Vanilla Ice Cream
- 2 whole eggs
- 2 egg yolks
- 13 cup sugar
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 cup milk
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract (or more to taste)
- 2 slices lemon peel
- 10 coriander seeds, coarsely crushed and tied in a cheesecloth bag
- Beat together the eggs, yolks and sugar until the sugar has dissolved and the mixture is pale and lemon-colored.
- (This can be easily done in a food processor.)
- Meanwhile, heat the cream and milk with the vanilla, lemon peel and coriander.
- Remove from heat just before it reaches the boiling point.
- Pour the mixture in a thin stream into the eggs and mix thoroughly.
- If you are using a food processor, remove the bag of coriander seeds while you do this.
- Pour the mixture into a double boiler and place over very hot water on a medium flame.
- (You can also use a thick sauce pan placed on an iron trivet over a low flame.)
- If you have removed the coriander bag, return it to the mixture.
- Cook until thickened to the consistency of custard, stirring from time to time.
- Remove from heat and cool, whisking occasionally as the mixture cools.
- Remove the coriander bag and the lemon peel.
- (If you have used a food processor, the lemon peel will have been chopped up into the custard.)
- Place the mixture in an ice-cream maker and follow the manfacturer's directions.
- (If you do not have an ice-cream maker, place the mixture in freezer trays, cover with foil and freeze in the refrigerator at its coldest setting.
- Stir every so often to prevent ice crystals from forming.)
eggs, egg yolks, sugar, heavy cream, milk, vanilla, lemon peel, coriander seeds
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1987 (may not work)