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Vanilla Ice cream

Here's how you make Vanilla Ice cream
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  • Servings: 8
  • Prep: 60m
  • Cook: 20m
    • The following recipe serves 8 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 2 cups heavy cream
  • 1 cup milk
  • 2/3 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 vanilla bean (split and scraped)
  • 4 egg yolks
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: In a saucepan heat the first 4 ingredients (all the ingredients except for the egg yolks) to scalding.

  • Step 2: Temper the egg yolks by adding 1 cup of the hot cream mixture to the yolks, beating well and then returning it to the hot cream mixture. Stir constantly and do not let mixture boil, cooking over medium heat until bubbles appear and custard is thickened. Remove from heat and pour into a clean container. Let cool completely, remove vanilla bean and refrigerate.

  • Step 3: When mixture is cold pour into ice cream machine and freeze according to manufacturer's directions.

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