Another hot week! 98˚F (37˚C) today. I know I really shouldn’t be complaining about California weather while the rest of the country is suffering from tornado, snow, and rain storm. But this year weather has been really weird and not normal. Two weeks ago, we had record-breaking heat. Last week, our temperatures were below average. And this week, another round of record-breaking temperatures. Too odd. With that drought situation, let’s cross our fingers that we don’t have a big fire today.
To keep cool, I have been drinking a lot of iced water and smoothies. And ICE CREAM too! A scoop of cold and sweet ice cream is the way to help cooling down. This milk chocolate ice cream is really creamy and rich. It is every chocolate lover’s dream! I found this recipe on Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams at Home. This is the 2nd recipe that I try from this cookbook. Just like the 1st one (Roasted Strawberry and Buttermilk Ice Cream), the ice cream turned out amazing! The ice cream is a lot creamier than normal ice cream, which is very nice. If you love ice cream, you really should get this book and try some of the recipes.
Meanwhile, stay out of the heat and keep cool! Enjoy your ice cream! (No matter what weather you have, you should still have some ice cream.) 🙂
Milk Chocolate Ice Cream (Adapted from Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams at Home)
1 quart ice cream
Ingredients:
– 1 cup whole milk
– 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon cornstarch
– 2 ounces bittersweet chocolate (between 55% – 70% cocoa) (chopped)
– ¼ cup heavy cream
– 1 cup evaporated milk
– 2/3 cup sugar
– 2 tablespoons light corn syrup
– 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder (sifted)
– ¼ teaspoon salt
Directions:
- Place the chocolate in a large heatproof bowl. Set aside.
- Pour 1 cup of milk in a measuring cup. Scoop 2 tablespoons of milk from the measuring cup to a small bowl and pour rest of the milk in a 4-quart saucepan. Stir the 2 tablespoons of milk with the cornstarch until smooth.
- In the saucepan with the milk, add the cream, evaporated milk, sugar and corn syrup. Whisk together. Bring the mixture to a rolling boil over medium-high heat. Once it is in a rolling boil, whisk in the cocoa powder until incorporated and continue to boil for 4 minutes. Remove from heat and gradually whisk in the cornstarch mixture. Return the saucepan to heat and bring the mixture to a boil over medium-high heat until slightly thickened, stirring with a spatula, about 1 minute. Remove from heat.
- Slowly whisk in the hot milk mixture into the chocolate. Add salt and whisk until the chocolate is melted. Let the mixture cool to almost room temperature, stirring occasionally. Place the bowl in the fridge uncovered until cool. Cover the bowl with a plastic wrap until ready to use.
- Pour the cold mixture into the ice cream machine and follow the machine instruction. Once the ice cream is ready, transfer the ice cream to an airtight container. Press a sheet of parchment paper or wax paper directly against the surface of the ice cream. Close with a lid. Freeze until firm, at least 4 hours. Scoop and serve.
Tips:
- Use good quality chocolate and cocoa powder.
- When boiling the milk, keep a close eye on the liquid. Milk can bubble up fast and boil over. Turn down the heat when that happens.
Source: Read
This post is linked to the event, Little Thumbs up organised by Bake For Happy Kids, and My Little Favourite DIY, hosted by Tze of Awayofmind Bakery House.
98 degrees! woah! You totally *need* this ice cream, which by the way, looks amazing! I have heard so much about Jeni’s and all praises. I love how it doesn’t have a tremendous amount of chocolate in it. It can make it too pudding-like. I want to try this!
Thank you Monica! Yes, I definitely need this ice cream! It is slightly less hot today. Should be cooling down this weekend. You really should look into Jeni’s book. Tons of recipes and they all look really good. Have a great weekend!
37 degree!!! Yucks! The weather has been freaky here too in Australia. Last week was freezing but now is mild… so can’t complain :p
Your ice cream looks wonderful to beat the heat 😀
Zoe
Thank you! Your ice cream would also be perfect to beat the heat too! 😀 Thanks for stopping by!
Hi Lokness! The place i am now staying is 38 to 40+ everyday and the worst is summer not yet here! I want a tub of your ice cream!
Thanks for linkup with Little Thumbs Up!
Tze
Wow… I can’t imagine living in a hot place like that. I think I will melt! I hope you have A/C at your place. Stay cool!
Gorgeous! And thats my favorite chocolate too! 😉
Thanks Bonnie! Haha, Lindt chocolate is some of the best! I love their truffles. I can eat the whole bag all at once. 😛 Stay cool and have a great weekend!
I feel your pain. We have had 100 percent humidity and heat upon us now for a couple of weeks in Hong Kong. Time to enjoy your delicious chocolate ice-cream with the air-conditioning on. Have a super weekend. BAM
I have also heard that it has been raining a lot and very humid in HK in recent days. Enjoy your A/C and cold ice cream! I would love an A/C too! 🙁
Agreed! There’s never a bad time for ice-cream. I would gladly take some of your heat to go with this treat. We had a harsh winter and spring has been, well…grey and weepy. 🙁 Hope things cool down a little for you.
Ohh… I am sorry to hear that your weather has been horrible. I will be happily send my heat away to you. Our weather has cool down a lot this week. It is a completely different world compare to last week. Thanks for stopping by, Jacquee!
oooh this looks SO refreshing and tasty! Temps here were up in the mid 80s this week which is just insane for Seattle in May. I loved it, but alas, it’s back down to high 60s and gray now. Sure beats 98 though! Wow, that’s hot!
Totally digging your blog.
Trish
Thank you Trish! I hope you will be coming again soon! Seattle is a beautiful city. I was there 2 years ago for a few days. Luckily, the weather was really nice at the time. Sun was out and the sky was clear. 🙂
Yikes, the weather has definitely been wacky this year for everyone. This ice cream looks incredible and the perfect treat to cool down with 🙂
Yes, Kelly. The weather is just crazy this year. I hope your summer will be arriving soon!
I kind of miss that 90F weather last week as it starts to get cool here and I just turned on my foot heater under the desk…. LOL. I like wearing short pants and sleep without comforter! And not to mention, eating ice cream just because it’s hot and we deserve to eat something cold. What a delicious chocolate ice cream!
Haha!!! Yea, it has been cooling off now. I am completely the opposite. I like to be tugged in with a down comforter. 🙂
Omg 98 degrees??? I am so not ready for that kind of weather haha. But I’ll eat ice cream in the middle of a snowstorm (actually I did, all throughout winter). This looks yummy! I think I will invest in an ice cream machine pretty soon haha… collecting recipes to try out.
HAHA, I am glad we are on the same page! I like eating ice cream during winter too. Of course we have no snow in LA, but it is nice to eat ice cream with heater on. I hope you will get an ice cream machine soon! Enjoy this creamy chocolate ice cream!
We’re moving into that season during which I need ice cream every day! This chocolatey and delicious.
Thank you very much Lisa! This ice cream is super creamy! Hope you will like it! Have a great summer.
Hi Lokness, I know I don’t have to say that you are lucky to have a warm weather but you are! In Paris it’s now raining and you just had a beautiful wether last week end and yesteday. Today is the automn again. It is now 5 PM but it looks like 10 PM! the sky is dark…
I love love your chocolate ice cream recipe, so yummy!
Chantal
Thanks, Chantal. Yes, even though I complained about the heat, the weather is usually really nice in LA. That is for sure.
I agree that it has been a weird weather year everywhere, Lokness! It has been hot here in St. Louis, but when I was in Chicago visiting my son last weekend it was 38 degrees F and even snowed! Crazy. This ice cream looks creamy and delicious! I enjoy ice cream in warm weather but my husband and his family love it no matter what the weather is!
Yup, the weather has been weird. I have heard about the snow storm in Chicago last week too. Insane! Hope you had a great memorial weekend!
This is actually David Lebovitz’s recipe. He deserves the credit, as it is the best chocolate ice cream recipe I’ve ever tried. Although I dislike using cornflour and corn syrup, it is the recipe that my family likes the best. David had the best dessert and best ice cream recipes ever and you can trust his recipes!!!!
Really? From what I can see, it looks like David Lebovitz uses Jeni’s recipe instead. (http://www.davidlebovitz.com/2011/09/chocolate-ice-cream-recipe/) But no matter who’s recipe this is. It is no doubt one of the best chocolate ice cream recipes. Oh so creamy! 😉 Have a great weekend!