Plum Ice Cream

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup water
• 2 tablespoons superfine sugar (or regular sugar run through a blender)
• 1/2 lb plum
• 1 cup whipping cream
• 1 cup milk
• 2 vanilla beans, split lengthwise
• 4 egg yolks, room temperature
• 2/3 cup superfine sugar (or regular sugar run through a blender)

Recipe

• 1 in a saucepan over low heat combine water and 2 tablespoons sugar, swirling occasionally until sugar dissolves. increase heat and bring to a boil. adjust heat so liquid barely shimmers.
• 2 add plums to pan and cook for 3-5 minutes (or until tender). cool completely.
• 3 in a saucepan bring cream, milk and vanilla beans to a simmer. remove from heat and let stand 10 minutes.
• 4 scrape seeds from vanilla beans into the cream mixture, discarding pods. return mixture to a boil. remove from heat.
• 5 beat egg yolks and 2/3 cup sugar until pale yellow and then beat in hot milk mixture. return all to saucepan and cook stirring over medium low heat until mixture thickens (6-8 minutes). do not boil. strain mixture into a bowl. cool completely in a refrigerator (at least 4 hours), stirring occasionally.
• 6 pit cooled plums but do not peel. puree plums with liquid in a food processor or blender until smooth. fold plum mixture into custard.
• 7 process in an ice cream maker according to manufacturer's directions.
• 8 freeze in a covered container for several hours.