low fat almond vanilla ice cream

How To Make low fat almond vanilla ice cream

• 1

  Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Place almonds on a cookie sheet and toast for 15 to 18 minutes. Allow almonds to cool.
• 2

  Meanwhile, heat milk in a medium saucepan over medium heat, about 10 minutes, until steaming, do not allow the milk to boil, remove the milk from the heat.
• 3

  Place 1/2 cup of the toasted almonds into a food processor, process until finely chopped.
• 4

  Stir finely chopped almonds into the hot milk, mix well and allow to steep for at least 30 minutes.
• 5

  In a large sauce pan, whisk together egg yolks and sugar, until smooth.
• 6

  Pour almond milk mixture into egg yolks and sugar mixture, split the vanilla bean into half lengthwise, and add split beans with vanilla seeds into saucepan with all the liquid.
• 7

  Gently heat over medium heat, stirring constantly using a wooden spoon until the mixture thickens and coats the back of the spoon. This will take about 15-20 minutes.
• 8

  Transfer into a sieve on top of a medium bowl. Sieve out the solids, pressing to extract as much liquid as possible. This should result in a smooth vanilla almond ice cream base.
• 9

  Refrigerate for at least 4 hours until thoroughly chilled, preferably overnight.
• 10

  Pour into ice cream maker and process for about 25 minutes. Follow any specific directions for your ice cream maker.
• 11

  Coarsely chop remaining 1/4 cup toasted almonds. Add into ice cream maker near the end and process another 3 to 5 minutes.
• 12

  Place the frozen ice cream in a reasonable sized container. It can be served immediately, or you can freeze it until it firms up if desired.
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