Milk Chocolate Ice Cream with Salted Cashew Brittle

Really good milk chocolate makes decadently rich creamy ice cream. Nothing more is needed really, but you could add crunchy veins of crushed homemade brittle made with roasted and salted cashews. You could even cheat by smashing up some purchased nut brittle, or the spicy Indian candy called chikki.

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Preparing Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
Served Person: 1

Carbohydrate 65.6368500063457 g
Cholesterol 20388.0000003116 mg
Fat 500.664675084154 g
Fiber 0 g
Protein 263.967600004663 g
Saturated Fat 197.837677552385 g
Serving Size 1 1 Serving (2162g)
Sodium 872.6500000891 mg
Sugar 65.6368500063457 g
Trans Fat 20.6657550043396 g
Calories 5817 calories

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To make the ice cream base, set a fine mesh strainer over a medium bowl near the stove for the finished ice cream base.
In a 2-3 quart saucepan, whisk the egg yolks, sugar, salt, and 2 tablespoons of the milk until blended. Whisk in the remaining milk and the cream.
Wash the whisk and set it aside.
Cook the mixture over medium-low heat, stirring with a heatproof silicon spatula, sweeping the bottom, corners, and sides of the pan constantly to avoid scorching the eggs, until the mixture registers 178-180 F on an instant-read thermometer.
Immediately scrape the mixture into the strainer set over the bowl. Set aside for about 10 minutes to cool slightly.
Meanwhile, put the chocolate into a dry 1 ½ to 2-quart stainless steel bowl. Set the bowl in another bowl of very hot tap water and set aside for a few minutes to melt.
Stir with a clean dry spatula until smooth.
Ladle about 1 cup of the ice cream base into the chocolate, whisking (with a clean whisk) until the mixture is completely blended and smooth; gradually whisk in the rest of the base.
Let cool, then cover and refrigerate several hours or overnight.
Make the brittle, have a parchment-lined baking sheet near the stove along with a small white saucer to test the color of the syrup.
Pour the water into a 1-1 ½ quart saucepan over medium heat.
Pour the sugar into the center of the pan to form a low mound. Don’t stir; if necessary pat the mound down until the sugar is entirely moistened. Any sugar touching the sides of the pot should be below the water line.
Cover the pan and cook for a few minutes, without stirring until the sugar is dissolved.
Uncover the pot and cook without stirring until the syrup begins to color slightly.
Swirl the pan gently rather than stirring if the syrup is colored unevenly.
Use the tip of a knife or skewer to drop a bead of syrup on the plate from time to time.
When a drop looks pale amber, add the nuts.
Turn them gently with a clean dry wooden spoon or silicone spatula until they are completely coated with syrup. (Brisk stirring will cause the caramel to crystallize).
Continue to cook, pushing and turning the nuts gently in the syrup, until a drop of syrup looks deep, slightly reddish amber on the plate.
Immediately scrape the mixture onto the lined baking sheet and spread the nuts out as well as you can.
When the nuts are still quite warm, but not too hot to handle, break the brittle into a few pieces and transfer it (still quite warm and still on the parchment) into a zipper lock bag or airtight container. Sealing them while still warm helps prevent the brittle from becoming sticky.
Keep airtight until needed.
When completely cool, or just before needed, chop the brittle into pieces.
Return pieces to the bag if not using immediately.
Freeze the ice cream base according to the instructions on your ice cream machine.
Scrape it into a covered container and put in the freezer until firm but not hard.
Fold chopped brittle into the ice cream.
Return to the freezer until serving.

Indulge in Decadence: My Milk Chocolate Ice Cream with Salted Cashew Brittle

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Milk Chocolate Ice Cream with Salted Cashew Brittle

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Indulge in Decadence: My Milk Chocolate Ice Cream with Salted Cashew Brittle