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Gelato Alla Vaniglia (vanilla Ice Cream)

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Italy

Known as an Italian recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

Ingredients 7 ingredients

  1. 2 c Milk
  2. 2 c Cream
  3. Specks
  4. 6 ea Egg yolks
  5. 1 pn Salt
  6. 1 ea Vanilla bean, 4" long
  7. 1 c Sugar
Contains EggsMilk Read from the ingredients, not verified. Check labels.

Method

  1. Split and crush the bean in a motar. Place milk, cream, sugar, and bean in an enamel pan over low heat. Bring to the scalding point. Beat the egg yolks with the salt till foamy, then add in the scalded cream mix, mixing well. Pour back into enamel pan and place over lowest heat . Stir constantly until mix coats a metal spoon. Pour through sieve into a bowl and chill thoroughly before freezing in a ice cream maker. (Note:The little specks of bean should not worry you: they are an indication that the best ingredients have been used.
  2. Italy circa 196?. Posted by Dick Baker, Nov. 96

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Mixing bowl
  • Whisk
  • Wooden spoon
  • Sieve
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Credit

From: Great Italian Cooking by Luigi Carnacina. Published in Milan. Saved from www.armchairpatriot.com (http://www.armchairpatriot.com/COMBO%20RECIPES/Meal%20Master%20Recipes/26000.txt), file Recipes/www.armchairpatriot.com/COMBO RECIPES/Meal Master Recipes/26000.txt in the Internet Archive item cooking-recipes (https://archive.org/details/cooking-recipes).

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