Not-Much-Guilt Chocolate-Mint Ice Milk |
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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 0 Minutes |
Ready In: 0 Minutes Servings: 1 |
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At the Kirkgaard homestead, this low-fat ice milk is the latest rage. Its intense dark-chocolate flavor and smooth, silky texture make chocolate lovers forget it's relatively lean. Dutch cocoa is another name for the alkaline-treated product. Ingredients:
2 1/2 cups canned low-fat evaporated milk |
1/2 cup packed fresh mint leaves |
1/2 cup sugar |
2 tablespoons cornstarch |
2 large egg yolks |
2/3 cup dutch-process unsweetened cocoa |
1/2 cup plain nonfat yogurt |
1/4 cup chopped bittersweet or semisweet chocolate |
Directions:
1. In a 2- to 3-quart pan over high heat, bring milk and mint just to a boil. Remove from heat, cover, and let stand 20 minutes.
2. Meanwhile, in a bowl, mix sugar and cornstarch. Whisk in egg yolks.
3. Pour milk mixture through a fine strainer into another bowl; discard mint. Whisk about 1/4 of the mint-milk into egg yolk mixture. Add cocoa and whisk until blended; pour back into pan. Add remaining milk to pan.
4. Return pan to medium heat and stir with a whisk until mixture begins to bubble, 2 to 4 minutes.
5. Remove cocoa mixture from heat and pour into a bowl. Stir in yogurt. Cover surface of mixture with plastic wrap and chill until cold, at least 2 hours or up to 1 day.
6. Pour cold mixture into an ice cream maker and freeze according to manufacturer's directions. Midway through freezing, add chopped chocolate; continue freezing until ice milk is firm enough to mound and dasher is hard to turn. Serve, or cover and freeze up to 3 days. If making ahead, let the dessert soften in refrigerator about 30 minutes before serving.
7. Nutritional analysis per 1/2 cup.
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