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Summary: Learn how to cook the custard for this pumpkin ice cream recipe with expert cooking tips on homemade ice cream in this free online video.
Jennifer Cail has been cooking and baking since she could reach the stove at the age of 4. She has been studying pastry-making almost as long, going so far as to meet the White House...read more
"Hi! I'm Jennifer Cail and on behalf of Expert Village, I'm going to show you how to make this delicious sweet and refreshing pumpkin ice cream. We're letting the custard cook for a little bit. You can see we're starting to get a little bit thicker. You can see it along the edge of the pan. You want to be very, very careful when cooking this because you do not want it to get too hot. You don't want it to cook for too long. As all cost, you want to avoid lumps. We're stirring it constantly. We're going to let it get to thickness to coat the back the back of the spoon. Okay, you can see that it's starting to get thick. You might see some little bits of lumps down at the bottom. That's okay because we're going to put it through the sift. You want to get it to where it's going to coat the back of the spoon, which you can see that it's doing. Some recipes will tell you that you'll be able to trail across the surface of it. Sometimes it happens and sometimes it doesn't."
eHow Article: Cook Custard for Pumpkin Ice Cream