Vanilla bean and cherry-rum ice cream

Ingredients:

Sugar, 3/4 cup

Whole milk, 1 cup

Heavy or double cream, 2 cups

Egg yolks, 3

Vanilla bean, 1/2 pod (or can substitute vanilla bean paste, 1/4 tsp)

Cherry-rum ice cream

Rum-soaked sour cherries

Ice cream maker required

Directions:

1. Whisk all ingredients together in a saucepan.

2. Continue stirring over low heat until it forms a custard (it will stick to the spoon). 

3. Place into a container and chill until ready to prepare ice cream.

4. Process custard according to instructions for your ice cream maker.

For cherry-rum ice cream

5. Just before last few turns, gently pour in cherries. 

6. Chill for at least an hour in the freezer before serving.

The story:

We love homemade ice cream and gelato. And this was the perfect way to use the cherries left over after making sour cherry mojitos last week.