Vanilla Ice Cream Recipe

600ml Jersey milk (or 400ml full fat milk and 200ml cream)

115g sugar

1 tsp vanilla essence

3 egg yolks

Bowl and pan that it fits in (or double boiler)

Put the egg yolks and sugar in the bowl and beat together with a whisk for 30 seconds or so. Add the milk. Put water in the pan so it comes part way up the bowl and add the bowl. Bring the water in the pan to the boil and heat the mixture gently. Keep stiring from time to time until the mixture thickens. As it gets hotter you need to stir more. It should look like custard - because it is custard! Stir in the vanilla and leave to cool. If you have an ice cream make that you freeze in the freezer you are best to refrigerate before putting in the mixer.

Freeze in an ice cream maker. Doug said this (made with our own cows milk) was the best ice cream he had ever tasted! Or maybe he said it was the best thing he had ever tasted he can't remember.