Cherry Chocolate Chip Ice Cream
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Recipe type: Dessert
Author: Jillian
Ingredients
  • 1 cup whole milk
  • 2 cups half and half(use heavy cream for a more creamy consistency)
  • 1/2 tsp kosher salt
  • 3/4 cup beet sugar
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/2 tsp almond extract
  • 5 large egg yolks
  • 2 cups cherries pitted and roughly chopped
  • 1/2 dark chocolate bar, shaved with a sharp knife.
Instructions
  1. Heat milk, half and half, sugar, salt, vanilla extract and almond extract in saucepan.
  2. In a bowl, crack 5 large eggs and separate yolks.
  3. whisk yolks until they become light yellow
  4. slowly drizzle 3 ladle fulls of the milk mixture to the egg yolks, whisking quickly, all the while
  5. Use a spatula and scrape the egg/milk mixture back in to the warm milk pan and stir over medium heat. Remember to scrape the sides and bottom of pan frequently, as you stir, until the custard is thick enough to coat the back of a spatula
  6. Pour and strain custard mixture through a sieve into another bowl.
  7. Sit the bowl into a larger bowl full of ice and water, and stir to cool off the custard mixture.
  8. Place plastic wrap over bowl of custard and put cooled custard in refrigerator overnight.
  9. The next day, plug in your ice cream maker, pour in custard and churn for 20-30 minutes.
  10. Scoop ice cream into freezer safe container and fold in chopped, drained cherries and shaved chocolate.
  11. Freeze for 2-5 hours, and then scoop out and serve in bowls or cones.
Recipe by Food Filled Life at http://foodfilledlife.com/2012/07/07/cherry-chocolate-chip-ice-cream/