Handmade Vanilla Ice Cream

INGREDIENTS

• 2 cups milk 
• 3 large egg yolks 
• 3/4 cup sugar 
• 2 cups very cold heavy cream 
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

DIRECTIONS

Mix egg yolks and sugar in a bowl and whisk vigorously.  

In a saucepan add milk and bring just to a simmer. Slowly pour about 1/2 cup of the hot milk into the eggyolk mixture, whisking constantly until blended. Keep adding milk mixture, about 1/2 cup at a time, until it has all been added. Whisk until combined.

Pour mixture back into saucepan, and cook over low heat, stirring constantly.    Mixture should remain smooth with no lumps.

Fill a large bowl with icewater. Remove pan from heat, and immediately stir in chilled cream to stop the cooking process. Pour into a medium metal bowl set in the ice water and stir until cooled.  Add vanilla into cooled mixture. Cover bowl, and transfer to freezer for 45 minutes.  

Remove bowl from freezer, scrape frozen portion from sides and stir evenly back into mixture; then place in freezer for 45 minutes.  Repeat this process as necessary (1-2 more times) until it begins to look like ice cream.  Place back in freezer overnight.

Enjoy!  You just handmade vanilla ice cream.