home made ice cream

[Vidar]

Seeing as how spring an summer are right on the doorstep, yet again, I thought it would be nice to start cranking out my own ice cream.
I've developed a very simple and versatile recipe for Philadelphia style ice cream.

basic recipe:

1 cup milk
2 cups whipping cream
1 cup sugar
extract of choice (like vanilla)

put everything in a pan
heat to 175 degrees Fahrenheit, or to a bare simmer if you don't have a thermometer
chill in the fridge until cold (overnight is best)
freeze in your ice cream machine
let harden in your freezer (overnight, or until you can't wait any longer)

You can leave out the extract, and replace half the sugar with preserves, like this

1 cup milk
2 cups whipping cream
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup preserves (any kind you like)

procedure as before.

Does anyone else have any amazingly delicious ice cream recipes?

[Tapewolf]

No, but I have recently taken to freezing sticks of celery and eating them like ice-lollies.

[GabrielsThoughts]

this actually requires experimentation...unfortunately my Mom and Sister are lactose intolerant (WooT! I'm lucky)
is there an alternative to whipping cream that I could use.

[Vidar]

For those who are lactose intolerant, you could look up some sorbet recipes. Those are made in the same kind of ice cream machine, and contain no dairy products. Just water, sugar, and flavourants in the right proportions. I haven't experimented with these much, yet.
Does anyone have any good base recipes for sorbets?

[superluser]

Hey!  An excuse to post my favorite recipe!  It's an ice cream topping!

Dulce de Leche

Ingredients:
A can of Sweetened Condensed Milk
water

Bring water to a boil.  Boil can for four hours.

That's right...the whole bass...

[Brunhidden]

a favorite around here is setting out a bowl of frozen sweet corn, its crispy, cold, and surprisingly sweeter then normal. a record amount of half assed effort, just open bag and pour.

No fair, I used my whole ass for this