Clarissa Dickson Wright

Rich Vanilla Ice-Cream with Chocolate Puffs

Appears in
Two Fat Ladies: Full Throttle
Two Fat Ladies

By Jennifer Paterson and Clarissa Dickson Wright

Published 1998

  • About

My Belgian great aunt whose measurement round her waist when she married equalled the measurement round her neck when she died at the age of ninety-two prided herself on her vanilla ice-cream. I think you will enjoy it too.

Ingredients

For the Ice-Cream

  • 350ml/12fl oz full cream milk
  • 1 vanilla pod, cut in half lengthways

Method

In a medium saucepan mix the milk, half the sugar and the vanilla pod to just below boiling point and set aside for at least 15 minutes to infuse. In a heat-proof bowl mix the egg yolks and the rest of the sugar, beating, preferably with an electric beater, until they reach the ribbon stage. Still beating pour on the scalded milk.

Now either place the bowl over boiling water or transfer