Chocolate ice cream with roasted cocoa nibs

Serves: 6

Prep time: 55 mins

Cook time: 15 mins

Total time: 1 Hour 10 Minutes plus freezing

Dietary: Contains dairy

Meal type: Dessert

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Author: dghchocolatier

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Ingredients

  • 237ml whole milk
  • 20g cornflour
  • 240 ml double cream
  • 240 ml evaporated milk
  • 340g castor sugar
  • 75g dark chocolate, finely chopped
  • 40g cocoa powder
  • 40g golden syrup
  • 180g roasted cocoa nibs
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • sea salt to taste

Method

DIRECTIONS:

mix 3 tablespoons of the whole milk and mix with the cornflour in a small bowl. Set aside.

In a medium-large pan  on  medium heat, heat the rest of the whole milk, cream, evaporated milk, sugar, and syrup.

When it comes to the boil, whisk in the cocoa powder. Cook. After 4 minutes, give your mix a quick stir.

Whisk this into the milk mixture and cook for another minute, stirring until it is thickened and can coat the back of the spatula .

Remove from heat.

Stir in chopped chocolate and salt, keep stirring until smooth and all the chocolate is melted. finally stir in vanilla.

Transfer the mixture to a large shallow bowl. Submerge bowl in a larger bowl full of ice water. Leave in the ice bath for 30 minutes, stirring often until completely cooled.

Pour mixture into ice cream maker and churn according to ice cream maker directions. Add in roasted cocoa nibs for last five minutes of churning.

freeze until solid.