Black-and-White Ice Cream Sandwiches

Name: Black-and-White Ice Cream Sandwiches
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 296 milliliters all purpose flour; 2 pints mint chocolate chip ice cream, softened slightly; 1 large egg yolk; 0 teaspoons salt; 118 milliliters sugar; 177 milliliters unsalted butter, room temperature; 59 milliliters unsweetened cocoa powder (preferably Dutch-process); 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 6 servings good-quality white chocolate (such as Lindt or Bakers), chopped

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Instructions

Drop six 2/3-cup mounds mint chocolate chip ice cream onto waxed-paper-lined baking sheet. Using metal spatula, shape each mound into 3- to 3 1/2-inch square; freeze squares.

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Beat butter and sugar in large bowl until smooth. Beat in egg yolk and vanilla. Sift flour, cocoa and salt onto butter mixture. Stir until blended and soft dough forms. Gather dough into ball; flatten into rectangle.

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Bowl

Roll out dough between 2 sheets of waxed paper to 13 x 10-inch rectangle.

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Place dough, still between waxed paper sheets, on baking sheet. Chill until firm, at least 1 hour and up to 1 day.

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Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 300°F. Line large baking sheet with parchment paper. Peel top sheet of waxed paper off dough. Trim dough to 12 x 9-inch rectangle; cut dough into twelve 3-inch squares.

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Transfer squares to parchment-lined sheet, discarding waxed paper and spacing squares about 1 inch apart.

Bake until cookies are firm to touch, about 20 minutes. Cool cookies completely on sheet.

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Melt white chocolate in medium metal bowl set over saucepan of barely simmering water, stirring until smooth (do not allow bottom of bowl to touch water).

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White Chocolate

Water

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Remove bowl from over water.

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Holding corner of 1 cookie, dip cookie into melted chocolate until half covered on diagonal, tilting bowl if necessary to submerge. Shake cookie gently to allow some excess chocolate to drip back into bowl. Return dipped cookie to parchment-lined baking sheet. Repeat with remaining cookies and white chocolate. Freeze cookies until chocolate coating is firm, about 10 minutes.

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Almond Bark

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Arrange 6 cookies, flat side up, on work surface. Top each with frozen ice cream square, then another cookie, flat side down, pressing slightly to adhere. Cover and freeze sandwiches. (Can be made 4 days ahead. Keep frozen.)

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Ice Cream

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Servings:

296milliliters

all purpose flour 2pints

mint chocolate chip ice cream, softened slightly 1large

egg yolk 0teaspoons

salt 118milliliters

sugar 177milliliters

unsalted butter, room temperature 59milliliters

unsweetened cocoa powder (preferably Dutch-process)1teaspoon

vanilla extract 6servings

good-quality white chocolate (such as Lindt or Baker's), chopped

Recommended wine: Cream Sherry, Moscato Dasti, Port

Cream Sherry, Moscato d'Asti, and Port are great choices for Ice Cream. A common wine pairing rule is to make sure your wine is sweeter than your food. Delicate desserts go well with Moscato d'Asti, nutty desserts with cream sherry, and caramel or chocolate desserts pair well with port. The NV Solera Cream Sherry with a 4.5 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 17 dollars per bottle.