Lemon Cardamom Ice Cream

Oh my Buddha! This is the best ice cream I have ever eaten… I think I may have ruined ice cream for myself.

Ingredients:

• 5 Meyer lemons

• zest of 1 lemon

• 1 tbls cardamom

• 1 C 1/2 & 1/2

• 1 C sugar

• 3 C heavy cream

• 1/2 a vanilla bean

• 6 large egg yolks

Directions:

1. Peel one of the lemons with a vegetable peeler, taking care not to cut into the bitter white pith. Place the peel in a medium saucepan with the cardamom, half-and-half and sugar. Scrape the vanilla pod seeds into the pan and drop in the pod. Heat over high heat to just under a boil.

2. Remove from the heat, and allow to steep for 10 to 15 minutes.

3. In a medium mixing bowl, whisk the egg yolks, and then pour in some of the hot half-and-half mixture, stirring constantly. Pour the mixture back into the pan and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until it coats the back of a wooden spoon, 4 to 5 minutes.

4. Pour the mixture through a strainer into a bowl.

5. Grate the zest of 2 lemons and add it to the mixture. Allow to stand for 10 minutes.

6. Add the cream to the mixture.

7. Juice all 5 lemons and add the juice (you should have about three-fourths cup) to the cream mixture.

8. Throw it in the fridge to cool completely.

9. Once cool, put it in an ice cream maker until you get the desired texture.

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