Vanilla ice cream with berries
Vanilla ice cream with berries is a recipe with fresh ingredients from the stone fruit category. Try this and other recipes from Spoonsparrow!
Ingredients
- 0.5 l milk
- 0.25 l heavy cream
- 1 Vanilla bean
- 7 egg yolks
- 200 g sugar
- 20 ml cognac
- Strawberries (fresh)
- Raspberries (fresh)
Instructions
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1.
Slice the vanilla bean lengthwise, scrape out the seeds and stir them into the milk‑cream mixture until it boils.
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2.
Beat the egg yolks with the sugar in a bowl until creamy.
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3.
Whisk the boiling milk into the yolk mixture, return everything to the pot, remove the vanilla bean and cook over low heat with a wooden spoon until the custard thickens; do not let it boil.
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4.
Strain the vanilla custard through a sieve, stir in the cognac, cool over ice water while stirring occasionally.
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5.
Pour the cold custard into a shallow metal bowl, cover and freeze (or pour into an ice cream maker).
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6.
Serve scoops of ice cream in bowls and garnish with berries.
