Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
  2               cups  half and half
  1                cup  cream
  2             sticks  cinnamon
  1              piece  star anise
     1/4                vanilla bean
  10                    egg yolks
  6             ounces  sugar

Preparation:

Combine the half and half, cream, cinnamon, star anise and vanilla bean into a pot and bring to a slow boil. Remove from the heat and infuse for one hour. Whisk the yolks together with the sugar. Bring the cream mixture back to a boil and temper into the egg mixture. Return to the fire and cook, stirring slowly, until the mixture coats the back of a spoon. Strain, chill and freeze in an ice cream machine.

Nutritional Information:

2524 Calories (kcal); 168g Total Fat; (58% calories from fat); 50g Protein; 216g Carbohydrate; 2514mg Cholesterol; 363mg Sodium