Not your typical dessert!

 We made ice cream using liquid nitrogen...

 So my parents tried out a new recipe...

 The liquid nitrogen made the half and half turn into ice cream consistency...

 Here is Mandy trying it out... YUM!!!

 Can you tell is was also St. Patrick's Day?!

 Quinn getting a magic carpet ride...

(aka: Diaper changing mat ride!!)

Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream Recipe  (if you can get your hands on some good 'ol liquid nitrogen, that is! ...not sure how available this stuff is!)

4 cups whole milk
1 vanilla bean, split
1 cup sugar
3 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons cornstarch
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Place three cups of the milk in a saucepan with the vanilla bean over medium-low heat.
Meanwhile, pour the remaining 1 cup milk into a large glass measuring cup. Add the sugar and the cornstarch. Mix well.

When the milk starts to simmer, remove it from the heat and pour in the cornstarch mixture, stirring the whole time. Return the saucepan to medium-low and stir, stir, stir, until things start thickening up, 10 to 12 minutes. It should end up thicker than, say, a runny milkshake, but thinner than a frosty one.


Pour the mixture through a strainer into a mixing bowl, whisk in the vanilla extract, and let it cool on the counter for 20 minutes or so. I like to then chill it in the refrigerator for a few hours or overnight until it is completely chilled.


Now you are ready to place this mixture in a metal-bowl mixer and do the liquid nitrogen thing (see above links and do your safety reading and research first), or you can just freeze this using the manufacturer's instructions on a standard ice-cream maker. Serves 6.
http://www.101cookbooks.com/archives/001366.html