Old Fashioned Vanilla Ice Cream Food

OLD FASHIONED VANILLA ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Add the first 3 ingredients to a saucepan.
• Over low heat, cook and stir constantly for 25-30 minutes or until the mixture gets thickened and will coat a spoon; cover and chill.
• Add in half-and-half and the remaining ingredients to the chilled mixture; stir to combine.
• Pour mixture into the container of an 5-quart electric ice cream maker (or hand-crank freezer for you die-hards).
• Freeze following the manufacturer's directions.
• Serve right away or transfer to an airtight container and freeze until firm.

OLD-FASHIONED VANILLA ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Place sugar and vanilla beans in medium heatproof bowl; pour milk over; set bowl into a pan of simmering water, but make sure it doesn’t touch water; stir milk mixture until simmering.
• Remove milk from heat; place yolks in heatproof bowl; gradually add milk to the egg yolks and whisk through thoroughly.
• Return mixture to heat over simmering water; stir constantly over low heat until mixture coats back of spoon.
• Remove from heat, set aside to cool; place plastic wrap directly onto surface of custard to prevent a skin from forming; cool; once cool, stir cream into custard and chill in refrigerator for atleast 4 hours, preferably overnight.
• Remove vanilla beans from custard and scrape the seeds from the beans into the mixture; discard pods; pour the custard into an ice cream maker and follow manufacturer’s instructions to make ice cream.

VANILLA ICE CREAM

Steps:

• In a medium heavy sauce pan, combine the cream and the half and half. Split the vanilla beans in half lengthwise and, using the tip of a knife, scrape out the small seeds into the cream mixture and drop in the pods. Bring the mixture to a boil, then remove from the heat.
• In a large bowl, whisk together the egg yolks and sugar until thickened and pale. Pour in the hot cream mixture and stir until well combined. Strain into a large container and refrigerate until cold. Wash and dry the vanilla pods and reserve for another use.
• When the cream mixture is cold, pour it into the bowl of an ice cream maker and freeze according to the manufacturers instructions.

OLD-FASHIONED HAND-CHURNED VANILLA ICE CREAM

Steps:

• In a medium heatproof bowl, whisk to combine the sugar, salt, yolks and vanilla seeds until completely smooth. In a large saucepan set over medium-high heat, combine the cream and milk and cook until small bubbles start to form around the edges of the pan and the mixture is hot. Slowly drizzle the eggs into the hot cream mixture, whisking constantly. Reduce the heat to medium-low and cook, stirring constantly, until thickened and the mixture coats the back of a spoon, 5 to 7 minutes. Remove from the heat and strain into a large bowl. Place the bowl in an ice bath and cool the custard, stirring occasionally. Store the custard into the refrigerator until ready to churn.
• Place the custard in an ice cream maker and process until smooth and thick, about 20 minutes.
• Transfer the ice cream to a quart container or 1 1/4-quart dish and freeze for 2 hours.
• Serve the ice cream topped with some Wet Walnuts.
• In a medium saucepan, combine the maple syrup, corn syrup, light brown sugar, vanilla and salt, and bring to a boil. Pour over the walnut halves and cool. Store refrigerated in an airtight container for up to 1 month.

OLD-FASHIONED VANILLA ICE CREAM

Steps:

• In a large bowl, whisk together all ingredients. Transfer to an ice-cream maker, and freeze following manufacturer's instructions. Store in an airtight container.

OLD-FASHIONED HOMEMADE ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Beat egg yolks with half of sugar and all of flour. Mix until creamy. Add evaporated milk then add rest of sugar and vanilla.
• Beat egg whites until fairly stiff. Fold into above mixture. Put in ice cream freezer and add whole milk, leaving about 1 1/2 inches at top of freezer.
• Freeze in ice cream freezer. Makes 1 gallon.

ULTIMATE VANILLA ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Put the canister from the machine into the freezer a day before you want to make the ice cream. Next day, pour the cream and milk into a medium heavy-based pan, then tip in half the sugar. Slit the vanilla pod down its length with a small sharp knife and scoop out as many of the tiny black seeds as you can into the cream mixture. Cut the pod into three and drop it into the pan.
• Heat the cream and milk over a low heat, stirring occasionally, until it almost boils - you'll see a few bubbles at the edge. Take off the heat and set aside for 30 minutes so the vanilla can infuse.
• Put the egg yolks into a bowl with the rest of the sugar and beat with an electric hand beater for about 2 minutes until the mixture has thickened, is paler in colour and falls in thick ribbons when you lift the beaters. Using a measuring jug, scoop out about 125ml/4fl oz of the cream mixture and beat into the egg yolks to slacken them. Reheat the cream until it just comes to the boil, take off the heat and stir in the egg yolk mixture.
• Return the pan to a low heat and cook, stirring all the time with a wooden spoon, for 8-10 minutes, until the custard is thick enough to coat the back of the spoon. Watch that it doesn't boil - as soon as you see any bubbles about to burst to the surface, it should be thick enough, so take the pan off the heat so the mixture doesn't curdle.
• Pour the custard into a heatproof bowl, then sit it in a bigger bowl one third full of iced water to cool (this takes about 20 minutes). Stir occasionally to stop a skin forming. Put the bowl of custard in the fridge for 3-4 hours, preferably overnight, so it gets really cold.
• Get the ice cream machine running, scoop out the vanilla pod pieces, then slowly pour in the cold custard. Leave it to churn for 10-30 minutes (depending on your machine). When it stops, it is probably too soft to eat, so spoon into a plastic container, cover with cling film, then a lid, and freeze for a minimum of 3 hours. (It will keep in the freezer for 3 months but don't take it out, then refreeze.) Remove from the freezer 15 minutes before serving.
• To make it by hand: in step 1, heat the milk, vanilla, and half the sugar without the cream (the custard will be slightly thicker). At the start of step 6, whip the cream so it's light and floppy, not too stiff, and fold it into the cold custard. Freeze for 3-4 hours, stirring once an hour until almost frozen, then freeze as above.

OLD FASHIONED HOMEMADE VANILLA ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Combine sugar, salt and milk in saucepan and cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally until mixture almost boils.
• Reduce to low.
• Gradually stir about 1/2 cup of hot mil into the beaten eggs.
• Add eggs to remaining hot mixture.
• Cook over low heat, stirring constantly until slightly thickened, about 5 minute.
• Remove from heat and refrigerate at least 2 hours.
• Combine whipping cream, vanilla and chilled mixture, stirring with a wire whisk to combine.
• Pour into canister and churn.

OLD-FASHIONED VANILLA ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Whisk yolks in a large bowl.
• Heat cream, milk, and sugar in saucepan over medium-low until steaming, stirring occasionally, about 4 minutes. Temper 1/2 cup cream mixture into yolks, then whisk yolks into remaining cream mixture.
• Cook custard over medium-low stirring occasionally until thickened, about 3 minutes; add vanilla and salt. The custard is done when a path can be drawn on the back of a spoon.
• Return mixture to a bowl and cool in an ice bath for 8 minutes. Remove bowl from ice bath, cover with plastic wrap, and chill custard at least 4 hours or overnight.
• Churn in an ice cream maker according to manufacturer's instructions.

VANILLA ICE CREAM V

Steps:

• Combine half-and-half, cream, sugar, vanilla and salt in freezer container of ice cream maker. Freeze according to manufacturer's instructions.

CLASSIC VANILLA ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Place a container in the freezer. Split the vanilla pod lengthways, scrape the seeds out with the point of the knife and tip into a pan with the milk, cream and pod. Bring to the boil, then remove heat and leave to infuse for at least 20 mins. For the best flavour, this can be done a few hours beforehand and left to go cold.
• In a large bowl, whisk the sugar and egg yolks together for a few mins until they turn pale and fluffy. Put the vanilla cream back on the heat until it's just about to boil, then carefully sieve the liquid onto the yolks, beating with the whisk until completely mixed.
• At this point, get a large bowl of iced water and sit a smaller bowl in it. Pour the custard back into the pan and cook on the lowest heat, stirring slowly and continuously, making sure the spoon touches the bottom of the pan, for about 10 mins until thickened. Strain the custard into the bowl sitting in the iced water and leave to cool, then churn until scoopable. Transfer to the container and freeze.