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Thursday 16 September 2010

Vanilla Ice Cream



Ingredients:
4 egg yolks 
1/2 pint (250ml) milk 
1/2 pint (250ml) double/heavy cream 
4 oz (100g) sugar or caster sugar 
1 vanilla pod (scored down the middle)

Pour the milk into a saucepan and bring slowly up to boiling point but DO NOT LET IT BOIL. Place the vanilla pod into it and leave to infuse for about 20 minutes.

In a bowl, beat and mix together the egg yolks and sugar until thick. Carefully remove the vanilla pod from the pan of milk and scrape out the seeds into the milk. Pour the milk into the mixture of egg yolks and sugar whilst stirring. Pour the mixture back into the pan and heat gently, stirring until the custard thickens - DO NOT BRING TO THE BOIL OR IT WILL PROBABLY CURDLE.  When you can see a film form over the back of your spoon it's time to remove the saucepan from the heat. Leave to cool. When the custard base is cold stir in the cream. Transfer the whole mixture into an ice cream maker and freeze according to the manufacturer's instructions. 

44 comments:

  1. Showing my daily support I REALLY need yours aswell!

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  2. sprinkles please nice grfx good pics - heading for 300 flwrs in 30 hours with support pretty please. Fri 6.25am Sydney time and counting

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  3. YUM!!!!!!!!

    Im gunna get fat lol

    post some healthy stuff

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  4. THis blog really turns me on, I'd slurp all that up so fast you wouldn't know what blew into you and I'd do it agian and again.

    I'm going to follow!

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  5. No freakin wai! You give the best recipes ever!

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  6. Your blog always makes me hungry...so bad for my diet haha.

    anyway, just showin some love :)

    mitsuruchan12.blogspot.com

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  7. I like chocolate ice cream more xD but good recipe!

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  8. Awesome, another one I will have to try this weekend. I'm going to make the chocolate and now this vanilla ice cream too!

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  9. dedicating an hour every weekend to lrn2cook.

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  10. Vanilla+chocolate = delicious!

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  11. ah I love cleaning the ice cream maker out at work... so delish mmm sorbet

    also:


    Thank you for being a follower and / or supporter of:
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    Showing my daily support & spreading the love!

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  12. Home made ice cream is the best.

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  13. wish I had an ice cream maker :'(

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  14. If only you had a delivery service... =D

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  15. I guess I can't use cool whip instead of ice cream..

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  16. Vanilllle ROAR :)

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  17. Looks yummy :)

    Out Rounding

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  18. nice post!
    i love it ;)
    supportin & following you ;):D

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  19. omg that full page fade-in ad on this blog is so annoying... I think I might have to stop following any blog that uses it.

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  20. awesome i know just the person with just the icecream maker to test this with.

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  21. well Adsense doesn't have intrusive ads that randomly take over the full screen... adbrite is shit.

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  22. This is a lot more complicated than mine. I normally just take some cream/milk (1:1) and put some vanilla extract and a little bit of sugar in a ziplock bag, then put that bag in a bigger ziplock bag that has ice and salt in it and proceed to shake until ice cream has been made :D

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  23. Looks really good but a pain in the ass to make.

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  24. moar recipes! i feel like cooking mama over here

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  25. oh i eat so many of those things and get sick. support

    http://rustycageblog.blogspot.com/

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