Vanilla Bean Ice Cream
Fresh vanilla bean ice cream is extremely delicious and tastes nothing like your average store-bought artificial flavoured ice cream. With its smooth and velvet-like texture, you can make this with 20 minutes hands-off time!
Servings 6 people
Equipment
- ice cream machine
Ingredients
- 4 large egg yolks
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- 1 vanilla bean
- 1½ cups whole milk
- 1½ cups heavy cream
- ½ tsp sea salt
Instructions
- In a large non-stick saucepan, heat the pan over medium low heat. Add egg yolks and sugar, and whisk until a light yellow color.
- In another sauce pan, combine the vanilla bean, whole milk, heavy cream and salt. Combine well. When you see the sides of the sauce pan start to simmer, turn off the heat immediately.
- Slowly add the milk to egg and sugar mixture, stirring constantly.
- When the temperature reaches 165°F, remove from heat. Do not let it come to boil.
- Pour the custard base into a container to reach room temperature. Then add a plastic film on top of the mixture and put it in the fridge for 2 hours or overnight.
- When the custard base is ready, pour it into your ice cream maker and process according to your ice cram maker's instructions.