Description
This Masterclass Creamy Vanilla-Chocolate Ice Cream features a rich French-style vanilla custard base swirled with delicate ribbons of crackly chocolate. Luxuriously smooth, creamy, and packed with real vanilla flavor, it’s the ultimate homemade frozen dessert.
Ingredients
Scale
- 500 ml heavy cream (minimum 30% fat)
- 200 ml whole milk
- 4 large egg yolks
- 100 g granulated sugar
- 1 whole vanilla bean, split and scraped, or 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- 150 g high-quality dark or milk chocolate, chopped
- 1 tbsp neutral oil (optional)
Instructions
- In a medium saucepan, combine the heavy cream, whole milk, and vanilla bean seeds and pod (or vanilla extract).
- Heat over medium heat until just simmering, then remove from heat.
- In a large bowl, whisk the egg yolks and sugar until pale, thick, and creamy.
- Slowly pour the warm dairy mixture into the yolks while whisking constantly.
- Return the mixture to the saucepan.
- Cook over low heat, stirring continuously, until the custard reaches 82°C to 84°C and coats the back of a spoon.
- Do not allow the mixture to boil.
- Strain through a fine-mesh sieve into a clean bowl.
- Cool completely and refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
- Melt the chocolate using a double boiler or microwave in short intervals.
- Stir in the optional neutral oil and allow the chocolate to cool to room temperature.
- For ice cream maker method, churn the chilled custard until it reaches a soft-serve consistency.
- Layer the churned ice cream and thin drizzles of melted chocolate in a freezer-safe container.
- Gently swirl once or twice to create a marbled effect.
- Freeze for 2 hours until firm.
- For no-churn method, place the chilled base in a metal container and freeze.
- Whisk vigorously every 30 minutes for 3 to 4 hours, adding drizzles of chocolate during the final mixing stages.
- Freeze until fully set before serving.
Notes
For the smoothest texture, chill the custard thoroughly before churning. Adding a small amount of neutral oil to the chocolate helps create delicate, crisp chocolate ribbons that melt pleasantly with each bite.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Frozen
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1/2 cup
- Calories: 310
- Sugar: 20g
- Sodium: 45mg
- Fat: 23g
- Saturated Fat: 14g
- Unsaturated Fat: 7g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 24g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 4g
- Cholesterol: 135mg