Ice Cream

I've been on an ice cream kick lately.   Unfortunately that means eating it and not making it.  Might explain why my pants are a bit snug.  I picked up some beautiful pears at the store the other day and went in search of something to make.  I landed on Pear Ice cream by David Lebovitz.  He's one of my all time favorite chefs so I assumed it would be good.  It took me 3 days.  First day I made it and put it in the ice cream maker but...  it never froze up.  I let the maker run for 30 minutes.  Weird.  I decided I had not cooled down the custard enough before pouring it so I put the maker back in the freezer and refrigerated the custard again.  next day, I tried again.  Still it would not harden up.  I couldn't figure it out.  Then suddenly I remembered that the ice cream I've been eating never seems very hard.  It is always super soft and creamy.  I went and checked the temperature on my freezer and sure enough, it was set at the highest temperature.  Nothing was actually freezing all the way in there.  I'm surprised I haven't died from eating poorly frozen food.  (Not sure what I would die from but I'm sure there is some kind of bacteria growing.)  I re-set my freezer and put the maker back in.  Next day, I tried one more time.  This time it did freeze up but not super solid.  After all that work, I thought the ice cream was just okay.  It taste very fresh but didn't satisfy my taste buds.  At least I fixed the freezer :)