Bittersweet Or Chocolate Ice Cream

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup milk
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1 1/3 cups bittersweet chocolate or 1 1/3 cups chocolate
• 2 cups heavy cream
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 with ice cream maker:.
• 2 heat milk (stove or microwave) until it just begins to bubble.
• 3 meanwhile, process chocolate in a food processor or blender until the chocolate is finely chopped.
• 4 mix chocolate and sugar.
• 5 combine hot milk and chocolate mixture and blend until chocolate is melted and the mixture is smooth.
• 6 cool.
• 7 once cool, stir in heavy cream and vanilla.
• 8 chill for at least 50 minutes.
• 9 pour mixture into your ice cream maker.
• 10 mix in ice cream machine for 25-30 minutes or according to manufacturer's instructions.
• 11 without ice cream maker (general instructions for all recipes):.
• 12 mix up the ice cream recipe as directed.
• 13 pour the ice cream mixture into a wide, airtight container, metal bowls work best. make sure the bowl you choose is wide rather than tall. a wide bowl aids freezing and allows you to mix your ice cream easily.
• 14 place ice cream in refrigerator for at least 1 hour. ice cream will need to be in fridge longer if the mixture has been heated and cooked. ice cream must be well chilled before proceeding.
• 15 place the chilled ice cream mixture in the freezer for 30 minutes.
• 16 beat ice cream mixture with an electric mixer until smooth. the edges of your ice cream should have started to thicken. scrape the edges with a fork or spatula and beat with an electric mixer to add air to the mixture and break up ice crystals. you can use a fork instead of an electric mixer, but the ice cream will be less smooth and creamy.
• 17 place ice cream in the freezer for 40 minutes - then beat with an electric mixer.
• 18 repeat "40 minute freeze-then-beat cycle" 3 times.
• 19 this should total 2 1/2 hours of freezing.
• 20 you can choose to either beat your ice cream mixture every 40 minutes until frozen or let your ice cream mixture freeze on its own.
• 21 either method works fine. the more you beat it, the softer it will be.
• 22 total freezing time can take anywhere between 3-5 hours.
• 23 if you want to add mix-ins to your homemade ice cream, wait until the ice cream is thick enough to "hold" the mix-ins so they don't fall to the bottom of the container.
• 24 generally, add mix-ins after 2-3 hours of freezing.