French Vanilla Ice Cream

Every home cook should have a vanilla ice cream in their repertoire. Traditional French ice cream is basically just a crème anglaise, the classic French dessert sauce, that gets churned in an ice-cream maker. We make ours with good vanilla beans (see Homemade Vanilla), which gives it enough decadent flavor that it’s excellent on its own. (It happens to be Lou’s favorite flavor.) We stuff it into Profiteroles served