Homemade Pumpkin Ice Cream with Chocolate Chips and Walnuts

My friend, Kerri sent me this recipe from the blog fashionablyfoodie. I'm putting it here as a must try!

homemade pumpkin ice cream with chocolate chips and walnuts
an original recipe by rachelle

2 cups cream
1 cup milk
2 eggs plus 2 yolks
1 cup plus 2 TB sugar
1/4 tsp salt
1 (20 oz) can pumpkin
2 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
3/4 teaspoon allspice
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon cloves

later:
1/4 cup chocolate chips, blended or chopped
2 TB chocolate chips, left whole
1/4 cup walnuts, chopped

Combine cream and milk in a saucepan, bring to a boil and turn off immediately. Meanwhile, in a mixing bowl, combine egss, sugar, salt, spices and pumpkin, mix until fluffy. While mixer is running, pour 1 cup of the hot cream into the pumpkin egg mixture. Keep adding hot cream, one cup at a time, slowly, to temper the eggs. After everything is combined, pour the mixture back into the saucepan. Bring up to 170 degrees exactly, then turn the heat off. Stir in vanilla. Cool mixture overnight and prepare in ice cream maker- add chocolate chips and walnuts after ice cream has frozen at least halfway so they don't sink to the bottom.

**oh, and I added a bit of red and yellow food coloring to make the color better. i stopped counting drops after i accidentally dumped too much red and had to even it out with lots of yellow. just start out with a few drops and work from there.**

Party batch recipe:
(2 regular sized batches)

4 cups cream
2 cups milk
4 eggs plus 2 yolks
2 1/4 cups sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
a whole huge can pumpkin
2 teaspoons vanilla
3 teaspoons cinnamon
2 teaspoons allspice
1 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon cloves

1/2 cup chopped chocolate chips
1/4 cup whole chocolate chips
1/2 cup walnuts, chopped