This is the only recipe you'll ever need for The Best homemade ice cream. You do need an ice cream mixer but get that and this recipe and you're set.
Uncle Richard's Ice Cream
4 cups pureed fruit of choice--peach, strawberry, raspberry, apricot are all delicious. Or in combo!
4 eggs
2 1/2 c. sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
Dash of salt
1 pint heavy whipping cream
1 pint half-and-half
2 envelopes of plain gelatin (Knox brand)
1. Using a hand mixer, combine the eggs, sugar, vanilla and salt in a large mixing bowl.
2. Add the cream and half-and-half to the bowl and mix together well.
3. Pour the contents of the mixing bowl into the chilled can of your ice cream mixer.
4. Add your pureed fruit to the chilled can of the mixer and stir well.
5. Fill a small mug with 1/3-1/2 c. cold water. Dissolve the two envelopes of gelatin in the cold water. Warm another 1/3 c of milk in the microwave and slowly add that to the gelatin mix. Stir this mixture until its fully dissolve--no lumps.
6. Pour the gelatin mix into your ice cream can STIRRING THE MIXTURE CONTINUOUSLY WITH A LARGE SPOON while you do.
7. Now follow the directions from your ice cream mixer--adding ice and salt and all that jazz. Run the ice cream machine until you have delicious ice cream!
Enjoy :)
