Desserts Recipes - White Chocolate Ice-cream Recipe

  
 

Desserts Recipes - White Chocolate Ice-cream Recipe

Ingredients

SERVES 6

  • 1 egg

  • 1 egg yolk

  • 25g/1oz caster sugar

  • 150g/5oz white chocolate (broken into pieces)

  • 300ml/1/2pt milk

  • 150ml/1/4pt double cream

Method:

  1. Beat the egg, egg yolk and sugar into a heatproof bowl. Place the chocolate in a bowl with 3 tablespoons milk and melt over a pan of simmering water.

  2. Heat the remaining milk until almost boiling and pour on to the eggs, whisking.

  3. Place the bowl containing the eggs, milk and sugar over a pan of simmering water and cook, stirring, until the mixture thickens. Whisk in the chocolate.

  4. Remove from the heat, cover with a piece of dampened baking parchment and leave until cold.

  5. Whip the cream until just holding its shape and fold into the custard. Transfer to a freezer container and freeze the mixture for 1 to 2 hours until frozen 2.5cm/1in from the sides.

  6. Scrape into a bowl and beat until smooth. Scrape back into the freezer container and freeze until firm.