Despite the fact that in supermarkets and small retail outlets ice cream is presented in a wide assortment, recipes for its preparation at home do not lose popularity. To create such a dessert is not difficult. The main thing is to follow the recipe and use only fresh and high-quality products. Consider 6 ways to make chocolate ice cream, and also learn how to make syrup for this treat.

Classic chocolate ice cream at home

To make classic homemade ice cream you need dark chocolate. It is better to purchase a product that is sold by weight, with a cocoa content of at least 70%.

To make dessert, you need to take these products:

  • 150 g of natural chocolate;
  • 150 ml of milk;
  • 1.5 cups cream with a fat content of at least 35%;
  • 50-70 g of sugar.

How to make chocolate ice cream in the classic version:

  1. Pour milk into the pan, pour sugar and put on the stove.
  2. Grind chocolate with a large sharp knife, send to milk and keep on low heat, stirring regularly until it dissolves.
  3. We remove the pan from the heat and allow the resulting mass to cool, and at this time thoroughly whip the cool cream to a cream.
  4. Slowly add the last component to the chocolate-milk mixture, mix well.
  5. Pour ice cream into molds and put in the freezer.

When serving, such a dessert is decorated with berries, crushed nuts, coconut or candied fruit.

Tip. To prevent ice crystals from forming in the ice cream, about an hour after it is placed in the freezer, it will need to be removed and mixed, and then put back in the cold.

Chocolate Glaze Treat

Chocolate icing will become a beautiful and delicious decoration for ice cream. To make such a dessert, you need to take the following products:

  • 500 ml of heavy cream;
  • 150 ml of condensed milk;
  • a pinch of vanilla;
  • a teaspoon of cocoa;
  • a bar of chocolate without additives.

How to make iced ice cream:

  1. Pour the chilled cream into a blender, add vanilla and whip.
  2. We introduce condensed milk and cocoa, mix thoroughly until the mass acquires a uniform shade.
  3. We pour the mass into molds and send it to the freezer.
  4. When the dessert freezes, we heat a bar of chocolate in a water bath, and then water the portions prepared for serving.

If desired, you can dilute the glaze with a small amount of cream or milk.

Ice Cream Technology

Such a device as an ice cream maker allows you to create this wonderful dessert at home, without putting much effort. Of course, the unit will not complete all the work, its main part will still have to be undertaken by the hostess. To make chocolate ice cream, you need such components:

  • 3 egg whites
  • 350 ml of heavy cream;
  • 70 g of dark chocolate;
  • 120 g of sugar;
  • 60-70 g of powdered sugar.

How to make dessert in an ice cream maker:

  1. Pour cream into a saucepan with a thick bottom, put sugar in it and put on low heat until it boils.
  2. When the sand has completely dissolved, put the chocolate chopped with a knife and wait until it melts, and then remove the mass from the fire and cool.
  3. Beat the egg whites to a state of strong foam, gradually adding powdered sugar, and then introduce this mass into the chocolate-cream mixture.
  4. We lay the future ice cream in the device. On this work is completed.

After a few hours, the dessert will be ready to eat. It can be taken out, decorated and served.

Chocolate Chip Ice Cream

Ice cream with chocolate chips looks beautiful on the table. For such a dessert, no additional decorations are required, and if the hostess has no desire to decorate the dish, you can not do this. For cooking you will need:

  • 250-280 ml of milk;
  • egg;
  • 500 ml cream;
  • 80-100 g of granulated sugar;
  • 200-220 g of natural chocolate.

How to make dessert:

  1. Mix milk with granulated sugar and egg, beat in a blender until smooth.
  2. Pour in a thin stream of cream and turn on the unit again, setting the minimum speed.
  3. We pour the resulting mass into a mold and put it in the chamber for freezing for half an hour, so that it is a little “caught” by frost.
  4. We grind the natural chocolate on a grater, put it in a frozen mass, mix it and remove it again in the freezer.

You can add such ice cream not only with chocolate chips, but also with candied fruits or berries.

Cocoa Powder Recipe

Instead of natural chocolate, you can take cocoa powder. For these purposes, the classic, "Soviet" version without additives is suitable. To make ice cream, you will need these components:

  • 400 ml of milk;
  • 220-240 ml of fat cream;
  • 3-4 egg yolks;
  • 100-120 g of granulated sugar;
  • a few tablespoons of cocoa powder.

How to make dessert:

  1. Pour milk and cream into the pan, put on the stove and bring to a boil.
  2. We introduce cocoa powder and stir the mass with a whisk, so that not a single lump remains.
  3. Beat sugar with yolks until a stable frothy “cap” appears, then slowly introduce them into the composition languishing on the stove. The main thing is to reduce the fire so that the mass does not boil, otherwise the eggs will curl.
  4. Remove the pan from the heat, pour into molds and send it to the freezer.

We decorate the ready-to-eat dessert according to our own taste and call home to the table.

With coffee

Coffee lovers can make adjustments to the classic recipe for making homemade ice cream by adding this ingredient to the composition. To work you will need these products:

  • 200 ml of milk;
  • 2 cups fat cream;
  • 3 tablespoons of cocoa powder;
  • a teaspoon of natural coffee;
  • 100 g of granulated sugar.

How to make chocolate coffee ice cream:

  1. Mix milk with sugar and heat on a stove until the sand dissolves.
  2. Add the chocolate crumbled with a knife, reduce the heating to a minimum and cook the mass until it becomes homogeneous.
  3. Let the mixture cool a little, then add whipped cream and coffee into it, mix and pour into molds.

You can decorate such a delicacy when serving with fresh mint leaves.

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How to make chocolate ice cream syrup

The easiest way to prepare a “fill” for ice cream is to melt a bar of natural chocolate in a water bath. But if there is time, you can make a syrup, for which such components are required:

  • 220-250 ml of milk;
  • 80-100 g of granulated sugar;
  • natural chocolate or cocoa powder;
  • vanilla.

How to make syrup:

  1. Pour milk into a pan and bring to a boil.
  2. Pour granulated sugar, cocoa or chocolate and continue to keep the mass on low heat until it becomes homogeneous.
  3. Remove the pan from the heat, roll a little vanilla and mix thoroughly.

After this, it is required to slightly cool the syrup, and you can decorate the dessert.

If in the past, only experienced confectioners trusted the preparation of ice cream, today even an inexperienced mistress can make this delicacy on her own. And the above methods of creating a dessert can be modified as you wish, adding additional products to the main ingredients of the classic recipe, focusing on your own taste.

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