Tahitian Vanilla Ice Milk

Total Time: 13 hrs Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 12 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 vanilla bean (preferably tahitian)
• 1 cup sugar
• 4 cups milk

Recipe

• 1 split and scrape vanilla bean: on cutting board, slit the bean lengthwise. scrape down the length of the bean to scoop out all the seeds. place the seeds in a little mound on the cutting board. add a teaspoon of granulated sugar; work the sugar and seeds together with the tip of your middle finger, until sugar and seeds are totally mixed and seeds don't stick together anymore.
• 2 place vanilla bean and seeds, sugar, and milk in a saucepan. stir occasionally until the mixture just starts to come to a boil. cover; remove from heat and let stand 30 minutes.
• 3 remove vanilla bean and scrape it between your thumb and forefinger to get every bit of seed and pulp out of it. discard pod.
• 4 cool overnight. add to ice cream freezer and freeze according to manufacturer's directions.