Milk Chocolate Ice Cream With Macadamia Nuts (machine Req'd)

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup whipping cream
• 1 cup homogenized milk
• 5 egg yolks
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 pinch salt
• 8 ounces finely chopped milk chocolate
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup toasted chopped macadamia nuts (or toasted almonds)

Recipe

• 1 bring the cream& milk to a boil in a medium saucepan.
• 2 meanwhile, whisk together the egg yolks, sugar& salt.
• 3 slowly whisk the hot milk mixture into the egg yolks, then place the mixture into a clean saucepan over a low heat.
• 4 cook, stirring constantly, until the mixture reaches 176f or 80°c.
• 5 strain the mixture immediately into a bowl containing the chocolate& vanilla.
• 6 stir to melt the chocolate, then set the bowl over ice& stir until cool.
• 7 refrigerate overnight.
• 8 next day, freeze in an ice cream machine according to the manufacturer's instructions.
• 9 once it has thickened, stir in the nuts.