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A Classic Philadelphia Style Ice Cream Base

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Here is a recipe for about a quart of ice cream.

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A Classic Philadelphia Style Ice Cream Base
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A classic Philadelphia style vanilla ice cream recipe
Ingredients
  • 3 cups of heavy cream
  • 1 cup of milk
  • ½ – 1 cup of sugar. To taste, ¾ cup is most common.
  • ½ vanilla bean split and scraped. or 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract.
  • pinch of salt
Instructions
  1. Whisk together all the ingredients in a lipped bowl.
  2. Pre-chill using one of the methods described here.
  3. Freeze in your ice cream maker as per manufacturers instructions.
  4. Serve immediately or within 4 – 6 hours in your freezer.
  5. For a full vanilla ice cream, double (or more) the amount of vanilla called for in ingredients above.

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