Vanilla Ice Cream

Ingredients

• 0.5 l milk
• 0.25 L whipping cream
• 1 Vanilla bean
• 7 egg yolks
• 200 g sugar

Instructions

1. 1.

   Slice the vanilla bean lengthwise, scrape out the seeds and stir them with the vanilla pod into the milk-cream mixture until it boils.

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 cook over low heat with a wooden spoon until the custard thickens; do not let it boil.

4. 4.

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

5. 5.

   Transfer the chilled custard to an ice cream maker and churn until ready.

6. 6.

   (If no ice cream maker, pour into a shallow metal dish and freeze, stirring every 15 minutes during the first hour).

7. 7.

   Serve by scooping with an ice cream scoop.