Homestyle French Vanilla Ice Cream
Don't have an ice cream maker, no problem!
Ingredients
- 4 egg yolks
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 tsp pure vanilla extract or 2-3 vanilla beans split bean, scrape out insides
- 1 ¾ cups heavy whipping cream chilled
Instructions
- In a double boiler, over simmering water, combine yolks and sugar. Whisk constantly for 4 minutes, mixture should be slightly thickened.
- Remove from heat. Using a hand mixer, beat mixture for 3 minutes. Set aside to cool.
- In another bowl, whip cream until soft peaks form.
- Mix vanilla into custard mixture, then fold into whipped cream. Mix gently until well incorporated (you don’t want to lose volume by over-mixing).
- Pour into a loaf pan lined with plastic wrap. Smooth top, then press plastic wrap onto surface of ice cream. Chill until frozen, about 4 hours.
Notes
For Chocolate Ice Cream, add 6 oz of melted GF semi-sweet chocolate (that’s been slightly cooled) to the custard mixture after you whipped it for 3 minutes.
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