1990s Recipes + Menus

Sour Cream Ice Cream

Makes about 1 quart
January 1996
  • 2 cups half-and-half
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 vanilla bean, split lengthwise
  • 8 large egg yolks
  • 2 cups (1 pint) sour cream
  • In heavy saucepan combine half-and-half, 3/4 cup sugar, and vanilla bean and bring just to a boil. Remove pan from heat. in a bowl whisk together egg yolks and remaining 1/4 cup sugar and hot half-and-half mixture in a stream, whisking. Return custard to pan and cook over moderately low heat, stirring, until 170ºF on a candy thermometer.
  • Remove pan from heat. Scrape seeds from vanilla bean into custard until combined well and discard pod. Stir sour cream into custard until combined well and strain through a fine sieve into a bowl. Chill custard until cold and freeze in an ice-cream maker.

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