Bittersweet Chocolate Ice Cream Recipes

Steps:

• In a saucepan over medium-low heat, simmer cream, milk, sugar and salt, stirring occasionally until sugar dissolves.
• In bowl of a food processor, pulse chocolate until finely chopped. Add one cup hot cream mixture and process until smooth.
• Transfer to a large bowl. Slowly pour in remaining hot cream mixture and the rye, whisking constantly. Place bowl in refrigerator or set in an ice bath to chill.
• When cold, pour into bowl of an ice cream machine and churn according to manufacturer's directions. Transfer to a container and freeze until solid, at least 2 hours. Let sit at room temperature for 5 to 10 minutes before serving, or in refrigerator for 15 to 30 minutes.

Steps:

• Combine sugar, milk, salt, and cocoa powder in a saucepan over medium heat, stirring constantly. Bring to a simmer. Place the egg yolks into a small bowl. Gradually stir in about 1/2 cup of the hot liquid. and return to the saucepan. Heat until thickened, but do not boil. Remove from the heat, and stir in the chopped chocolate until chocolate is melted. Pour into a chilled bowl, and refrigerate for about two hours until cold, stirring occasionally.
• When chocolate mixture has completely cooled, stir in the cream, and vanilla. Pour into an ice cream maker, and freeze according to manufacturer's directions.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter and flour an 8-inch springform pan.
• Place a large heatproof bowl over a pot of simmering water, making sure the water doesn't touch the bowl. Put the butter and chocolate in the bowl, stirring occasionally, until the chocolate melts. Take the bowl off the heat and set aside.
• First, whisk the sugar into the chocolate mixture, then whisk in the eggs, coffee, and salt, whisking until the mixture is combined and smooth. Sprinkle on the flour and fold it in with a rubber spatula until it's incorporated.
• Pour the batter into the prepared pan and place it on a sheet pan. Bake for 30 to 40 minutes (see Cook's Note), until the top puffs up and cracks and the cake doesn't wobble when you jiggle the pan. (A toothpick will not come out clean.) Remove from the oven and cool completely on a baking rack. The cake will deflate as it cools. Run a small knife around the cake and remove the sides of the pan. Cut the cake in wedges and serve warm or at room temperature with sweetened whipped cream, vanilla ice cream, or crème fraîche.

Steps:

• WITH ICE CREAM MAKER:.
• Heat milk (stove or microwave) until it just begins to bubble.
• Meanwhile, process chocolate in a food processor or blender until the chocolate is finely chopped.
• Mix chocolate and sugar.
• Combine hot milk and chocolate mixture and blend until chocolate is melted and the mixture is smooth.
• Cool.
• Once cool, stir in heavy cream and vanilla.
• Chill for at least 50 minutes.
• Pour mixture into your ice cream maker.
• Mix in ice cream machine for 25-30 minutes or according to manufacturer's instructions.
• WITHOUT ICE CREAM MAKER (general instructions for all recipes):.
• Mix up the ice cream recipe as directed.
• Pour the ice cream mixture into a wide, airtight container, metal bowls work best. Make sure the bowl you choose is wide rather than tall. A wide bowl aids freezing and allows you to mix your ice cream easily.
• Place ice cream in refrigerator for at least 1 hour. Ice cream will need to be in fridge longer if the mixture has been heated and cooked. Ice cream must be well chilled before proceeding.
• Place the chilled ice cream mixture in the freezer for 30 minutes.
• Beat ice cream mixture with an electric mixer until smooth. The edges of your ice cream should have started to thicken. Scrape the edges with a fork or spatula and beat with an electric mixer to add air to the mixture and break up ice crystals. You can use a fork instead of an electric mixer, but the ice cream will be less smooth and creamy.
• Place ice cream in the freezer for 40 minutes - then beat with an electric mixer.
• Repeat "40 minute freeze-then-beat cycle" 3 times.
• This should total 2 1/2 hours of freezing.
• You can choose to either beat your ice cream mixture every 40 minutes until frozen or let your ice cream mixture freeze on its own.
• Either method works fine. The more you beat it, the softer it will be.
• Total freezing time can take anywhere between 3-5 hours.
• If you want to add mix-ins to your homemade ice cream, wait until the ice cream is thick enough to "hold" the mix-ins so they don't fall to the bottom of the container.
• Generally, add mix-ins after 2-3 hours of freezing.

Steps:

• PREPARE SAUCE:
• Stir sugar, corn syrup, and 1/3 cup water in heavy large saucepan over medium-low heat until sugar dissolves.
• Increase heat to high and boil without stirring until mixture turns deep amber, occasionally swirling pan and brushing down sides with wet pastry brush, about 7 minutes.
• Remove from heat and immediately add butter and salt (mixture will bubble vigorously). BE CAREFUL!
• Stir until butter melts; add cream and coffee; whisk to blend.
• Cool.
• * DO AHEAD: Can be made 3 days ahead. Cover and chill.
• PREPARE ICE CREAM:.
• Mix milk and cream in heavy medium saucepan. Scrape in seeds from vanilla bean; add bean.
• Bring milk mixture to simmer; remove saucepan from heat and let steep 15 minutes.
• Whisk sugar, egg yolks, and pinch of salt in medium bowl.
• Gradually whisk milk mixture into egg mixture; return to saucepan.
• Stir over medium heat until thickened slightly and finger leaves path when drawn across spoon, about 4 minutes (do not boil).
• Strain into another medium bowl.
• Stir in Jack Daniel's; cover and chill custard until cold, at least 5 hours.
• Process custard in ice cream maker according to manufacturer's instructions.
• Transfer ice cream to container, cover, and freeze.
• **DO AHEAD: Can be made 1 day ahead. Keep frozen.
• PREPARE CRUST:.
• Blend flour, sugar, cocoa powder, and salt in processor.
• Add butter; using on/off turns, process until coarse meal forms.
• Add 3 tablespoons ice water; using on/off turns, process until moist clumps form, adding more water by teaspoonfuls if too dry.
• Form dough into ball; flatten into disk.
• Wrap in plastic and chill dough 1 hour.
• *** DO AHEAD: Can be made 1 day ahead. Keep chilled.
• Preheat oven to 350°F
• Divide dough into 6 equal portions.
• Press 1 dough portion onto bottom and up sides of each of six 4 1/2x1/2- inch tartlet pans with removable bottoms.
• Freeze crusts 30 minutes.
• Bake crusts until dry and set, about 15 minutes; cool completely.
• PREPARE FILLING:
• Preheat oven to 350°F
• Grind nuts in processor until paste forms.
• Transfer to bowl.
• Add chocolate and salt to bowl.
• Bring cream and milk just to boil in small saucepan; pour over chocolate mixture in bowl.
• Whisk until chocolate melts.
• Cool to room temperature, stirring occasionally.
• Add sugar, egg, and egg yolk; whisk until smooth.
• Pour filling into cooled tartlet crusts, dividing equally.
• Bake until filling is set and some small cracks appear on surface, about 15 minutes; cool.
• ****DO AHEAD: Can be made 6 hours ahead. Let stand at room temperature.
• Remove pan sides from tartlets.
• Place 1 tartlet on each of 6 plates.
• Serve with scoop of ice cream and drizzle with sauce.

Steps:

• Sift first 5 ingredients into large bowl. Mix in sugar. Stir chocolate and butter in heavy small saucepan over medium-low heat until melted. Pour into medium bowl. Whisk in eggs, then milk, kirsch and vanilla. Make well in center of dry ingredients. Gradually whisk in milk mixture.
• Following manufacturer's instructions, make waffles with batter (waffles will be somewhat soft when removed from pan). Cool waffles. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Store chilled in airtight container.)
• Preheat oven to 350°F. Cut waffles into large triangles. Place on baking sheet. Bake waffles until beginning to crisp around edges, about 5 minutes.
• Stack waffle triangles alternately with scoops of ice cream on each plate. Drizzle chocolate sauce and Cherry Compote over.

Steps:

• Heat the heavy cream in a saucepan over medium-low heat until it begins to bubble. Remove from the heat and stir in the chocolate and sugar until melted. Slowly stir in the stout beer. Cover and refrigerate until completely cooled.
• Pour the chilled mixture into an ice cream maker and freeze according to manufacturer's directions until it reaches "soft-serve" consistency. Transfer ice cream to a two-quart lidded plastic container; cover surface with plastic wrap and seal. For best results, ice cream should ripen in the freezer for at least 2 hours or overnight.

Steps:

• In a heavy saucepan, cook 5 tablespoons of the sugar, undisturbed, over moderate heat, until it begins to melt. Cook, stirring with a fork, until the sugar is melted and a deep golden brown.
• Remove the pan from the heat and dip it briefly into a bowl of ice water to stop the cooking. Cool the pan for about 5 minutes, add the milk and return the pan to medium heat. Cook, whisking, until the caramel is melted. Whisk in the cocoa and keep the mixture warm. Meanwhile, in the top of a double boiler, melt the chocolate, stirring occasionally. Set aside.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat the egg yolks with the remaining sugar until thick and light-colored. Very slowly whisk in the hot milk and then the chocolate. Return the mixture to the saucepan and cook over medium-low heat until a candy thermometer registers 140 degrees.
• Remove from the heat and refrigerate until chilled. Proceed according to directions for your ice-cream maker. Serve with the chocolate souffle.

Steps:

• Mix sugar, yolks, and syrup in small bowl. Bring cream to simmer in heavy 3-quart saucepan. Add both chocolates and stir over low heat until smooth. Remove from heat. Stir in butter, then sugar mixture. Cook over low heat until mixture registers 165°F to 170°F on candy thermometer, stirring constantly, about 10 minutes. Immediately pour mixture into bowl; do not scrape sides of pan. Add vanilla.
• Using electric mixer, beat frosting until cool. Let frosting stand at room temperature until thick enough to spread, stirring occasionally, 1 1/2 hours.

Steps:

• Bring whipping cream, whole milk, and unsalted butter to simmer in small heavy saucepan. Remove saucepan from heat and add chopped chocolate. Whisk mixture until smooth. Stir in tawny Port. (Sauce can be made 2 days ahead. Cover and chill. Warm over medium-low heat.)

Steps:

• Combine chocolate and butter in the top of a double boiler or in a heatproof bowl, set over a saucepan of simmering water. Heat, stirring occasionally, until well combined, and serve. (or store in an airtight container, refrigerated, up to a week, and warm before serving).