Sunday, March 5, 2017

Vanilla Ice Cream


The Creamsicle ice cream that I made turned out not as creamy as I wanted, so I decided that next time I would have to bite the bullet and attempt a custardy, egg-yolk variety even though it sounded humbug to make. 

Also, one weird thing about the Creamsicle . . . it left a waxy film in my mouth. After checking online, I found that I probably over churned the cream and created butter globules. 

And so after a couple of weeks of researching, I came up with a simple recipe that used a minimal amount of ingredients. I decided that I would watch the churning like a hawk so that as soon as it looked like it was ready, I would turn the machine off.

3/4 cup milk
3/4 cup whipping cream
3 egg yolks
1/3 cup sugar
1 tsp. vanilla paste

Heat the milk and cream to simmering point. Combine egg yolks, sugar and vanilla paste. Stir 1/4 cup of the hot milk into the egg mixture and return mixture to the saucepan. Stir over low heat until thickened. Store in 'fridge until cold. After about 4 hours it was ready to churn. The churning process took only about 11 minutes.

P.S. I forgot to mention to pour through strainer after the cooking process. I've made the ice cream twice so far, and both times tiny flecks of I don't know what (egg maybe?) were left in the strainer.

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The ice cream came out perfect. Yippee!!
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11 comments:

Susan said...

I'd like to be at your house right now! Looks really creamy and yummy!

Honolulu Aunty said...

Ono!!! So much work involved but such a great result!

jalna said...

Susan, it's kinda like Haagen Dasz ice cream.

Aunty, it was worth the humbug, but I suspect the ice cream maker will eventually end up in the closet.

Mark Shelby said...

Nice! Now I want that so bad along with a chocolate frosting brownie or German chocolate cake! UGH!

celia said...

I am drooling!!! Thanks for sharing your recipe. If I ever get my hands on a churner, I will be ready.

K and S said...

I'm scared to try custard style ice cream too...yours looks great!

jalna said...

I know what you mean, Mark. I try to allow myself just one spoonful.

Celia, I hope you get an ice cream maker soon!

Kat, I made the ice cream one more time after this post, and both times I had the heat on so low that it took forever to get just a little thick, but I'm scared to raise it too high.

mmiissee said...

I haven't eaten ice cream in a while....but this looks very yummy.

jalna said...

I try not to eat ice cream too often too, Mmiissee.

Leslie's pics said...

I wanna buy another freezer now so i can make ice cream too!

jalna said...

You probably could make some awesome ones, Les.