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Vanilla Basil Ice Cream

From the recipe box Homemade Ice Cream by

Introduction

I made this recipe in the prime of the basil growing season and it turned out amazing.

Ingredients

2 cups heavy whipping cream (chilled)
1 cup whole milk
½ cup sugar (we used super fine)
1 vanilla bean (insides scraped out and remainder put in sugar jar for vanilla sugar)
15 basil leaves

Steps

  1. add sugar, vanilla, milk and basil into food processor and blend for 25 seconds
  2. filter mixture through a fine mesh strainer to get all the basil bits out
  3. add heavy whipping cream and mixture into ice cream maker
  4. run machine for 25-30 minutes or until thick
  5. transfer ice cream to plastic container and freeze

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1. by vesperlight on Sep 15, 2009 at 9:25 PM PDT

I bet this would be good with lemon basil...

2. by jstern on Jul 13, 2010 at 7:45 PM PDT

This is amazing - probably the best ice cream I’ve ever had, and that’s saying a lot! Wonderful for summer and completely delicious!

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