Ingredients

Brown Sugar Ice Cream

2 cups heavy cream

1 1/2 cups whole milk

1 whole vanilla bean

1 cup packed light

brown sugar

4 egg yolks, beaten

crunchy-style pralines, crumbled

Preparation

In a medium saucepan over medium-low heat, combine cream, milk, vanilla bean, and brown sugar.

Cook until mixture is hot and sugar has dissolved. Remove vanilla bean. Temper egg yolks into hot mixture and continue to cook until liquid coats a spoon. Refrigerate until completely chilled and then pass through a fine sieve. Freeze in an ice cream maker, following manufacturer’s instructions. Fold the crumbled pralines into the ice cream and store in freezer*.