Homemade ice cream

There are lots of dumb recipes out there calling for gelatin or canned milk, but the best ice cream is a simple custard made with lots of cream, and only five ingredients. This recipe makes about four decent servings. We used soy milk (don't tell Bert), and it was excellent.

Classic Vanilla Ice Cream

3 cups heavy cream
1 cup milk (soy is okay)
3/4 cup sugar
4 egg yolks
1 Tablespoon vanilla

Basically you make a custard with these ingredients. Heat the cream, milk, and sugar 'til almost boiling. Whisk a small quantity of the heated cream into the egg yolks, then whisk a little more hot cream in, then pour it all back into the pot (if you just poured the egg yolks directly into the hot cream they might just quickly cook into a big mess instead of getting incorporated into the cream). Adjust heat and cook for a few minutes longer, stirring, but don't boil. Cool and chill, then freeze it up in the ice cream maker of your choice. If you have the old fashion variety, try to find two athletes to crank it for you.