Final Ice Cream Recipe - Mocha Chip Gelato

Todays recipe comes from Batter and Beat and it looks yummy!!

Mocha Chip GelatoAdapted from Gourmet, January 2001

• 1-3/4 cups 2% milk
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 2 teaspoons unsweetened cocoa powder (not Dutch-processed)
• 1 tablespoon instant-coffee granules
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 oz. fine-quality bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped
• 1 tablespoon sliced almonds, toasted and cooled
• pinch of salt

In a small bowl, stir together 1/4 cup milk and cornstarch.

Whisk together sugar, cocoa, and remaining 1-1/2 cups milk in a small heavy saucepan and bring to a boil over moderate heat, stirring. Whisk in coffee granules. Stir cornstarch mixture again and whisk into coffee mixture. Return to a boil, whisking, then remove from heat.

Add vanilla, a pinch of salt, and half of chocolate to saucepan, stirring.

Set saucepan in a large bowl of ice water to cool, whisking frequently.

Freeze chocolate mixture in ice-cream maker. When nearly frozen, add remaining chocolate and churn until blended. Serve gelato sprinkled with almonds.

 Makes 4 servings.