Vanilla Ice Cream

Ingredients

• 400 l milk
• 200 l whipping cream
• 1 vanilla pod
• 6 egg yolks
• 150 g sugar

Instructions

1. 1.

   Slice the vanilla pod lengthwise, scrape out the seeds and stir them with the pod into the milk-cream mixture and bring to a boil.

2. 2.

   Beat the egg yolks with the sugar in a bowl until creamy.

3. 3.

   Pour the boiling milk into the egg yolk mixture, return everything to the pot, remove the vanilla pod and stir over low heat with a wooden spoon until the custard thickens; it must never boil again.

4. 4.

   Strain the vanilla custard through a sieve, cool it over ice water while stirring occasionally.

5. 5.

   Pour the chilled custard into an ice cream maker and churn until ready.

6. 6.

   (Without an ice cream maker, pour into a shallow metal bowl and freeze in the freezer, stirring repeatedly during the first hour).

7. 7.

   Serve by scooping with an ice cream scoop.