Use the best-quality custard you can get in this incredibly easy ice cream recipe. For a stronger flavour, you could stir through a tbsp of vanilla bean paste before freezing, if you like. Serve in waffle or wafer cones with your choice of sauce and sprinkles.
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Yields:
6 serving(s)
Prep Time:
10 mins
Total Time:
10 mins
Ingredients
500g
tub fresh vanilla custard
Directions
Step 1Line a freezer-proof container or small baking dish with baking parchment. Pour in the custard and smooth to level. Cover and freeze for at least 4hr, or until frozen solid.
Step 2Tip the frozen custard on to a chopping board and peel off the baking parchment. Carefully chop the custard into smaller pieces.
Step 3Whizz the custard pieces in a food processor until smooth, this will take a few minutes. Pipe or spoon into cones and serve.
GET AHEAD You can freeze the custard up to 1 week in advance, complete recipe to serve.
For an authentic ‘Mr Whippy’ look, you could pipe your ice cream into cones using a large closed-star nozzle
Alice Shields is Senior Cookery Writer for Good Housekeeping. A trained pastry chef, you’ll find her food styling on photo shoots, developing delicious recipes and writing about all things food. She loves to bake and her favourite pudding will always be a chocolate fondant. Originally hailing from Lancashire, she finally achieved her goal of getting a butter pie recipe into the magazine.
