Nutmeg Ice-Cream (Grenada) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups milk
1 1/2 cups heavy cream
3 large eggs
3/4 cup sugar
1 tablespoon grated fresh nutmeg (about 1 whole nutmeg)
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Preparation

In a saucepan bring the milk and the cream just to a boil. Do not boil but turn off the heat as soon as it gets to boiling stage.
In a bowl whisk together the eggs, the sugar, the nutmeg, the salt, and the vanilla.
Whisk 1/2 cup of the milk mixture into the egg mixture, and whisk the mixture into the remaining milk mixture.
Cook the custard over moderate heat, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon, until it registers 175 degrees F. on a candy thermometer.
Transfer the custard to a metal bowl set in a larger bowl of ice and cold water and stir it until it is cold.
Freeze the custard in an ice-cream maker according to the manufacturer's instructions.