Lemon Drop Ice Cream

 

• 3 cups half & half
• 11/4 cups sugar
• 5 egg yolks, beaten
• 1/2 cup lemon juice
• zest of 3 lemons
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/4 cup lemon drop candies

Combine half and half and sugar in a saucepan; bring to a simmer over low heat.
Cook and stir until sugar is dissolved.
Add 1/4 cup of the hot half & half mixture into the eggs, stirring constantly to temper the eggs.
Add another 1/4 cup of the half & half mixture, and then pour the egg mixture back into the saucepan.
Cook and stir over low heat until the mixture just coats the back of a metal spoon.
Strain custard mixture through a sieve.
Add, lemon juice, zest and vanilla, stir.
Pour the mixture into ice cream maker and freeze according to machines directions.
Crush 1/4 cup lemon drop candies.
Add to ice cream.
Transfer ice cream to a lidded freezer container, and freeze for 3 hours or until firm.

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