Scooped: Spiced Vanilla Ice Cream Recipe

• 2 vanilla beans, scraped, with pods reserved
• 1.5 cups milk
• 1.5 cups heavy cream
• 6 egg yolks
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 black cardamom pod
• 2-3 green cardamom pods
• 1 stick cinnamon, ideally the chinese variety that resembles tree bark
• 2 petals star anise
• 2 teaspoon black peppercorns
• 1 teaspoon whole cloves
• A pinch of grated nutmeg
• 1 tablespoon dark rum, bourbon, or scotch.

1. Heat the milk, cream, vanilla (pods and seeds), alcohol and spices in a heavy pot, and simmer for 30 minutes.
2. Ribbon the egg yolks and sugar, and temper into the warm dairy mixture. Cook until it thickened, and it holds a line on a spoon. Pour through a strainer, and chill in the refrigerator at least 4 hours, or overnight.
3. Spin in your ice cream machine, and enjoy!

vanilla beans, milk, heavy cream, egg yolks, sugar, black cardamom, green cardamom, cinnamon, anise, black peppercorns, whole cloves, nutmeg, dark rum

Taken from www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2011/02/spiced-vanilla-ice-cream.html (may not work)