Custard Ice Cream Recipe

Even though it is cold, ice cream remains a popular dessert at any meal especially dinner parties as it can be taken care of without any problems if you have an ice cream maker such a the Cuisinart Ice-50bc Supreme Ice Cream Maker.

Here is your recipe for custard ice cream.

First of all keep in mind that if you allow the custard to cool down a little before placing it in your machine you will have better and faster results.

Ingredients:

• 2 cups milk
• 2 tablespoons cornflour
• ½ cup sugar
• 2 or 3 eggs
• ½ teaspoon vanilla essence
• 1 cup cream
• Pinch of salt

Method:

1. Bring the milk to boiling-point
2. Pour the milk onto the cornflour and sugar that are mixed
3. Return to the saucepan and stir the mixture until it is thick and smooth, you have to stir all the time to prevent lumps
4. Allow the mixture to cook for about 3 minutes
5. Slightly beat the egg yolks
6. Pour the hot mixture over the egg yolk
7. Return to the saucepan once a gain and stir until the egg is cooked.
8. Remove from the heat and stir in the vanilla essence and the pinch of salt
9. Let the mixture cool down and then add the slightly whipped cream to it
10. Freeze according to the instructions of you ice cream maker

This may sound like a little more work than other ice cream recipe, but the tasty end result is well worth the extra work.