Nutmeg Ice Cream

Serves: 5

Aurelia Collier

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

58

Spice

36

Sweetness

57

Sourness

34

mins

Prep time (avg)

5.6

Difficulty

Ingredients:

1.5 cups

Milk

1.5 cups

Heavy Cream

3 large

Egg

3 cup

Sugar

1 tsp

Salt

1 tsp

Vanilla

Directions:

1

In a saucepan bring the milk and the cream just to a boil

2

In a bowl whisk together the eggs, the sugar, the nutmeg, the salt, and the vanilla, whisk 1/2 cup of the milk mixture into the egg mixture, and whisk the mixture into the remaining milk mixture

3

Cook the custard over moderate heat, stirring constantly with a wooden spatula, until it registers 175°F

4

On a candy thermometer

5

Transfer the custard to a metal bowl set in a larger bowl of ice and cold water and stir it until it is cold

6

Freeze the custard in an ice-cream freezer according to the manufacturer's instructions

7

In a saucepan bring the milk and the cream just to a boil

8

In a bowl whisk together the eggs, the sugar, the nutmeg, the salt, and the vanilla, whisk 1/2 cup of the milk mixture into the egg mixture, and whisk the mixture into the remaining milk mixture

9

Cook the custard over moderate heat, stirring constantly with a wooden spatula, until it registers 175°F

10

On a candy thermometer

11

Transfer the custard to a metal bowl set in a larger bowl of ice and cold water and stir it until it is cold

12

Freeze the custard in an ice-cream freezer according to the manufacturer's instructions