Vanilla-bean ice cream

1 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
3 cups Milk; (not skim)
1 cup Heavy cream
1 Vanilla bean; split lengthwise
And scraped
8 larges Egg yolks
cup Vanilla sugar
¼ teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Pure vanilla extract

Directions

In a small saucepan over medium-high heat, combine milk, heavy cream, and vanilla bean. Bring to a boil. Remove from heat, and let steep for 1 hour.

In a large bowl, whisk yolks, vanilla sugar, and salt to combine. Bring milk mixture to a boil, and remove the vanilla bean; reserve for another use. Slowly add to yolks while whisking constantly. Let stand 5 minutes.

Prepare an ice bath. Add vanilla extract to the ice-cream base, stirring to combine. Strain through a fine sieve over a medium bowl. Cool ice cream base in ice bath. Transfer to an ice-cream maker, and freeze according to the manufacturer's directions. Makes about 1¼ quarts.

Source: "Martha Stewart Living - (www.marthastewart.com)" S(Formatted for MC5): "by Lynn Thomas - Lynn_Thomas@..." Yield: "1 ¼ quarts" Per serving: 1296 Calories (kcal); 129g Total Fat; (88% calories from fat); 27g Protein; 9g Carbohydrate; 2027mg Cholesterol; 679mg Sodium Food Exchanges: 0 Grain(Starch); 2 Lean Meat; 0 Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 23 ½ Fat; 0 Other Carbohydrates

Recipe by: Recipe from chef Todd English Converted by MM_Buster v2.0n.

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