Ice Cream Base

By ajiann

Time: 20 minutes plus several hours’ cooling, chilling and freezing

Ingredients

• 2 cups heavy cream
• 1 cup whole milk
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1/8 teaspoon fine sea salt
• 6 large egg yolks
• Your choice of flavoring (invent your own)

Details

Preparation time 20mins
Cooking time 120mins
Adapted from nyti.ms

Preparation

Step 1

1. In a small pot, simmer cream, milk, sugar and salt until sugar completely dissolves, about 5 minutes. Remove pot from heat. In a separate bowl, whisk yolks. Whisking constantly, slowly whisk about a third of the hot cream into the yolks, then whisk the yolk mixture back into the pot with the cream. Return pot to medium-low heat and gently cook until mixture is thick enough to coat the back of a spoon (about 170 degrees on an instant-read thermometer).
2. Strain through a fine-mesh sieve into a bowl. Cool mixture to room temperature. Cover and chill at least 4 hours or overnight.
3. Churn in an ice cream machine according to manufacturer’s instructions. Serve directly from the machine for soft serve, or store in freezer until needed.
Yield: About 1 1/2 pints