Milk Chocolate Ice Cream With Macadamia Nuts (Machine Req'd)

Submitted by CountryLady

"This is a classic made from a custard base and is the BEST ice cream that you will ever eat!! Cooling time is not included."

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Yields: 2-3 cups

ingredients

• 1 cup whipping cream
• 1 cup homogenized milk
• 5 egg yolks
• 1⁄4 cup sugar
• 1 pinch salt
• 8 ounces finely chopped milk chocolate
• 1⁄4 teaspoon vanilla
• 1⁄2 cup toasted chopped macadamia nuts (or toasted almonds)

directions

1. Bring the cream& milk to a boil in a medium saucepan.
2. Meanwhile, whisk together the egg yolks, sugar& salt.
3. SLOWLY whisk the hot milk mixture into the egg yolks, then place the mixture into a clean saucepan over a low heat.
4. Cook, stirring constantly, until the mixture reaches 176F or 80°C.
5. Strain the mixture immediately into a bowl containing the chocolate& vanilla.
6. Stir to melt the chocolate, then set the bowl over ice& stir until cool.
7. Refrigerate overnight.
8. Next day, freeze in an ice cream machine according to the manufacturer's instructions.
9. Once it has thickened, stir in the nuts.

Reviews

[Queer Eye in the Kitchen Guy]

This is hands down the best chocolate ice cream! EASY too! The nuts I used tasted a bit off, but the ice cream was amazing! I can hardly wait to make it Rocky Road with pecans and marshmallows! Thank you so much for sharing!

 

[Tomorrow Never Knows]

Very good ice cream. Straining the custard mixture before adding it to the chocolate is a good step.

 

[mianbao]

This is absolutely delicious, rich and creamy ice cream. I patiently roasted the macadamia nuts until they were fragrant, then made the chocolate custard. I don't have a thermometer that will go as low as the specified temperature, so I cooked the mixture until it was thickened, but had not boiled. Then, after a thorough cooling, I put it in the ice cream machine. I didn't measure the amount, but think the recipe yielded a bit less than 3 cups. Thank you for the recipe.