<sf> wrote in message ...
> On Sun, 16 Dec 2007 21:54:29 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> > wrote:
>
>>And you exact recipe is (including all the eggs)?
>
> I copied a "Martha" recipe for French Vanilla ice cream yesterday that
> looks simple enough. Here it is:
>
>
> French Vanilla Ice Cream
> (Martha Stewart)
>
> Ingredients
>
> Makes 1 1/2 quarts.
>
> 2 1/2 cups heavy cream
> 2 cups whole milk
> 2 vanilla beans, halved lengthwise
> 8 large egg yolks
> 3/4 cup sugar
> 1/4 teaspoon salt
>
> Directions
>
> 1. Put cream and milk into a medium saucepan over medium-high heat.
> Scrape vanilla seeds from beans with the tip of a small knife into
> pan; add beans. Heat the mixture until hot (do not let simmer), about
> 2 minutes. Remove mixture from heat; cover, and let stand 30 minutes.
>
> 2. Prepare an ice-water bath; set aside. Put yolks, sugar, and salt
> into the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment.
> Beat on high speed until yolk mixture has tripled in volume and can
> hold a ribbon on surface for 2 seconds, about 3 minutes.
>
> 3. Reduce speed to medium. Ladle 1 cup cream mixture in a slow
> stream into yolk mixture to temper it. Add another cup cream mixture;
> beat to combine. Transfer mixture to saucepan; cook over medium-high
> heat, stirring constantly, until it is thick enough to coat the back
> of a wooden spoon and an instant-read thermometer registers 180
> degrees; 5 to 7 minutes.
>
> 4. Pour custard through a medium-mesh sieve into a bowl set in
> ice-water bath. Let cool completely, stirring often.
>
> 5. Freeze custard in an ice cream maker according to manufacturer's
> instructions.
>
> Serve immediately, or freeze in an airtight plastic container until
> ready to serve. If frozen for more than 4 hours, let ice cream stand
> at room temperature 15 to 20 minutes before serving.
>
> Copyright 2007 Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc. All rights
> reserved.
>
>


Making ice cream was one of life's mysteries. All of the custard receipes
use about the same technique, so it's in my head now.

I got my new compressor ice cream maker, but I've not made a custard ice
cream in it yet; just mango sorbet. Shame on me. I've been using the cream
for something else each week. No -- I'm not buying two gallons!

Dee Dee