Super Silky Vanilla Bean Ice Cream
Print RecipeEquipment
- 1 Ice Cream Maker I use the Kitchenaid attachment
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups Heavy cream
- 2 cups Whole Milk I use Fairlife
- 3 tbsp Cornstarch
- 1/4 tsp Salt Very filled
- 1 cup Granulated sugar
- 1 tbsp Vanilla bean paste
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract
Instructions
- Add sugar, cornstarch, and salt to a large, heatproof glass bowl and stir with a whisk to combine.
- Pour heavy cream and whole milk into a medium saucepan and heat to 150 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Once heated, pour a splash of the hot milk and cream mixture into the sugar bowl and stir until smooth. Make sure no lumps of cornstarch are left behind.
- Keep adding splashes of cream, pausing to stir in between, until there's about half of the cream left in the saucepan. The goal is to help the sugar/cornstarch mixture assimilate with the rest of the cream.
- Pour the now smooth and thinned sugar and cream mixture into the saucepan with the rest. Turn the heat to medium low.
- Stir continuously with a whisk until the mixture starts to gently rise and thicken. This should take anywhere from 3-5 minutes. Do not let it boil or the cream will curdle! :( The mixture is done when it resembles a thin pudding and a tail begins to form behind the whisk.
- Immediately remove from heat and pour into a large glass heatproof bowl. Add 1 tbsp vanilla bean paste and 1 tsp vanilla extract and stir to combine.
- Cover the bowl with plastic wrap, making sure to touch the cream with the plastic. This will prevent a skin from forming.
- Place in the fridge for 8 hours or overnight until the cream is completely cold. (The longer it sits, the deeper the flavors will meld, and the creamier your ice cream will be.)
- Once ready to churn, pour ice cream into your ice cream maker. This style of ice cream takes a lot less time to churn than traditional ice cream. I find it's usually done around 10 minutes. The cream should look thick with very large lumps. If using a kitchenaid mixer, it will be touching the attachment holding the churning device and have ice cream circling around the outer edges.
- Stop the machine and immediately scoop ice cream into a quart-sized freezer container. It will have a soft-serve consistency until frozen. You will have some leftover for your immediate enjoyment. :)
Servings: 2 Adults