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RECiPE idEas
Ice creamS
Basic vanilla Ice cream
Makes approximately 1 litre
Ingredients
2 cups pouring cream
1 cup milk
1 vanilla bean, split and seeds scraped or 1
teaspoon vanilla extract
5 egg yolks
½ cup sugar
method
1.
Place cream, milk and vanilla bean and
seeds into a medium heavy-based sauce-
pan. Heat until mixture just starts to simmer.
2.
Meanwhile beat egg yolks and sugar in
a bowl until pale and thick. Remove vanilla
bean from cream mixture and slowly whisk
cream into the egg mixture.
3.
Clean saucepan and return mixture back
to a low heat. Stir constantly with a wooden
spoon until mixture has thickened and coats
the back of the spoon (see: ›Tips for better
ice cream making‹).
4.
Pour mixture into a heatproof bowl, cover
and refrigerate until well chilled.
5.
Pour into ice cream bowl. Set ice cream
maker to desired setting and churn.
6.
Once mixture is frozen transfer to a
freezer safe container and freezer for up
to 1 week.
Quick mix vanilla Ice cream
Makes approximately 1 litre
Ingredients
1
cup heavy pouring cream
1¼
cups whole milk
¾
cup sweetened condensed milk
1
teaspoon vanilla extract
method
1.
Place cream, milks and vanilla into a lar-
ge jug and stir to combine. Refrigerate until
cold.
2.
Pour into ice cream bowl. Set ice cream
maker to desired setting and churn.
3.
Once mixture is frozen transfer to a free-
zer safe container and freezer for up to 1
week.
rich chocolate Ice cream
Makes approximately 1 litre
Ingredients
2
cups pouring cream
½
cup milk
180 g good quality dark chocolate, chop-
ped
5
egg yolks
1
/
3
cup caster sugar
method
1.
Place cream, milk and chocolate into a
medium heavy-based saucepan. Cook, stir-
ring, until mixture just starts to simmer.