Vanilla Ice Cream for Lemon Curd-Pistachio Sundaes

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Photo: Jonathan Lovekin
Prep Time:
15 mins
Total Time:
3 hrs 35 mins
Yield:
Makes About 1 1/2 Quarts

Homemade vanilla ice cream takes this updated soda-fountain classic to a new level. Use this recipe to make Lemon Curd-Pistachio Sundaes.

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ cups heavy cream

  • 1 ½ cups whole milk

  • ¼ teaspoon coarse salt

  • ¾ cup sugar, divided

  • 1 vanilla bean, seeds scraped and pod reserved

  • 6 large egg yolks

Directions

  1. Combine cream, milk, and salt in a saucepan. Add 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar. Add vanilla bean seeds and pod. Bring mixture to a simmer, stirring, about 4 minutes.

  2. Whisk together egg yolks and remaining 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar. Whisk half the hot milk mixture into yolks, 1 ladle at a time. Pour mixture into pan, and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until custard is thick enough to coat the back of a spoon, about 8 minutes.

  3. Pour custard through a fine sieve into a bowl set in a larger bowl of ice water; discard vanilla pod. Let cool, stirring occasionally. Refrigerate custard until cold, at least 2 hours and up to 2 days.

  4. Chill a loaf pan in freezer. Freeze custard in an ice cream maker according to manufacturer's directions. Transfer to pan. Cover with plastic wrap, and freeze until hardened, at least 2 hours and up to 3 days. (If ice cream is in freezer longer than 2 hours, let soften at room temperature 10 minutes before scooping.)

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