Kahlua Vanilla Latte Ice Cream

Total Time: 2 hrs 50 mins Preparation Time: 2 hrs 30 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
• 1 1/2 cups 1% low-fat milk
• 3/8 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 1/2 tablespoons instant coffee granules or 1 1/2 tablespoons espresso powder
• 1 egg
• 1/8 cup kahlua

Recipe

• 1 in a medium saucepan, mix whipping cream, milk, sugar, vanilla and coffee granules. heat, stirring frequently, until coffee granules are fully dissolved and small bubbles form at the edge of the pan.
• 2 in a separate bowl, beat the egg with a whisk or mixer until frothy.
• 3 slowly drizzle a stream of the hot milk/coffee mixture (about 1 cup of it) into the egg, whisking or beating constantly.
• 4 gradually add the egg mixture back into the remaining hot milk/coffee mixture in the saucepan, whisking as you go.
• 5 cook over medium-low heat, stirring frequently, until mixture thickens slightly and is thick enough to coat the back of a spoon--roughly 5 minutes.
• 6 remove from heat, transfer into a glass jar and refrigerate until thoroughly chilled--at least 2 hours.
• 7 add kahlua, cover, and shake the jar to mix thoroughly.
• 8 if there are any little "chunks" from the egg, strain through a fine mesh strainer before freezing the ice cream.
• 9 freeze in an ice cream maker according to manufacturer's instructions.