[roofgoat]

Joe, how hard is it for a non chef guy to make good ice cream?

How cost effective is it considering all the ingredients needed? About same as lets say Breyers? More, Less?

[FlJoePa]

I use basically the same recipe posted above (the 8 egg yolks recipe). The only tricky part is making the custard, but you just keep whisking and don't let it turn to scrambled eggs.

I use all half and half (I buy it by the half gallon for coffee) as I rarely have milk on hand and never have cream. I guess it's probably a little cheaper than Breyers.

The reason I got it is so I could make Teaberry ice cream, because no one has ever heard of it in FL and I was raised on it in PA.

Just leave out the vanilla beans and once you transfer the mixture to the contraption, add a little Teaberry extract (very little, as that stuff is STRONG!). I even have some pink food coloring to add.

I've also made some great chocolate ice cream using the same base recipe and adding some cocoa and Giardelli chocolate. Using that custard recipe you can make anything you want really.

To answer your question, it's easy. Oh, and delicious.