Chocolate ice cream: the simple and delicious recipe to prepare it at home

the Chocolate ice cream it’s a taste classic and timeless, a dessert fresh and gourmet that will appeal to all, young and old: excellent to taste for gourmets nibble or how end of summer meal. Preparing it at home is very simple: you will only need whole milk, liquid crème fraîche, dark chocolate and egg yolks. You can then realize it with or without ice cream maker, it will always be creamy and irresistible. When ready, serve it in classic bowls, enriched with chocolate shavings on the surface, frosting, waffles or cookies, or enjoy it over delicious homemade ice cream cones, topped with whipped cream.

To the ingredients you can add thevanilla flavoring, to add to the mixture before putting it in the refrigerator, or add 15 grams of Cocoa powder without sugar. It is also an ice cream flavor that you can choose from in different variants, maybe using the milk chocolate, instead of dark chocolate, or by adding hazelnuts, almonds, raisins or chocolate chips. But here’s how to make a good one Homemade ice cream in a few simple steps.

Also try hazelnut ice cream, another popular classic flavor that’s easy to make at home.

How to make chocolate ice cream

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Put the whole milk and the cream in a saucepan (1) and cook over low heat until boiling. In a bowl, beat the egg yolks with the sugar, until the mixture is thick and clear (2). Add the mixture to the saucepan with the milk and the cream (3), continuing to mix over low heat to obtain a very fluid cream.

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Add the dark chocolate in small pieces (4) and mix continuously until the mixture is free of lumps. Transfer the mixture to a container and let it harden in the refrigerator for at least an hour and a half. After the necessary time, transfer the mixture to the ice cream maker and start it according to the instructions. If you want to make it without an ice cream maker, pour the mixture into a container suitable for the freezer and let it freeze for 3 hours, stirring every 30 minutes. Take your ice cream with the special portioner (5) and serve. Your chocolate ice cream is ready to be tasted (6).

storage

You can store chocolate ice cream in the freezer, in a tightly closed airtight container, until 1 week.