Vanilla Bean Ice Cream
Vanilla Bean Ice Cream is a gluten free and vegetarian dessert. This recipe serves 2. This recipe covers 18% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains about 15g of protein, 53g of fat, and a total of 871 calories. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes. A mixture of vanilla bean, sugar, milk, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty. It will be a hit at your Summer event.
Instructions
Combine milk and cream in a medium saucepan. Split vanilla bean in half lengthwise, and scrape seeds into milk mixture.
Add vanilla bean pod to milk mixture.
Place pan over medium heat, and cook about 5 minutes or just until bubbles begin to form around edge of pan, stirring often.
Combine egg yolks and sugar in a mixing bowl. Beat at medium speed with an electric mixer until thick and pale. Gradually whisk in hot milk mixture; return to saucepan. Cook, whisking constantly, over low heat, about 2 minutes or until custard mixture thickens and coats the back of a spoon. (Do not overcook.)
Pour custard mixture through a wire-mesh strainer into a medium bowl, discarding vanilla bean pod.
Place bowl in a larger bowl filled with ice, and stir custard until cool.
Pour mixture into freezer container of a 2-quart electric freezer. Freeze according to manufacturer's instructions.
Transfer ice cream to a 1-quart plastic freezer container. Freeze 4 hours or until firm.