Dark Chocolate and Cardamom Ice Cream
A luxurious homemade ice cream combining rich dark chocolate with aromatic cardamom and vanilla. This sophisticated frozen dessert balances deep chocolate notes with exotic spices.
Ingredients
- •4½ oz dark chocolate
- •½ bean vanilla bean seeds
- •2 pods cardamom pods
- •¾ cup whole milk
- •⅓ cup superfine sugar
- •¾ cup heavy cream
Cooking Instructions
- 1.
Melt the chocolate in a heatproof bowl over a pan of barely simmering water, making sure the bowl doesn't touch the water.
10 min
- 2.
Split the vanilla bean lengthwise and scrape out the seeds with the back of a knife. Then crush the cardamom pods with the flat of the blade of the knife.
5 min
- 3.
Place the milk in a separate pan and heat to just under boiling point, then add the sugar, vanilla seeds, and cardamom pods. Stir until the sugar is dissolved.
8 min
- 4.
Using a strainer to catch the crushed cardamom pods, pour the milk into the melted chocolate and stir. Add the cream, stir well, and leave to cool at room temperature.
5 min
- 5.
Once cool, pour into an ice-cream maker and churn following the manufacturer's instructions. Keep in the freezer until required.
30 min
