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Vanilla Bean Ice Cream

Ingredients

  • 1 cup milk
  • ½ cup sugar
  • 2 cups heavy whipping cream
  • pinch of salt
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste
  • 6 large egg yolks

Instructions

  1. Warm the milk, sugar, heavy whipping cream, salt, and vanilla bean paste in a heavy-bottomed pot over medium heat just until it starts to bubble.
  2. While the milk mixture is heating, whisk together the egg yolks. Once the milk starts to bubble, slowly stream in about 1 cup of the milk while whisking constantly. Pour the egg yolk mixture into the pot you used to heat the milk.
  3. Heat the mixture over medium heat, stirring constantly, until the mixture thickens and coats the back of a spoon.
  4. Pour the custard through a fine mesh strainer and into a large bowl. Chill the mixture.
  5. Churn in ice cream maker according to manufacturer instructions. Store in freezer.