Vanilla Bean Ice Cream
This is actually Marya's recipe. The real flavor of vanilla bean. Vanilla ice cream doesn't get much better than this.
Recipe
Bring to a simmer, cover and remove from heat:
- 6 inches of vanilla bean
- 1c whole milk
Whisk together:
- 6 egg yolks
- 2/3c sugar
When milk is cold enough to touch, remove vanilla bean, cut open and add seeds back to the milk (save the bean!). Stir egg mixture into milk, return to heat and cook, stirring until thick enough to coat the back of a spoon.
Remove from heat, then add:
- The saved vanilla bean
- 1 1/2c cream
- 1/2t vanilla extract
- pinch of salt
Refrigerate overnight, then remove the vanilla bean, then do the ice cream machine thing
