Crème Fraiche Ice Cream

Instructions

1. Combine cream, buttermilk, 1/2 of the sugar, vanilla extract, and salt in a medium saucepan and heat on medium flame until it reaches 165˚F. Then remove from heat.
2. Meanwhile, whip egg yolks and sugar together until they become pale yellow. Then whip in the crème fraiche.
3. Using a ladle, whisk in half of the heated cream mixture, one ladle at a time, whisking briskly between each ladle. Then return tempered egg cream mixture back into the pot of heated cream. Return to medium heat.
4. Continue to heat mixture stirring frequently until it reaches a temperature between 162˚F and 180˚F.
5. Meanwhile, fill a large bowl with Ice. Once mixture reaches temperature, remove from heat and pour into a medium bowl. Nestle medium bowl into larger bowl filled with ice.
6. Stir mixture over ice bath until it is cooled to about 50˚F, then pour into ice cream maker.
7. Set ice cream maker according to manufacturer's directions. Serve immediately or store in an airtight container.