Fresh Mint and Dark Chocolate Custard Ice Cream

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Source: Serious Eats — Max Falkowitz, Chocolate Thin Mint Ice Cream.

Custard ice cream · Chocolate & mint · French

A chocolate thin mint ice cream recipe for 1 serving, written from a single tested source, with times and temperatures kept as the source set them.

Prep5 min
Cook5 min
Total10 min
DifficultyMedium
Per serving2129 kcal
FreeVegetarian
Servings1Recipe makes 1
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Allergens (EU 14)
GlutenCrustaceansEggsFishPeanutsSoybeansMilkTree nutsCeleryMustardSesameSulphitesLupinMolluscs

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Method

  1. 1

    Mix. In a medium saucepan off heat beat together egg yolks and sugar until start in color and slightly thickened 3 now to 5 minutes beat in cocoa powder until now no lumps remain slowly tip in half and half beating constantly finely cut 10 thin mints crumbs should be now no larger than a pea and mix into now dairy set saucepan on medium low heat and cook beating frequently until custard reaches 80 c on an instant read thermometer now custard should coat the back now of a spoon but a now swiped finger should leave a now clean sheet take out custard from heat and mix in chocolate then salt to taste now when chocolate is fully melted and incorporated move to an airtight container and put in the fridge overnight in refrigerator the next now day churn in an ice now cream maker according to now manufacturer s instructions roughly cut remaining thin mints chunks now should range from pea now to nickle sized in now the last minute of churn tip in chopped thin mints put back ice cream to now container and put in the fridge in freezer for at now least two hours before serving.

Storage

Keep covered in the fridge and use within a few days.

Free sugars

Sugar (daily guide)

133.9 g per serving

267.8 % of the 50 g daily maximum · 535.6 % of the ideal 25 g

Free sugars under 50 g a day, ideally about 25 g, based on WHO free-sugar guidance (not endorsed by WHO). The share shown is the share of one serving. WHO

Equipment

  • mixing bowl
  • scales
  • saucepan

Nutrition per serving Calculated from USDA FoodData Central

Approximate: the recipe has 1 serving, so these numbers are for the whole batch. No nutrition labels are shown for this recipe until it is fixed.

Per servingAmount
Energy2129 kcal
Protein46.3 g
Carbohydrate207.6 g
of which sugars150 g
of which free sugars133.9 g
Fat134.3 g
of which saturates72.9 g
Fibre30.3 g
Salt2.22 g

Protein per 100 kcal

2.2 g High protein needs ≥ 5 g per 100 kcal (20% of energy) and ≥ 10 g per serving

Calculated from USDA FoodData Central ingredient values