Southern Peach Ice Cream

4 cups peeled, diced fresh peaches (about 8 small ripe peaches)

1 cup sugar

1 (12-ounce) can evaporated milk

1 (3.75-ounce) package vanilla instant pudding mix

1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk

4 cups half-and-half

Combine peaches and sugar; let stand 1 hour.

Process peach mixture in a food processor until smooth, stopping to scrape down sides.

Stir together evaporated milk and pudding mix in a large bowl; stir in peach puree, sweetened condensed milk and half-and-half.

Pour mixture into freezer container of a 4-quart hand-turned or electric freezer; freeze according to manufacturer's instructions.

Spoon into an airtight container, and freeze until firm.