As we all know, ice cream is a frozen desert, generally made from dairy products like cream and milk. It is often combined with fruits and several other ingredients and flavor. It is a known fact that vanilla is the most popular and original flavor of ice cream. This is because it has slightly different flavor and at the same time each complement the other. United States is the world’s largest consumer of ice cream. Here too, of all the flavors, vanilla ice cream is the most preferred one.
Recipe for homemade vanilla flavored ice cream makes the most tasty and creamy ice cream ever eaten by anyone. It is made from a custard base. This is because it gives it a rich taste as well as creamy texture. Custard base requires just four ingredients- sugar, cream, egg yolk and vanilla. Smoothness in the ice cream comes from sugar whereas egg yolk gives the ice cream its rich nice color. Creamy and rich taste is derived from the cream. Vanilla extract, vanilla bean or even vanilla bean paste can be used. If a person uses vanilla bean, then his ice cream will have a wonderful complexity of flavor.
You can see small dark vanilla seeds dotting the ice cream. Customers can find vanilla beans in grocery stores and even health food stores. They come in small plastic cylinders. While purchasing vanilla beans, always look for beans that are tender, shiny, black and moist. They should have white powder of vanilla on them. Do not buy beans that are dry and hard. In case you are using vanilla extract in your ice cream, then use only pure vanilla extract. If anyone uses imitation vanilla extract, their ice cream will have a bitter after taste.
As the custard base needs time to chill sufficiently, it is best to make it the night before. It gets enough time to freeze in the ice cream machine before the churn gets too warm. Custard base expands so fill your ice cream machine only half or two-third. Then only you’ll be able to get an ice cream with a light and smooth texture. Before serving, put the ice cream into a storage container and place it in the freezer for few hours. Vanilla ice cream can be served with warm berry crisp or freshly baked fruit pie. You can even smoother with caramel sauce or dark chocolate sauce.
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