Leaner Fresh Peach Ice Cream

Name: Leaner Fresh Peach Ice Cream
Yield: Serves 8 (Makes about 1 quart)
Ingredients: 4 , medium-size ripe peaches, peeled, pitted, and cut into 1/2-inch pieces (about 2 cups); 1/2 teaspoon, lemon juice from 1 lemon; Pinch, table salt; 1 cup, granulated sugar; 1 1/2 cups, whole milk; 1/4 cups, heavy cream; 4 , large egg yolks; 1 teaspoon, vanilla extract; 1 1/2 tablespoons, vodka

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated July/August 1998

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SERVES8 (Makes about 1 quart)

TIME1 hour, plus 1 to 1½ hours standing, 6 hours chilling, and 2 hours freezing

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

For our peach ice cream recipe, we found that the preparation of the peaches and syrup was key: Letting the peaches stand for a bit with the sugar, then cooking them gently, then straining them, adding the syrupy juice to the custard before...

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