Make your own ice cream

There are loads of ways to make vanilla icecream here's the cheap and the really cheap way to make it :

Cheap -

4 Eggs separated
4 ounces of icing sugar (sifted)
1 tsp of vanilla essence or 1 pod of real vanilla if you want to push the boat out
300 ml Double cream

1. Whisk the egg whites until stiff and add the icing sugar 1 tablespoon at a time, whisking well after each spoonful.

2. In another bowl whisk the yolks and the vanilla essence/vanilla seeds together then gently fold this into the egg white mixture.

3. If you are posh add the mixture into an icecream maker. If you are as poor as I am then pour it into a large tupaware container and pop it in the freezer, then keep stirring it every 10 to 15 mins to break up the ice crystals and make it smoother. You will know when its ready it will be like icecream and not milkshake.

The Really Cheap way -

This method was used during and after the war when fresh eggs and cream were a real luxury. You can tell its not the real thing but its not too bad.

4 tbsp cornflour or cornstarch
90g granulated sugar
500ml milk
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
Method

1. Mix together the cornflour and sugar in a bowl. Stir in just enough of the milk to form a thin paste.

2. Bring the rest of the milk to the boil in a non-stick saucepan. Pour the hot milk into the cornflour paste in a thin, steady stream, stirring constantly.

3. Return the mixture to the pan and bring to the boil over a moderate heat, stirring constantly. Once the mixture boils adjust the heat to a gentle simmer and cook for a further 2-3 minutes.

4. Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the vanilla.

5. Lay a piece of greaseproof paper directly on the custard and slightly up the sides of the pan, to prevent a skin forming. Cool the mixture, then chill in the refrigerator.

6. Once the vanilla mixture is thoroughly chilled, either use an icecream maker or pop it in the freezer and keep stirring it as explained earlier.

Just right for these hot summer days try it with the honeycomb recipe I posted a few days ago or smash up a bag of malteesers and mix them in. Or pour some Baileys over it.

Again be careful with raw eggs not really suitable for pregnant women etc etc.


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