Vanilla ice cream

Preparation info
  • Serves

    6-8

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Gourmet Food for a Fiver

By Jason Atherton

Published 2010

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Ingredients

  • 250 ml double cream
  • 250 ml whole milk
  • 2 vanilla pod

Method

  1. Pour the cream and milk into a heavy-based saucepan. Split the vanilla pods lengthways and scrape out the seeds with the back of a knife. Add both the seeds and pods to the pan and slowly bring to the boil.
  2. Meanwhile, beat the sugar and egg yolks together in a bowl. As soon as the creamy milk bubbles up the side of the pan, remove from the heat and slowly trick