Saturday, November 3, 2007

How to make ice cream - Vanilla Flavor

Browsing around the net the other day I came across this recipe for how to make Vanilla ice cream. It's made with real vanilla so it's the genuine stuff.

Ingredients:

  • 4 egg yolks
  • 1/2 pint (250ml) milk
  • 1/2 pint (250ml) double/heavy cream
  • 4 oz (100g) sugar or caster sugar
  • 1 vanilla pod sliced down the middle (so you can see the seeds)


Pour the milk into a saucepan and bring the pan slowly up to boiling point. Place the vanilla pod into it and leave to infuse for about 20 minutes.

In a bowl, beat and mix together the egg yolks and sugar until thick. Carefully remove the vanilla pod from the pan of milk and scrape out the seeds into the milk. Pour the milk into the mixture of egg yolks and sugar whilst stirring.

Pour the mixture back into the pan and heat gently, stirring until the custard thickens - DO NOT BRING TO THE BOIL OR IT WILL PROBABLY CURDLE. When you can see a film form over the back of your spoon it's time to remove the saucepan from the heat. Leave to cool.

When the custard base is cold stir in the cream.

You're done! You can now transfer the whole mix to your ice cream maker or to plastic bags for the freezer, depending on which method you use.




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