When I was pregnant with our oldest, I craved two things: spaghetti with meat sauce and mint chip ice cream. While heartburn made it tragically impossible to eat spaghetti with meat sauce for every meal, mint chip ice cream was fair game, and I ate a lot of it. Luckily, I didn’t get tired of it; mint chip is still one of my favorite flavors–smooth and velvety, cool with just a hint of dark chocolate. Making it with fresh mint instead of mint flavoring gives it a fantastically earthy, herbal quality, and makes it the perfect end to a fresh-from-the-garden summer meal.
2 cups heavy cream
1 cup low-fat milk
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup dry milk powder
5 egg yolks
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup loosely packed mint leaves, roughly chopped
4 oz finely chopped semisweet chocolate
Combine all ingredients except chocolate in the top of a double boiler over simmering water. Cook, stirring constantly, until thick enough to coat the back of a wooden spoon. Cover the mixture with plastic wrap and refrigerate until completely chilled through. Strain the mixture through a fine mesh sieve to remove mint leaves and any bits of cooked egg from the custard. Place custard in the bowl of an ice cream freezer and freeze according to manufacturer’s instructions. Add chopped chocolate and allow to churn until chocolate is evenly distributed, about 1 minute more. Scoop ice cream into a container with a tight-fitting lid, and place in freezer until firm, at least four hours. Scoop and enjoy! Makes about 2 quarts.
Mint Chocolate Chip is Mr. Hedin’s favorite! I’ll be trying your version tonight! š
Yay! I’d love to hear how it turned out if you try it!
Yum! I am definitely going to have to try this.
Hurry before summer’s over for good!
This sounds AMAZING. Mint chip is one of my favorites, but you’re right, the artificial mint can be a bit much. Real mint sounds so much better! I’m pinning this even though I don’t have an ice cream maker (yet).
Yes, Joy, you MUST get an ice cream maker! We have one of the ones where you put the bowl in the freezer, but our big, old-fashioned electric one is the one we use more often.
So good! I’m just a new follower of your blog Melissa and I love what I’ve seen so far š
Welcome Rachael! Have fun exploring!