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ice cream series: chocolate

You can’t really go wrong with a classic chocolate ice cream. This one is creamy, rich and the whole tub only lasted two days. When researching recipes I came across a few mentions of Dutch process cocoa powder. I was slightly skeptical at how much difference using a special cocoa powder would actually make, but decided to add it to this recipe and it was totally worth it! This ice cream has a true chocolate taste instead of just being sickly sweet. It is almost truffle-like. I based it on this Jamie Oliver recipe, with a few tweaks and changes. Ingredients: 100g dark chocolate 300ml half fat milk 4 tablespoons of Dutch process cocoa powder 50g sugar 3 egg yolks 300ml whipped cream 1 teaspoon vanilla essence/extract Over a medium heat, melt the chocolate into the milk, don’t let it boil. Once the chocolate has fully melted, remove from the heat, then add the cocoa powder and whisk until thoroughly mixed. Beat the sugar and eggs together in a bowl, then add the chocolate milk. …