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Dave Smith[_2_]

wrote:
>
> I would like to make strawberry ice cream with my new cuisinart ice-
> cream maker.
> It calls for vanilla extract - 1tsp. I am wondering if using real
> vanilla bean will make a noticable difference in flavor. If so, what
> would be an equivalent amount of vanilla bean for 1tsp of extract.
> If there is a high quality vanilla extract that would be just as good,
> please recommend one.

Only 1 tsp? That is surprising because the recipe I use as an ice cream
base calls for 2 Tbsp. (2 cups cream, two cups milk, 2 eggs 1/2 cup sugar
and 2 Tbsp. vanilla)

I wouldn't bother wasting vanilla beans on strawberry ice cream. You want
to accentuate the strawberry, not the vanilla. Save the vanilla beans for
vanilla ice cream. Put half a bean a bean in the cream and milk while it is
heating, then cut it length wise and scrap the seeds out into the cream
mixture.