Mint Gelato with Bittersweet Chocolate Sauce

Name: Mint Gelato with Bittersweet Chocolate Sauce
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 6 larges egg yolks; 118 milliliters chopped fresh mint leaves; 1 strip thin strip lemon peel (about 2 in., yellow part only); 710 milliliters milk; 113 grams bittersweet or semisweet chocolate, finely chopped; 177 milliliters sugar; 1 vanilla bean (2 to 3 in.), slit open lengthwise, or 1 teaspoon vanilla; 118 milliliters whipping cream or half-and-half (light cream)

Mint Gelato with Bittersweet Chocolate Sauce requires around 45 minutes from start to finish. This recipe serves 6. One portion of this dish contains around 8g of protein, 23g of fat, and a total of 412 calories. Head to the store and pick up whipping cream, milk, vanilla bean, and a few other things to make it today. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free diet.

Instructions

In a 3- to 4-quart pan, combine milk, sugar, chopped mint, lemon peel, and vanilla bean (if using extract, add in step 3). Stir over medium heat just until sugar is dissolved, 1 to 2 minutes.

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Vanilla Bean

Lemon Peel

Extract

Sugar

Milk

Mint

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Frying Pan

In a bowl, beat egg yolks to blend.

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Egg Yolk

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Bowl

Whisk in warm milk mixture; return to pan. Stir over medium-low heat, scraping pan with a spatula, until custard coats the back of a spoon in a thin layer, 10 to 12 minutes (don't boil).

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Custard

Milk

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Spatula

Whisk

Frying Pan

Pour mixture through a fine strainer into a large bowl; discard lemon peel and mint. Rinse vanilla bean, let dry, and reserve for other uses (if using vanilla extract, stir into strained custard). Nest bowl in ice water and stir mixture often until cold, 20 to 30 minutes. Or cover and chill until cold, at least 2 hours, or up to 2 days.

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Vanilla Extract

Vanilla Bean

Lemon Peel

Water

Custard

Mint

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Sieve

Bowl

Meanwhile, in a microwave-safe container, combine chocolate and cream.

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Chocolate

Cream

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Microwave

Heat in a microwave oven at full power (100%), stirring every 30 seconds, until chocolate is soft, about 1 1/2 minutes total. Stir until smooth.

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Chocolate

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Microwave

Oven

Pour custard mixture into an ice cream maker (1-qt. or larger capacity). Freeze according to manufacturer's directions until mixture is firm enough to scoop, dasher is hard to turn, or machine stops, 25 to 30 minutes.

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Ice Cream

Custard

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Ice Cream Machine

Scoop softly frozen gelato into bowls, or for firmer gelato, freeze at least 1 1/2 hours or up to 1 week. Spoon chocolate sauce over gelato (if desired, warm sauce in microwave oven at full power for 30 seconds, then stir).

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