Ice Cream, Honey?

Total Time: 1 hr 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups milk
• 1 vanilla bean
• 1/2 cup raisins, chopped
• 1/4 cup dark rum or 1/4 cup hot water
• 5 egg yolks
• 1/3 cup fragrant honey
• 1/2 cup creme fraiche

Recipe

• 1 combine milk and vanilla and bring to a boil over medium high heat.
• 2 remove from heat and let sit for 1 hour.
• 3 meanwhile, combine raisins and rum (or water) and let stand until raisins and plumped (around 30 minutes).
• 4 remove the vanilla bean from milk and reheat it until small bubbles appear along the edges of the pan.
• 5 while the milk is reheating, beat the egg yolks until thick and pale.
• 6 whisk a little of the hot milk into the yolks to temper them, then gradually stir the yolk mixture into the remaining hot milk.
• 7 simmer over medium heat, stirring constantly, until the mixture thickens enough to coat the back of a spoon (about 5 minutes).
• 8 remove from heat and stir in honey.
• 9 let cool.
• 10 when cool, fold in creme fraiche and the raisins and any liquid.
• 11 transfer to an ice cream maker and follow manufacturer's directions-or- freeze in small custard cups or molds.
• 12 enjoy!