French Vanilla Ice Cream

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Cook Time:
30 min
Level:
--
Yield:
about 5 cups

Times:

Prep: 10 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 30 min
Total:: 40 min

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Ingredients

8 large eggs yolks
3/4 cup sugar
2 1/2 cups heavy cream
1 1/2 cups cold milk
Pinch of fine salt
1 vanilla bean
2 teaspoons Cognac (optional)

Directions

In a medium bowl, lightly whisk together the yolks and half of the sugar.

In a non-reactive saucepan combine the cream, 1 cup of the milk, the remaining sugar, and the salt.

Split the vanilla bean in half, lengthwise, to expose the tar-like seeds inside the pod. Scrape the seeds loose with a knife; add the bean and the seeds to the cream mixture.

Heat the cream over medium-high heat until just at a boil. Remove from the heat. Gradually pour the hot liquid into the yolks, while whisking constantly. Return the cream-egg mixture to the saucepan. Cook over medium-low heat, stirring the mixture constantly, with a wooden spoon in a figure-8 motion, until thickened, about 10 minutes. When the ice cream mixture is properly cooked it should coat the back of a spoon, be satiny thick, and be free of any bubbles on the surface. (If you taste the ice cream base it should have a slight egg-y taste.) When thickened, pour in the reserved milk to prevent the mixture from overcooking. Strain into a medium bowl. Add the cognac if desired.

Fill another bowl with ice. Set the bowl of ice cream base in the ice and stir until thoroughly chilled. Freeze the base in an ice cream machine according to the manufacturer's instructions. (Take care not to over churn the ice cream or it will get a grainy texture.) Transfer the ice cream to the freezer to set up for at least 1 hour. Serve.

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recipe French Vanilla Ice Cream
Diane Garden Grove, CA 11-16-2009
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yum!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

smooth and creamy. wonderful!
recipe French Vanilla Ice Cream
kelli thibodaux, LA 08-15-2007
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YUM
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

YUM
recipe French Vanilla Ice Cream
Anonymous 06-21-2006
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Very Rich Ice Cream
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

I doubled the recipe and ended up with just over three quarts of finished ice cream. I slightly modified the doubled recipe... by adding a teaspoon and a half of vanilla instead of adding an extra vanilla bean. The ice cream had a very rich flavor and good texture. If I were to make this ice cream recipe again, I would still double it except I would just use 1.25 cup of sugar (instead of 1.5 cup) and probably use two less eggs and make up the difference with milk. I would also only add one teaspoon of vanilla (instead of the 1.5 teaspoon I originally used).Read more
recipe French Vanilla Ice Cream
Anonymous 06-01-2006
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cool
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

COOL RECIPE!!!!!!
recipe French Vanilla Ice Cream
Anonymous 05-26-2005
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french vanilla ice cream
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Pleas show me how to make ice cream
recipe French Vanilla Ice Cream
SALVATORE Tallahassee, FL 09-16-2004
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Great Basic Recipe
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

This is a solid no-frills vanilla ice cream recipe. Not all of the sugar in this recipe dissolved though, leaving a... slightly grainy texture to the liquid going into the ice cream machine. The taste and color, however, were great.Read more