Ingredients
- 1 1/2 ounces unsweetened cocoa powder, approximately 1/2 cup
- 3 cups half-and-half
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 8 large egg yolks
- 9 ounces sugar
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
Directions
Place the cocoa powder along with 1 cup of the half-and-half into a medium saucepan over medium heat and whisk to combine. Add the remaining half-and-half and the heavy cream. Bring the mixture just to a simmer, stirring occasionally, and remove from the heat.
In a medium mixing bowl whisk the egg yolks until they lighten in color. Gradually add the sugar and whisk to combine. Temper the cream mixture into the eggs and sugar by gradually adding small amounts, until about 1/3 of the cream mixture has been added. Pour in the remainder and return the entire mixture to the saucepan and place over low heat. Continue to cook, stirring frequently, until the mixture thickens slightly and coats the back of a spoon and reaches 170 to 175 degrees F. Pour the mixture into a container and allow to sit at room temperature for 30 minutes. Stir in the vanilla extract. Place the mixture into the refrigerator and once it is cool enough not to form condensation on the lid, cover and store for 4 to 8 hours or until the temperature reaches 40 degrees F or below.
Pour into an ice cream maker and process according to the manufacturer's directions. This should take approximately 25 to 35 minutes. Serve as is for soft serve or freeze for another 3 to 4 hours to allow the ice cream to harden.
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By SkinnyPanda
on January 06, 2012
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Holy cow! Talk about death by chocolate! This is by far the richest, sweetest and creamiest ice cream ever! I added crushed Oreos at the end.
I will say that it is actually a little too rich for my tastes. The oreos actually helped to cut the sweetness a bit
Also, yes to the adding the salt. I think next time I will lighten it up a bit by using a little less sugar and cutting down the heavy cream and using some regular half and half and some fat-free half and half.
But if you can handle it...richest chocolate ice cream ever!
By travelchick25
on January 01, 2012
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Sooooo delicious. I simmered some dried cherries in brandy, drained them and added them in before the last five minutes of churning. Creamy chocolatey goodness.
By scoccaro
on November 20, 2011
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I don't love it. It tastes like cold cake batter to me. It could be because the power went out in the last like 5 minutes on the stove so I quickly put it in the fridge to let it cool down. We left (because we are responsible adults the house to get dinner since I couldnt cook with the power out.
I am making homemade caramel sauce to put over it with sea salt so we will see how it turns out. I hope its better now that it sat than when i licked it off the spoon after it finished churning.
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