Would you like to eat a very creamy, very sweet thing on a very hot summer day? Let me guess, the answer’s NO, unless it’s a delicious vanilla icecream.
As you can see on the pic, the icecream is melting. But it is on deliberate purpose. Since i was a child i had always loved melted icecream. It’s was like a milk shake to me. I even used to wait an hour to then delight myself with a perfect melted icecream. Ah souvenirs, souvenirs…
Here i tried to recreate my childhood memories using a recipe from “Vos desserts glacés par LENÔTRE avec magimix“.

So here is the translation of the recipe:
Vanilla icecream
makes 0.8L

1/2 L full fat milk
1 vanilla pod
210g caster sugar (fanny : i would use much less next time, lets say around 150-180g)
6 egg yolks
1/4 double cream (fanny : i used “crème fraiche liquide

(fanny : i’m not gonna translate everything but give you all the main steps)
Put the milk, half of the sugar and the vanilla pod sliced lengthways in a pan. Bring to the boil, stiring from time to time until the sugar is dissolved. Remove from the heat and let stand covered for 10 minutes.
In a bowl, whisk at medium speed the egg yolks and remaining sugar until white and frothy (fanny : the recipe calls for 1 minute, i would say 5).
Now make your custard by pouring the hot milk over the egg yolks and pouring back this mixture into the pan. Back over low-medium heat for 10 minutes or so, stiring all the time, until the custard “nappe” the wooden spoon (fanny : it means that the custard coats the spoon: if you have a thermometre you should know this : cook until the temperature reaches 83°C, then remove from the heat for 2 minutes, still stirring).
When your custard’s done, mix in the cream (it stops the cooking process) and put the pan into a sink filled with cold water (fanny : i added ice in the sink). Leave to cool for a good 30 minutes.
Put the cold mixture into the prepared icecream maker and leave it to do its job for 30 minutes (fanny : i guess the length depends on the brand of the icecream maker; mine is a magimix “turbine a glace”)