Vanilla Ice Cream Vii

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 1 quart heavy cream
• 1 1/4 cups milk
• 1 vanilla bean, split and scraped
• 1 1/4 cups white sugar, divided
• 10 egg yolks
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract

Recipe

Cook Time: 20 mins Ready Time: 1 hr


• in a heavy saucepan over medium heat, combine cream and milk. place vanilla bean and scrapings in pot, and sprinkle with half the white sugar. allow to just come to a boil.
• meanwhile, whisk the egg yolks together with the remaining sugar and the vanilla extract in a bowl. when the cream is ready, pour a third of it into the egg mixture, and whisk. pour egg mixture into remaining hot cream and return to the heat until mixture coats the back of a metal spoon. do not boil.
• strain custard and chill until cold. then pour into the canister of an ice cream maker and freeze according to manufacturer's instructions.