipe courtesy Emeril Lagasse, 2007

Show: Emeril LiveEpisode: America's Favorites

Rated: 3 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (12)

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Prep Time:
20 min
Level:
Intermediate
Yield:
4 servings

Times:

Prep: 20 min
Inactive Prep: 8 hr 0 min
Cook: --
Total:: 8 hr 20 min

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Ingredients

12 ounces plain seltzer
1 recipe Real Vanilla Ice Cream, recipe follows
1/4 cup cola syrup, recipe follows
4 maraschino cherries

Directions

Pour 2 ounces seltzer in each of 4 parfait glasses. Add 2 scoops of ice cream. Top with 2 tablespoons cola syrup, about 1 ounce more of the seltzer, and garnish with a cherry.

Real Vanilla Ice Cream:

4 cups half-and-half
1 vanilla bean pod, cut and scraped
Pinch salt
1 cup sugar
8 whole egg yolks

Combine the half-and-half, vanilla bean and seeds and salt, in a nonreactive saucepan over medium heat. Bring the half-and-half to a boil to scald it, and remove the saucepan from the heat.

Beat the sugar and egg yolks in a bowl. Add the half-and-half mixture, about 1/4 cup at a time, to the beaten eggs and sugar, whisking in between each addition, until all is used. Pour the mixture back into the saucepan reduce the heat to medium-low, and cook, stirring, over medium heat, for 5 to 6 minutes, or until the mixture becomes thick enough to coat the back of a spoon. Remove from the heat, strain through a fine mesh sieve and cool completely.

Pour the filling into the ice cream machine and follow the manufacturer's instructions for churning time. Remove the ice cream from the machine and place in a freezer-safe container and freeze until firm, about 8 hours.

Yield: about 6 cups

Cola Syrup:

1 cup granulated sugar
10 whole black peppercorns, cracked
1 lemon peeled (wide strips no pith), juiced and strained
1 cup water
1/4 cup crushed coffee beans
1 cinnamon stick
Whole vanilla bean, split, scraped and bean

Simmer all ingredients for 10 minutes. Cool to room temperature, cover, and steep refrigerated for several hours and up to overnight. Strain through a fine sieve.

Yield: about 1 3/4 cups syrup

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Marcy Bakersfield, CA 03-20-2009
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Cola Recipe Not Originally Posted
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

When this recipe was first posted back around 2007, it basically read: vanilla ice cream + cola = cola float!... Um...hooray? That's why all the reviews from '07 are frustrated that no cola syrup recipe was included. I know I was as well since I hadn't gotten to see the episode and I got an e-mail from home asking if I'd caught it, could I find it, etc. Coming to the Food Network website to find no mention of this apparently homemade cola was disappointing. I didn't really think that people who watch FN needed to be told to add cola to ice cream to make a float. I'm glad this recipe's been updated since then so I can finally try this out, two years later. I do agree with the one poster about the specific quantities of ingredients, though, since soft drinks are made with formulas (not estimates) so that you can confidently replicate the results each time. Cola in particular strikes me that a specific ingredient balance is needed, otherwise one of the flavors will start overpowering the others. Read more
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Anonymous 07-23-2008
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YUM
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

SIMPLY AMAZINNGGGGGG
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carol redmond, WA 06-29-2008
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fun float
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

My kids could hardly belive that they could make their own cola. It was fun and it tasted awesome. I am so impressed. Keep... the recipes coming!Read more
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Anonymous 02-29-2008
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Anonymous
Rated: 3 stars out of 5

It would have been helpful to have had a more specific amount indicated for a couple of the ingredients, for example, how... much lemon juice? (I had a very juicy lemon, which I think threw off the recipe). Also, a 2" cinnamon stick, or 4"? I like the idea, but would like to get the proportions balanced.Read more
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Anonymous 02-20-2008
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Read Further...
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

Went to get the recipe and look at the reviews. Why is everyone so quick to not read anymore? It's not that hard, scroll down... to the bottom of the page and get this yummy cola recipe... Seriously, of how many people reviewed this and didn't look far enough it just boggles my mind!Read more
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Anonymous 02-19-2008
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loved the cola recipe
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

The homemade cola was delicious. The ice cream was good but it is the cola that makes this recipe. I don't know why other... people reviewing didn't read and see that the recipe for the cola was below.Read more