Preparation info
  • Makes about 1 pint , at least

    4

    servings
    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
Jean-Georges: Cooking at Home with a Four-Star Chef

By Jean-Georges Vongerichten and Mark Bittman

Published 1998

  • About

Fresh ginger is essential here; it produces an ice cream that is slightly hot and explodes with flavor.

Ingredients

  • 2 cups milk
  • 2 vanilla beans, split, seeds scraped out and pods reserved for another use
  • 4-inch

Method

  1. Rinse a medium saucepan and leave it wet. Add the milk, vanilla seeds, and ginger. Turn the heat to medium-high and bring just to a boil, stirring. Cover and let sit for about 10 minutes.
  2. Beat the yolks and sugar together until thick and slightly lightened in color. Strain the milk, then stir about ½