Ice cream (choose your flavor)

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Description

This is an ice cream base that can be flavoured to your choice

See the listing of flavour ideas below

Ingredients

Ice Cream Base:

• 1 teaspoon cornflour (cornstarch)
• 4 large free-range egg yolks
• 300 ml (10 fl oz) 1 1/4 cups soya milk
• 100g (4oz) castor sugar
• 1 vanilla pod, split
• 240 ml (8 fl oz) 1 cup of soya cream
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

1. Mix the cornflour (cornstarch)and sugar with the egg yolks and a little of the milk until you have a smooth paste.
2. Continue adding the milk and then pour the liquid into a saucepan to cook.
3. Add the vanilla pod and then stir continuously until the custard is very thick and hot - but do not boil.
4. Remove the pan from the heat and take out the pod (wash it under warm water, then dry it so that you can re-use it).
5. Add the soy cream and blend briefly. mix in the vanilla extract and leave to cool.
6. Follow the instructions on your ice-cream maker and pour in the custard.
7. Churn until frozen and then serve, or freeze in a scalable container.
8. Enjoy as vanilla flavour or stir in your added flavour of your choice.

Flavours:

• Banana - (55 g (2 oz) 1/2 cup of banana pieces)

• Caramel - (add 25 g (1 oz) 1/4 cup of crushed caramelised sugar pieces to the soy milk to dissolve before proceeding with the recipe)
• Caramelised Fig- (Saute chooped figs, then add sugar and cook till sugar caramelises)
• Chocolate chip - (add 55 g (2 oz) 1/2 cup dairy free chocolate chips)
• Cookie Dough - (add 55 g (2 oz) 1/2 cup of your favourite egg less cookie dough and some cholate chunks)
• Cherry - (add 55 g (2 oz) 1/2 cup of dried cherries soak in bordeux)
• Grapenut - (add 55 g (2 oz) 1/2 cup of Grapenut cereal)
• Lemon Pie - (add lemon flavouring and 55 g (2 oz) 1/2 cup of pieces of shortbread cookies)
• Malted Chocolate - (Melt barley malt and dark chocolate)
• Maple walnut (add 55 g (2 oz) 1/2 cup walnut peices and maple flavour or syrup to taste)
• Mint Chip (add mint flavouring and 55 g (2 oz) 1/2 cup cholate flakes)
• Pistachio (add 55 g (2 oz) 1/2 cup roasted crushed salted pistachios)
• Rum & Raisin (Soak 55 g (2 oz) 1/2 cup raisins in rum, then add)
• Strawberry (add 55 g (2 oz) 1/2 cup fresh or fozen strwberries)
• Toasted Almond (add 55 g (2 oz) 1/2 cup fine chopped roasted salted almonds)
• Toasted Coconut (add 55 g (2 oz) 1/2 cup toasted dessiccated coconut)