• Fill a large bowl with ice water and set it aside.

For the custard:

• In a small saucepan, whisk together the egg yolks, corn syrup, and sugar until everything is fully combined and the sugar is dissolved. Do not do this over heat.
• Whisk in the milk, heavy cream and vanilla bean scrapings (or paste). If using vanilla bean, discard the pod. (I rinse and dry the pod, and stick it in a jar of sugar to make vanilla sugar.
• Place the pan over medium heat. Cook, stirring constantly with a rubber spatula, until the temperature reaches 165° to 175° on an instant read thermometer. NOTE: I prefer to use a candy thermometer so I can watch it closely.
• Remove the pan from the heat and pour the base through a fine-mesh strainer into a a CREAMi Pint.

  Carefully place the container in the prepared ice water bath, making sure the water doesn't spill into the base.
• Once the base has cooled, place the storage lid on the pint and freeze for 24 hours.

"Spinning" the Gelato:

• Remove the pint from the freezer and take off the lid.

  Place the pint in the outer bowl of your Ninja CREAMi, install the Creamerizer Paddle in the outer bowl lid, and lock the lid assembly onto the outer bowl.

  Place the bowl assembly on the motor base, and twist the handle to the right to raise the platform and lock it in place.

  Select the GELATO function.
• Once the machine has finished processing, remove the gelato from the pint.

  Serve immediately with desired toppings.

  NOTE: If the ice cream appears "crumbly", don't panic! The base was probably too cold. Reassemble the pint, attach back onto the CREAMi, and choose the RESPIN button. Sometimes, I add a splash of whole milk, and RESPIN.

Variety of flavors:

• Once the gelato base had cooled, I added 1/4 tsp of LorAnn Hazelnut Extract, before freezing. The sky is the limit on what flavors you want to create!

Mix-Ins:

• Once your gelato is finished, and creamy, you can add up to 1/3 cup of mix-ins. I use a spoon to create a "hole" in the center, then drop in chopped chocolates, fruit, jam, whatever sounds good to you. Reassemble the pint, reattach to the CREAMi and press MIXIN.