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Chocolate Ice Cream & Winner of Momma Zen!

From us to you on this warm Wednesday.

Adapted from The New Basics Cookbook by Julee Rosso & Sheila Lukins, one of my all-time favorite cookbooks.

Bittersweet Chocolate Ice Cream

4 extra-large egg yolks
3/4 cup sugar
1 cup milk
1 cup heavy or whipping cream
7 oz. good-quality bittersweet chocolate, broken into small pieces (I used a few tiny Toblerones in place of several of the ounces)
3/4 cup buttermilk (did you know you could make homemade buttermilk by adding about 1 T. of lemon juice per 1 cup of milk and letting it sit a few minutes?)

  1. Using an electric mixer (I mixed by hand…see how easy this is?), cream the egg yolks and sugar in a bowl until the mixture is thick and light.
  2. Combine the milk and cream in a 6-cup microwave-safe casserole, and cook at full power (650 to 700 watts), uncovered, for 2 minutes.
  3. With the mixer running (or your hand stirring), slowly add the hot milk-cream mixture to the egg yolks, and blend until smooth.
  4. Transfer the mixture to the casserole and return it, uncovered, to the microwave.  Whisking once a minute, cook until the mixture is thick and coats the back of a spoon, 3 minutes.
  5. Remove the casserole from the microwave and add the chocolate, whisking until melted and smooth.  Then whisk in the buttermilk.
  6. Allow the custard to cool to room temperature.  Then refrigerate it, loosely covered, until chilled, a minimum of 3 hours.
  7. Transfer the mixture to an ice cream maker and freeze according to manufacturer’s directions.

Note: This recipe was cooked on High (full power, 650 to 700 watts) in a carousel microwave, using a microwave-safe container.

If your microwave does not have a carousel, you may have to rotate the dish while it is cooking.

Now after that delicious introduction with so many glorious possibilities, I have a winner for Karen Maezen Miller’s Momma Zen: Walking the Crooked Path of Motherhood.

Drumroll, please.

Aparna Brown, you have won a SIGNED copy of that wonderful book.  I hope you enjoy it as much as I have!

For the rest of you, thank you for entering.  I wish I could give you all fabulous prizes, just for sticking with me and reading my posts.  In the meantime, check out Karen’s website.  Always intriguing.  Always thought-provoking.

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