Coffee Ice Cream

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

• Ready In: 2 hrs
• Serves: 4

Ingredients

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

Directions

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