Home-made Vanilla Ice - Cream

  Ice-cream is one of most preferred dessert.. Every one I know loves Ice-cream. But very few want to make it at home. Alright, I know the most difficult part is to get the creamy frothy texture of a store bought one. But trust me, it can be easily achieved using an Ice cream maker. Mine is a simple one which has a bowl and a motor attached spatula. I just have to freeze the empty bowl in the freezer a day before I want to make an ice-cream. The bowl gets cold and then I can pour in any batter . The consistency is just right.
this particular recipe taken from www.joyofbaking.com is just perfect. I have though altered it since i have reduced the amount of egg yolks and the sugar. but it is Heavenly anyway. In the recipe I have used a vanilla bean . In case you don't have it you can use vanilla extract. Result may not be same but is good enough.

You need
300 ml milk
300 ml fresh cream
4 large egg yolks
160 gms sugar
Vanilla bean or vanilla extract

How to make:

In a pan let the milk boil with the whole vanilla bean. After a boil take out the bean , cut it into half length wise and using back of a knife scrape the seeds. Discard the pods and add seeds to the boiling milk carefully. The seeds add a great look to it.
Simmer milk and add cream to it and let the cream warm . DO NOT boil the milk with cream or it will separate.

In a separate bowl whisk together egg yolks and sugar well.

Carefully add the hot milk and cream mixture into the egg & sugar one. While adding milk constantly stir the mix.
In case you are adding vanilla extract then you can add it at this stage.

Warm the milk nd egg mixture on a Double boiler. Which is a heat proof bowl over a simmering water vessel.
Once the custard is thick enuf to coat the spoon take it off heat.
 let the mixture cool in a refrigerator for 5-6 hours.

Get you Ice -Cream maker ready as per the instructions on its manual.
 slowly pour the batter into it and start the machine. It may take between 20-30 minutes depending on your machine.

You may find the ice-cream soft at this stage. You can freeze it overnite in an air tight container.
Enjoy with hot chocolate syrup or Brownie.. :)