I was trying out a new recipe yesterday, that I’m going to make on Saturday evening. Just as well that I had a dry run because it needs a bit of adjustment! While I was waiting for it to cook I laid out the ingredients for my vanilla ice cream, I use Delia’s recipe, and James kindly made the custard for it. This meant that we had four spare egg whites, so we used them to make meringues. Neither of us is very good at making meringues so we took special care and I tipped in the sugar gradually while James beat (but not over-beat!) the mixture with the electric whisk. Into the oven they went and an hour-and-a-half later we were gratified to find that they had turned out very well.
Later, when the vanilla custard was completely cold, I folded in the double cream and poured it into the ice cream maker, and after about half an hour, voilà! The ice cream was all ready and I popped it into a Tupperware container and into the freezer.
There was a tiny amount of cream left over so we put it in a dish for Tom and Flora; they were delighted!
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