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3 oz bittersweet chocolate
6 Tbl cocoa powder
2 1/2 cup milk
3 eggs, lightly beaten
1 cup sugar
1 whipping cup cream
1.5 tsp pure vanilla extract
3/4 cup peanut butter

Melt chocolate over low heat. Gradually stir in cocoa powder and milk while continuing to heat. You want the consistency to be thick but not solid as you add the milk and cocoa powder. Beat sugar into eggs. Stir hot chocolate/milk mixture into eggs. Add cream and vanilla extract. Cool. Just before adding to ice cream maker, stir a cup of ice cream mixture into peanut butter. Once mixed, stir into rest of ice cream mixture. Freeze in ice cream maker according to manufacturer’s instructions. Use fresh ground peanut butter if possible (ie, it should be 100% peanuts).

If you like little chewy bits of dark chocolate in your ice cream then this chocolate chip is just the thing for you.

This is prepared just like the Double Chocolate (see recipe), except when the chocolate is dissolved in the double boiler, pour the thick chocolate sauce directly into the prepared ice cream mix. The chocolate will “shatter” into thousands of chocolate bits and a few large clumps. Immediately beat on low speed mixer until all the large clumps are broken up into tiny chocolate flakes. Allow to cool completely, chilling in the refrigerator for about four hours (this “ages” the mix), and freeze in your ice cream freezer.

3 eggs
1 cup sugar
2 oz bittersweet chocolate
2 cups table cream (18% milkfat)
1 1/2 cups milk
6 tablespoons cocoa powder
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
3 over-ripe bananas
Juice of 1 lemon

Beat eggs lightly
Beat sugar in to eggs
Melt chocolate in milk and cream
When chocolate partially melted, stir in cocoa powder.
Continue stirring chocolate/cream mixture until hot but not quite boiling
Stir hot chocolate/cream mixture in to eggs.
Stir in vanilla extract.
Cool.
When ready to make, mash bananas and lemon juice together
Make chocolate mixture in ice cream maker.
Just before ready, add banana mixture.
Note: Use good quality, *very* ripe bananas. Otherwise your ice cream will have a strange flavor.

4 egg yolks, lightly beaten
1 cup sugar
2 cups table cream (18% milk fat)
1 1/2 cups milk
1/2 cup cocoa powder (sifted)
2 tsp pure vanilla extract

Beat egg yolks lightly. Beat in sugar. Heat the cream/milk on the stove. As it’s heating, beat in cocoa powder. Heat cream/milk/cocoa mix until steaming. Stir into egg/sugar mix. Add vanilla extract. Cool. Freeze in ice cream maker.
Notes:
I use Dutch processed cocoa (instead of American processed), but I’m not sure how much difference it makes. I’ve tried using a higher milk fat content, but then the mix takes on the consistency of pudding when cooled, and doesn’t freeze hard enough in ice cream maker.

5 large egg yolks
1/6 t. salt
8 t. water
2/3 cup + 4 t. sugar
1 1/2 cups milk
1 1/2 cups heavy whipping cream

Place the egg yolks in a large mixing bowl. Add the salt and whisk until smooth. Set aside. Combine the sugar and water in a heavy-bottomed saucepan large enough to eventually hold the milk and cream. Dissolve the sugar in the water over low heat. This may take a while. An alternative is to use the microwave, and then transfer the sugar solution to a saucepan. Increase to high heat and cook the syrup until it is golden amber colored. While the sugar is carmelizing, scald the milk and cream. As soon as the caramel is a golden - amber color, slowly add the milk and cream, 2 T. at a time. Be very careful, as the mixture will bubble up. Whisk the caramel cream into the eggs. Strain and refrigerate until cold. Freeze according to ice cream machine instructions.