Chocolate ice cream, tips and a scrumptious recipe
The best way to obtain a smooth, evenly textured ice cream is to whisk the mixture carefully and freeze quickly.
The main thing you want to avoid is ice crystals forming in the mixture this can be achieved by adding air into the mix, you can do this by taking the mixture out of the freezer after 20 minutes and giving it a further whisk.
Tips
Chill all ingredients and utensils before you use them
Be accurate with the quantity of sugar, to much will prevent the mixture from freezing and to little will cause the mixture to freeze hard and rocky
Do not put warm mixtures into the finished container allow to cool
Do not fill the container because freezing will increase the size of the contents
Put freezer on coldest setting
Ingredients (serves 3-4)
200ml of milk
1 egg
40g of fine sugar
120g of Lindt 99% excellence chocolate
70ml of water
140ml of cream
7ml of vanilla essence
Whisk the egg and sugar and add the warm milk whilst whisking.
Add the mix to a bowl and heat without boiling for about five minutes
Strain this mix then leave to cool
Break the chocolate into pieces and place into another bowl add the water, dissolve this slowly over a low heat.
Add the melted chocolate to the previous mix and stir.
Important you now need to cool this mix.
Once cooled add the half whipped cream and vanilla and gently whisk for 1 minute.
Place this in your freezer remove after 20 minutes and whisk (churn) for a couple of minutes then return to freezer
Scrumptious home made chocolate ice cream!
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