Maybe it’s the alignment of the planets, or the record-breaking heat this summer in Oklahoma. But, the fact is I’m posting another sweet production from our kitchen. This time it’s a second attempt at “something chocolate” with our ice cream maker. I haven’t given up on chocolate sorbet, but this recipe from one of my favorite blogs moved all the others to a secondary position in line. Use the best chocolate you can find and you’ll make a gelato that stands up shoulder to shoulder with those sold in Italy… 😉
CHOCOLATE GELATO
(from The Italian Dish, original recipe from A16)
1 quart whole milk
1 tablespoon + 1.5 teaspoons cornstarch
1/2 cup light corn syrup
1/3 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
8 ounces bittersweet chocolate (70% cocoa)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Place 2 tablespoons of the milk in a small bowl, whisk in the cornstarch to make a slurry and set aside.
Add the remaining milk into a heavy saucepan and bring to a boil over medium heat. Pour in the slurry, corn syrup, sugar and salt, stirring gently. Return the mixture to a boil and whisk in the chocolate until completely smooth. Transfer into a bowl and let cool to room temperature. Once cooled, mix in the vanilla extract. Cover and refrigerate for at least 3 hours or preferably overnight to make sure it is completely chilled.
Whisk the base and then pour it into your ice cream maker and churn. The gelato should be the consistency of soft-serve ice cream, so don’t churn it as long as you would to make a regular type ice cream. Store in the freezer, with plastic wrap pressed onto the top, and let it be at room temperature for 10 minutes before serving, to make scooping out easier.
ENJOY!
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Comments: If you are a chocolate lover, you’ll love this recipe! It feels rich in your mouth, even though it contains no heavy cream in the base. The proper way to indulge it is with eyes closed, paying attention to the many changes in taste and texture as the gelato melts in your mouth, and brings happiness to your soul.
Have you ordered your ice cream maker yet? 😉
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I’ll admit I don’t have an ice-cream maker, although my sister has one, and the base has been in the freezer for a week, waiting for a recipe to begin. This sounds just what I need and the children do love chocolate…thanks for the recipe. I truly understand you when you say close your eyes and taste the flavor and texture… bring on the choco happiness!
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Hope your sister gives it a try, or you go there and make it for the whole family. It’s delicious!
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this looks so delicious..and so good that it has no cream or any eggs in the mixture..it’s my son’s birthday in 3 weeks and he is a huge chocolate fan so i really will be doing this..thanks..
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I also prefer a slightly less indulgent formula, and this one had it all.
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Ok, now you’re going too far. I’m enormously jealous of your ice cream maker -there I said it! (love the little bit of chocolate melt in the photo). So great!
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I was freaking out trying to take the picture before the whole thing melted before our eyes! 😉
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até eu que não sou fã de sorvete de chocolate, queria um para mim.
Sally, fiz uma matéria para afilhada local da TV globo, se vc desejar me conhecer, virtualmente, lá no blog tem como vc voce ver a matéria. bjs
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Angela, ja’ nos ‘falamos’ por email, obrigada pelo comentario e a dica do seu programa na tv! Muito incrivel!
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My kids would like to head over and enjoy this. They are both choco-holics. 🙂 It looks fabulous (even if I don’t eat chocolate). The texture looks amazing!
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Whaaaat? you don’t eat chocolate?!! I’ve never heard of that 🙂
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You don’t eat chocolate? I might have to faint! 😉
Actually, I was not as much in chocolate as after marrying Phil – he converted me into a choco-lover all the way.
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acabei de mandar um link para seu e mail, espero que voce possa abri-lo, bjs
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OK! I am in!
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GOOD! The more the merrier! 😉
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That looks great. I have so far resisted the temptation of purchasing an ice cream maker but it is getting harder and harder.
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Just make sure you let me know when you cave in…. 😉
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I love my ice cream maker. I’m lactose intolerant and I use Lactaid milk so I can have ice cream again! I store the bowl in the freezer. We can make ice cream quickly if we get unexpected company. I’ve been looking for a recipe that is not as rich as the premium ice creams, but smoother than the basic recipes. Going to try this. Thanks!
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Hope you like this one – a chocolate sorbet would probably be very good for you too, but I haven’t yet found a recipe that pleased me. Stay tuned… 😉
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All I can say is “Yummmmmm!”
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One cannot live only with bread, right? 😉
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Simply amazing looking!
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Thank you for posting this recipe– my refrigerator is failing, so I had a lot of whole milk to use up, but no cream– and voila, you post the perfect recipe to use up this milk. This gelato is deliciously chocolatey– possibly too much so for nighttime consumption, so my daughter and I may have some for breakfast.
Do you think it would work well with other flavors– such as fruit in place of the chocolate? I still have some more milk…
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Jen, I am just a beginner with this ice cream thing, so I am not quite sure how to give you advice
I found a link with recipes for “lower fat” ice cream, and they use a lot of milk alternatives like almond milk – I wonder if you could just adapt a few of these recipes to regular milk?
http://www.healthydietplanrecipes.com/lowfaticecreamrecipes.html
anyway, I just ordered Lebovitz cookbook (The Perfect Scoop), and once I get it, I will get back to you on this, ok?
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I am afraid to order that cookbook, but I look forward to seeing what else you come up with. Keep rocking your ice cream maker and I will draw inspiration where applicable! I was thinking about this recipe:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/05/health/nutrition/05recipehealth.html
Maybe I will post on CT or CTC…
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This one looks good too, from Sherry Yard:
http://www.bakingobsession.com/2008/07/03/stracciatella-gelato/
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Just made this…oh my, so good! I was licking the freezer bowl to get every last taste out of it…well not with my tongue 🙂
Mine is not in the least bit grainy, and has so much flavor and is so creamy with only using milk instead of cream and eggs. I only used 60% chocolate as that is what I had, so I suppose it would even be better (but how could it possibly be) with the 70%.
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