This is the vanilla ice cream recipe I've been looking for. Creamy, rich and a wonderful vanilla flavour. Made this ice cream today and it is amazing. Way too creamy! All it is is cream with some milk, I can't believe I wasted my vanilla bean on this recipe. Next time with the coffee, will let it seep for 10 minutes more for more intense coffee flavor. Substituted 6 T of coarse ground decaf espresso for the vanilla for coffee ice cream and it was great. I let it cool down a bit and then put it into my ice cream maker. I used 40% heavy cream and added half water and half cream instead of milk because I had no milk and am almost an hour from a grocery store. I decided to follow this recipe and omit the eggs. It is milk, cream, sugar, tara gum, and natural flavors. When I read the ingredients, it does not have any egg.
My favorite ice cream to purchase from the grocery store is Breyer's Vanilla Bean Ice Cream. I left all other ingredients and proportions exactly as written. I did make 1 change to make it a little less rich for my taste preference instead of 3 cups of heavy cream I substituted 2 cups of heavy cream and 1 cup of half and half. This recipe was my go to all last summer I must have made it at least 5 times to rave reviews. I love a tweakable recipe! Husband couldn’t wait dasher licked clean! Also used 2/3 cup sugar & 1/3 cup cane syrup (Lyle’s Golden Syrup), and used just one vanilla bean instead of the two called out. Substituted 1 cup half n half for one of the three cups of cream as another reviewer had done. Wanted a custard ice cream recipe with whole eggs & had really good results with this.