Host Anna Medina talks with Alfonso Marquez Ramirez, Pastry Chef at Chez TJ, a Michelin Star rated restaurant in Mountain View, about tips and tricks for making ice cream at home. Marquez Ramirez shared his recipe for a vanilla ice cream base:
Alfonso Marquez Ramirez’s ice cream base
Yield: 2 quarts
3 cups whole milk
2 cups heavy cream
1 can sweetened condensed milk
15 egg yolks
1 cup sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla
In a saucepan, bring cream, milk and condensed milk to a boil, take off the heat, add vanilla and set aside.
In blender, puree yolks and sugar for 1 minute on high, then turn down to low.
Add half of the hot milk mixture, blend for 30 seconds and add back to the pot. Heat mixture until it reaches 170 F, then chill for 3 hours. Put half of the mixture in ice cream machine until it is of soft-serve consistency, put in an airtight container and freeze until set.
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