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Adding the Ice Cream Base to the Machine

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Todd Gray
Executive Chef/Co-Owner, Equinox
http://www.equinoxrestaurant.com  
202-331-8118

Since opening Equinox in 1999 to universal acclaim, Todd Gray has emerged as one of the surest culinary talents in the nation's capital, as well as a tireless champion of sustainable farming and fishing practices, and a passionate promoter of local, mid-Atlantic foods. Gray practices what he preaches every day, and Equinox is widely acclaimed as an oasis of sophisticated yet unpretentious seasonal cuisine.

With an artist's vision of the beauty in both his raw ingredients and his finished plates, classical training in culinary techniques gained in DC's top French and Italian kitchens, and a down-home Virginia boy's appreciation for food that just plain tastes good, Todd Gray is the culinary mastermind of Equinox, infusing the atmosphere with his passion for the bounty of the Mid-Atlantic. Todd continues to work with local farmers developing food of all varieties, form lettuce to beef, taking personal stock in the animals and produce being raised.

Gray's cooking has earned him five nominations for the prestigious Best Chef, Mid-Atlantic award from the James Beard Foundation. He also is a four-time nominee for Chef of the Year from the Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington. Equinox has consistently been rated one of the city's top restaurants by many local publications, and has appeared on numerous "best of" lists in national epicurean magazines. Equinox has achieved Wine Spectator's Award of Excellence six years in a row, and is consistantly recognized with the Award of Excellence from the Distinguished Restaurants of North America (DiRoNa). Todd has also just received a nomination for Chef of the year through the RAMW for 2008

Adding the Ice Cream Base to the Machine

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Adding the Ice Cream Base to the Machine

Ingredients

1 quart of milk
2 cups of sugar
1 vanilla bean
8 egg yolks

Instructions

1. Pour the milk and sugar together and whisk to form a base.


2. Split the vanilla bean by cutting it end to end. Drop the bean into the base and let it simmer until the sugar has dissolved.


3. Transfer the egg yolks to a bowl. Tamper the yolks by slowly adding warm milk into the yolks.


4. Prepare an ice bath. Start slowly adding about 8-10 ounces of the base into the egg yolks. Then transfer the yolks back to the mixture and allow it to simmer while whisking continuously. Cook it for a minute and a half and then pass it through a mesh strainer into another bowl sitting on top of the ice bath.


5. After the base has cooled, transfer it to the ice cream machine, pouring slowly. Run the ice cream machine for 45 minutes. Remove the ice cream and serve.

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Todd Gray: Hi, I am Todd Gray, we are in the wine served Equinox Restaurant where we are making vanilla ice cream. Now that our base is cooled, I am going to transfer it to our ice cream machine, pouring this in carefully. The one quart fits absolutely perfect into the chamber. Most machines are about a one quart chamber, so this recipe should work out just fine for our most standard machines. I insert the mixing paddle, that goes in first, then our attachment lid here, being sure that that's on properly and then the arm that is necessary for mixing. Fit that down the machine, today I am using a Cuisinart ice cream machine, but any good high quality ice cream machine would work just fine. I am going to turn this on, we are going to run this for about 45 minutes and when we come back, I am going to show you what your final product should look like.

Now that our 45 minutes is up, let's remove our attachments, seeing that our custard is beginning to freeze. We are going to remove that, transfer it to our container, place it into the freezer side of your refrigerator. See this wonderful ice cream, it can be enjoyed with countless desserts, it goes to show you again that great cooking does not have to be complicated, enjoy.

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