Chocolate Chip Ice Cream

Chocolate Chip Ice Cream

Ingredients

1. 200 g / 7 oz chocolate, chopped or grated
2. 250 ml / 9 fl oz milk
3. 3 eggs yolks
4. 90 g / 3 oz sugar
5. 250 ml / 9 fl oz double cream, lightly whipped
6. 150 g / 5 oz finely chopped chocolate

Preparation Method

• Stir the chopped or grated chocolate into the milk in a small, heavy-based saucepan and stir over a gently heat until the chocolate melts.
• Put the egg yolks into a bowl with the sugar and beat until thick and creamy.
• Add chocolate milk and beat.  Return the chocolate mixture to the saucepan and stir continuously over a moderate heat until the mixture is thick and will coat the back of a spoon
• Strain the chocolate custard into a bowl and cool in the refrigerator.
• When quite cold, fold in whipped double cream.
• Pour into ice trays and freeze until the mixture begins to set around the edges.
• Pour into a bowl and beat.
• Stir in the chopped chocolate.
• Return the ice-cream to the ice trays and freeze for 30 minutes.
• Repeat the beating and freezing method every 30 minutes, until the ice-cream is really thick.
• Freeze until firm.