Vanilla Bean Ice Cream
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Serves: 6-8
 
I love any type of vanilla ice cream, however, whenever I see little black flecks of vanilla goodness I know that I'm in for a special treat.
Ingredients
  • 3 eggs
  • 2 cups milk (or half and half)
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 cups heavy cream
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 whole vanilla bean
Instructions
  1. In a large saucepan, beat the eggs, milk and sugar until well blended.
  2. Scrape the seeds out of the vanilla bean and stir them into the egg mixture.
  3. Cook the egg mixture over low heat for roughly 10 minutes, stirring constantly, until thickened. It should smoothly coat the back of a wooden spoon.
  4. Let the mixture cool.
  5. Add the heavy cream and the vanilla.
  6. Stir until blended and refrigerate the mixture until it is completely chilled, for several hours or up to overnight.
  7. Following the instructions of your ice cream maker, pour the chilled mixture into your machine and stir it until the ice cream forms. It will typically be more like soft-serve when you first make it. If you want firmer ice cream, transfer it to a sealed container once it reaches the soft-serve consistency and let it freeze for several hours until it hardens.
  8. Recipe makes 1 quart of ice cream.
Recipe by Itsy Bitsy Foodies at http://itsybitsyfoodies.com/vanilla-bean-ice-cream/