We have had problems, and maybe you have too, with the ice cream freezing too hard. This recipe with this preparation froze to a really nice consistency. There is some left over in the freezer right now and it’s still quite soft.
I used almost a half pound of Trader Joe’s 72% dark chocolate. It was awesome, especially if you like chocolate. Some thought it wasn’t sweet enough and that there was too much. And then some, myself included, thought it was just right. If you're using a chunk of chocolate like I did, slice / shave it, then chop it up a bit. You should know when it is chopped to the right size...just feel it. (: After you have shaved and chopped the chocolate, you'll notice that there is a powder that as accumulated. I think it is best to sift that out...you just want chunks in the ice cream; you don't want that powder to turn it in any way brown. It was super easy to sift it out just using an ordinary plastic strainer (a sieve would probably work too).
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1 qt half and half
6 cups whole milk
28 oz sugar
6 to 8 oz chopped dark chocolate
12 drops of green
Churn the ice cream in your maker according to the manufacturer’s instructions and blah blah blah. Now you can either add the extract, chocolate and green in a little before the ice cream is done churning and let the ice cream maker do the work or you can stir it in yourself. We had to stir it in because we didn’t get it in the maker soon enough. And when our ice cream maker stops, it stops.
Transfer the ice cream to a container and freeze it for at least 4 hours before serving.
2 comments:
Hi Peter,
This is a great recipe! We do it similarly but we let the ice cream mixture cool on the counter without a lid for about 30 minutes to prevent condensation from forming and to cool it down enough to add the extract (which keeps the flavor from burning off in the mix). Then we refrigerate (or if pressed for time, put it in the freezer, stirring occasionally) until it gets cold enough to churn. When we make our chocolate chip ice cream, we go ahead and leave the tiny bits of chocolate delight in the mixture because it tastes good and it adds that "homemade" look to the ice cream. Okay, for presentation sake it suffers, but for eating pleasure, it does it's job! :) We've made a wonderful cookies n' cream ice cream with Joe Joe's from Trader Joe's that has become our favorite. (We use the Chocolate on Chocolate Joe Joe's.) And you're right, making ice cream this way keeps almost exactly as good as store bought in the freezer! Thanks for the great blog!
Actually, Alton Brown's recipe influenced me in making this recipe.
The reason I added the extract when I did was because I've heard that adding it too early can prevent the ice cream from freezing properly.
I want to try making a chocolate ice cream soon. I also want to succeed in making a good coffee.
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