Vanilla Ice Cream

Name: Vanilla Ice Cream
Yield: Serves 6–8
Ingredients: 4 oz/112 g sieved icing sugar; A few drops of vanilla extract, or ½ tsp essence; 4 large eggs, separated; ½ pint/285 ml double cream, whipped, but not too stiffly; A few drops of vanilla extract, or ½ tsp essence

Preparation info

Serves
6–8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Claire Macdonald Cookbook

By Claire Macdonald

Published 1997

About

This is the recipe I like best. It tastes good, has an excellent texture, and doesn’t need beating at half frozen.

Ingredients

4 large eggs, separated
4 oz/112 g sieved icing sugar

Dessert
Gluten-free
ice cream
Vegetarian

Method

Whisk the egg whites till they are fairly stiff, then, whisking continuously, gradually add all but about 1 tablespoon of the sieved icing sugar, whisking till you have a stiff meringue. There is no need to wash the whisks, go straight on and whisk the yolks, adding the remainder of the icing sugar,