Chocolate ice cream An easy homemade ice cream recipe

Every1 needs a good recipe for ice cream. This is very rich,tasty and delicious so generally one scoop should be enough (seriously!)

Serves 6-8

35m (plus churning time in ice cream machine)

Not too tricky

• Ingredients
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• 100 g 70% cocoa dark chocolate, broken into pieces
• 300 ml full-fat milk
• 85 g sugar
• 3 free-range egg yolks
• 300 ml whipping cream

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Put the chocolate pieces and milk in a heavy-based saucepan. Heat gently, stirring, until smooth, then remove from the heat to cool slightly.

2. Beat the sugar and egg yolks in a bowl until pale and thick. Stir in the cooled chocolate milk, then strain back into the pan. Cook the custard over a gentle heat, stirring all the time, until it thickens and coats the back of a wooden spoon. Don't allow the mixture boil or it will curdle. Pour into a bowl and leave to cool, stirring occasionally.

3. Whip the cream into soft peaks, then fold into the cooled chocolate mixture. Churn in an ice-cream machine, according to the manufacturer's instructions, until it's frozen.

Nutritional Information Amount per serving:

• Calories 299 15%
• Carbs 17.4g 7%
• Sugar 16.7g 19%
• Fat 23.6g 34%
• Saturates 14.3g 72%
• Protein 4.1g 9%
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Of an adult's reference intake