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Vanilla Ice Cream or any flavour of ice cream is
quite easy and straight forward to make. The
one challenge is how to make ice cream without
an ice cream maker. On this page, I will give
details of how you can successfully make some
Vanilla Ice Cream in the comfort of your home.
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This is just one method. I will be sharing other
methods and flavours soon so stay tuned.
[color=brown]Ingredients[/color]
For 5 big scoops of vanilla ice cream, you will
need:
500mls fresh milk (not evaporated milk)
250mls whipping cream
6 egg yolks
60g sugar
2 tablespoons vanilla extract or 1 vanilla pod
All these ingredients can be purchased from
supermarkets all over the world. If you are in
Nigeria, look for them in big department stores
like Shoprite.
For decorating the ice cream
Honey
Caramel
Fruits
Utensils and Equipment
Freezer
2 Bowls: 1 should be big enough to
accommodate the ice cream mixture, the
other should be big enough to accommodate
the first bowl.
Spatula
Pot
Ice cream spoon (optional)
[color=blue]Before you make the Vanilla Ice Cream[/color]
1. Make a large quantity of ice cubes. This
will be used in cooling down the ice cream
mixture in Step 8 below. I usually make at
least 30 ice cubes for this.
2. If you will be using a vanilla pod, cut it
open by slicing along it to expose the
seeds.
3. Break the eggs and separate the yolk from
the egg whites. For ice cream, we need
only the egg yolks.
[color=red]Directions for Vanilla Ice Cream[/color]
1. Pour the fresh milk and the whipping
cream into a sizeable pot.
2. Add the vanilla extract. If you are using a
vanilla pod, add everything (seeds and
fibre) to the milk and whipping cream in
the pot.
3. Start cooking on medium heat.
4. While waiting for that to boil, whisk the egg
yolks very well. Add the sugar and mix
well.
5. Once the contents of the pot start to boil,
reduce the heat to very low. If you added
vanilla pods, remove the fibre from the milk
at this time.
6. Once you see that the milk is no longer
foaming so much (due to the reduced
heat), slowly add the egg yolks to the milk,
whipping cream and vanilla mixture. Stir till
well incorporated.
7. Increase the heat to medium and stir
continuously till you notice the solution
thickening. This should take about 10
minutes.
8. Once you are happy, place the ice cubes
into the big bowl and add some water to
them. Pour the ice cream mixture into the
smaller bowl and place this bowl into the
ice water bath. Stir the ice cream mixture
continuously (with a spatula) till it cools
down completely. You may need to watch
the video below to see how I did this.
9. Place the bowl containing the ice cream
mixture in the freezer. After 30 minutes,
bring it out, stir very well with a spatula
and place it back for another half an hour.
Then bring it out and stir again. Repeat the
process till a creamy solid is formed. It is
important to stir very often because this
prevents ice from forming in the ice cream.
Depending on your freezer, this process
takes between 3 and 5 hours.
10. Once you are happy with the texture of the
ice cream, serve and decorate with honey,
caramel and/or fruits.
11. If you have any left overs, put in a
container, cover and place in your freezer
till whenever. When you take it out of the
freezer, it may appear rock solid unlike the
ice cream purchased in the shops. All you
have to do is leave it on your kitchen
counter for 5 to 7 minutes or till it softens
to ice cream texture before serving.[/b]
