Rich Chocolate Ice Cream
Silky, smooth, rich chocolate ice cream. Do I have your attention yet? It’s national chocolate ice cream day! yay! That can simply only mean one thing, chocolate ice cream is on the menu! If making fresh ice cream is your thing then here’s your recipe! This recipe came to be via the Breville Smart Scoop Ice Cream Machine Manual. Enjoy!
Rich Chocolate Ice Cream
Makes approximately 1 quart
Ingredients
2 cups heavy cream
½ cup whole milk
6oz good quality dark semisweet chocolate (like
Ghirardelli), chopped
5 egg yolks
½ cup sugar
Prepare
1. Place cream, milk and chocolate into a medium heavy-based saucepan. Heat, stirring, until the chocolate is melted and the mixture just starts to simmer.
2. Meanwhile beat egg yolks and sugar in a bowl until pale and thick. Once cream mixture is hot, slowly whisk half of the cream mixture into the egg mixture then pour back into the saucepan.
3. Return mixture back to a low heat. Stir constantly with a wooden spoon until mixture has thickened and coats the back of the spoon.
4. Pour mixture into a heatproof bowl, cover and refrigerate until well chilled. Once chilled pour into ice cream bowl.
5. Set ice cream maker to ICE CREAM setting and churn.
- 2 cups heavy cream
- ½ cup whole milk
- 6oz good quality dark semisweet chocolate (like
- Ghirardelli), chopped
- 5 egg yolks
- ½ cup sugar
- Place cream, milk and chocolate into a medium heavy-based saucepan. Heat, stirring, until the chocolate is melted and the mixture just starts to simmer.
- Meanwhile beat egg yolks and sugar in a bowl until pale and thick. Once cream mixture is hot, slowly whisk half of the cream mixture into the egg mixture then pour back into the saucepan.
- Return mixture back to a low heat. Stir constantly with a wooden spoon until mixture has thickened and coats the back of the spoon.
- Pour mixture into a heatproof bowl, cover and refrigerate until well chilled. Once chilled pour into ice cream bowl.
- Set ice cream maker to ICE CREAM setting and churn.
