Lemon Ice Cream
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Ingredients:
• ½ pint of Northern Ireland milk
• 3 lemons – juice and rind
• 2 large eggs
• 175g caster sugar
• 250ml fresh NI whipping cream – whipped


Method:
• Bring the milk almost to the boil with the lemon rind, then leave to infuse off the heat for about 15 minutes
• Cream the eggs and sugar until thick and pale
• Stir in the lemon flavoured milk and the lemon juice and strain this mixture through a sieve into a saucepan
• Cook the custard slowly over a gentle heat, stirring continuously until the mixture thickens.  Leave to cool
• Fold the cream into the cooled custard.  Pour into a freezer container, cover and freeze until half frozen.  Whisk thoroughly and freeze again, until firm