Recipe - Anns White Chocolate Ice Cream

1 qt Heavy cream
8 lg Egg yolks
1 cup Sugar
One half lg Vanilla bean, slit open
lengthwise
One half pound White chocolate, chopped
(about 1 One half cup)

Scald 2 cups of the cream in a medium saucepan over medium heat, just until
the milk gives off steam and bubbles begin to form around the edge. Remove
the pan from the heat. In a medium bowl, whisk the egg yolks until they
have a pale lemon hue. Add the sugar and continue to whisk until dissolved.
Slowly whisk in One half cup of the scalded cream. When the mixture is
thoroughly blended, whisk it into the scalded cream in the saucepan. Add
the vanilla bean. Return the saucepan to low heat and whisk the cream
constantly for about 5 minutes, until it has thickened and reached a
temperature of 178 to 180F, as registered on an instantread or a dairy
thermometer. Remove the pan from the heat. Remove the vanilla bean from the
pan, then whisk in the white chocolate, until it is melted and thoroughly
incorporated. Scrape out the inside of the vanilla bean with the back of a
knife and add these flecks to the pan. Whisk in the remaining cream.
Transfer the mixture to a bowl, cover, and refrigerate for at least 8
hours. Prepare the ice cream in an icecream maker according to
manufacturer's directions. Store the ice cream in the freezer, where it has
a shelf life of about 1 week.

YIELD: 1 quart
Recipe by: Homemade in the Kitchen Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #619 by
Terilynn Sanford terily@tenet.edu on May 23, 1997