why don't we boil the cream in ice cream recipes?

[kazeya]

ok here's a food for thought...i was just curious as to why we don't boil the cream together with the milk in vanilla ice cream recipes in general? i mean doesn't this help sterilize the mixture? just curious lol!

 

[petemccracken]

ok here's a food for thought...i was just curious as to why we don't boil the cream together with the milk in vanilla ice cream recipes in general? i mean doesn't this help sterilize the mixture? just curious lol!

Boiling may pasteurize but I seriously question whether it would sterilize.

TBS, it only takes something on the order of 160-180°F to pasteurize and avoid the problems with higher temperatures denaturing proteins.

Besides, why pasteurize something that is already pasteurized, at least in the USA?