I just bought an ice cream maker and need recipes for cool ice creams including pineapple, and other tropical fruits.

to make a really good premium ice cream, you should check out alton brown's show "good eats" and theres an episode called "churn baby churn". you can find it at www.foodtv.com

3 cups half-and-half
1 cup heavy cream
8 large egg yolks
9 ounces vanilla sugar (normal sugar will do just fine though)
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

start off by mixing the cream and half +half in a sauce pan. bring it just to a simmer on medium heat, and as soon as you see bubbles, take it off the heat. mix 8 egg yolks in a bowl. whisk until its very creamy. then add sugar, and only add a little at a time. stir well, so that its smooth, and its gonna be THICK. now, add your cream thing to your sugar/egg thing. only put in about 1/3 of the cream into the eggs, and mix well. continue mixing, and add the rest as you go. DONT just put it all together. go slowly. when you're done mixing it, toss it into a sauce pan again, and put on low heat. stir continuously, until it hits 175 degrees (no salmonella for us!). when its done, put a spoon in it, and see if the stuff coats the BOTTOM of the spoon. if it does, its just how you want it to be - its called "nappe". lol. now, once its cooled down some what, add the vanilla.

ok, then you need to put it in the fridge for at least 4 hours. you want it to get down to 40 degrees, and you want it to take its time, otherwise it comes out kinda crappy. this seems like a long process, but believe me, its well worth it.

when its down to the right temp, put it in your machine. that will make a premium vanilla ice cream. he explains how to make others, but the base is the same for all of them (you just add something other than vanilla.... say, pineapple extract, or citrus oils or something).

and as the machine does its job, you can add stuff into it. cookie chunks, candy pieces, even fruit slices. but, if its something you think will get soggy (like oreos) wait until the ice cream is already pretty thick. if its something that wont get soggy (like the kind of mint you find on your pillow in a hotel) you can add it in early in the process.

GOOD LUCK!!!

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