Coffee Ice Cream

Name: Coffee Ice Cream
Prep time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 4 serving(s)
Ingredients: 4 egg yolks; 85 g caster sugar; 1 pinch salt; 425 ml single cream; 25 ml coffee (instant)

Submitted by McCarthy

"Recipe from Leith's Cookery Bible - This ice cream is made with a custard base."

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Ready In:: 2hrs
Ingredients:: 5
Serves:: 4

ingredients

4 egg yolks
85 g caster sugar
1 pinch salt
425 ml single cream
25 ml coffee (instant)

directions

Whisk the egg yolks, sugar and salt until light and frothy.
Place the cream and coffee together in a pan and heat slowly until the coffee dissolves.
Add the cream to the egg-yolk mixture, whisking all the time,.
Pour the mixture into the top of a double saucepan or into a bowl set over a pan of simmering water.
Stir continuously until thick and creamy.
Strain into a bowl and allow to cool, whisking occasionally.
Chill then freeze.
When the ice cream is half frozen, whisk again the return to the freezer.