Chocolate Ice Cream

Name: Chocolate Ice Cream
Ingredients: 8 ounces (227 grams), bittersweet chocolate; 1 1/2 cups, whole milk; 1 1/2 cups, heavy cream; 3/4 cup, granulated sugar (5 1/4 ounces/149 grams); 4 , large egg yolks; 1 teaspoon, vanilla extract

Desserts or Baked Goods
Chocolate
Make Ahead
Frozen Desserts

Appears in Cook's Illustrated July/August 1993

The very best ice cream is made with egg yolks, but, for optimum flavor, cut back on the cream and sugar.

SERVES 8 (Makes 1 quart)

TIME 40 minutes, plus 30 minutes cooling, 3 hours chilling, and 2 hours freezing

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