Chocolate Rum Ice Cream Food

DARK CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM RECIPE WITH RUM

Steps:

• Chill the ice cream bowl, if needed. If your ice cream machine has a bowl that needs to be frozen before churning, put it in the freezer the night before you plan to make ice cream.
• Put the chocolate in a metal bowl. Gently heat the milk over a hot water bath or in the microwave and pour over the dark chocolate. The milk does not have to boil since the recipe is without egg yolk. Let stand for a minute, stir until smooth. Add the cocoa powder, rum essence or rum and powdered sugar and stir. Stir with a whisk and then transfer bowl cold on ice water. Stir until the chocolate mass has cooled, whip the cream until stiff and fold into the chocolate.
• Transfer the chocolate cream into the ice cream maker and let churn until ready.
• Transfer the thickened ice cream to a freezer container. Press a piece of wax paper, parchment paper, or plastic wrap against the surface of the ice cream to prevent ice crystals from forming. Freeze until solid, at least 4 hours.

CHOCOLATE RUM ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Combine the sugar and flour, in a large microwave-safe bowl, blending well, and then gradually stir in the milk. Blend in the egg and the backing chocolate pieces. Microwave on HIGH (100%) for 2 to 2½ minutes, stirring frequently, or just until the mixture boils and thickens. Add the rum extract, blending it in, with a wire whisk, just until smooth and well blended. Chill thoroughly. Add the light cream to the chilled mixture and blend well. Freeze in a 2-quart ice cream freezer according to the manufacturer's directions.

RUM ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Bring cream, milk, 1/2 cup brown sugar, and nutmeg to a simmer in a heavy medium saucepan over medium heat, stirring.
• Meanwhile, whisk together eggs, remaining 1/4 cup brown sugar, and 1/8 teaspoon salt in a large bowl. Add cream mixture in a slow stream, whisking. Return to saucepan and cook, stirring with a wooden spoon, until mixture coats back of spoon and registers 175°F on an instant-read thermometer (do not boil).
• Immediately strain custard through a fine-mesh sieve into a metal bowl. Stir in rum and chill custard at least 6 hours.
• Freeze in ice cream maker, then transfer to an airtight container and put in freezer to harden, about 2 hours.

CHOCOLATE RUM ICE CREAM

Steps:

• In large microwave-safe bowl combine sugar and flour, gradually stir in milk.
• Blend in egg and baking chocolate pieces.
• Microwave at HIGH (100%) 2 to 2 1/2 minutes, stirring frequently, just until mixture boils and thickens.
• Add rum extract, blend with wire whisk until mixture is smooth.
• Chill thoroughly.
• Add light cream to chilled mixture, blend well.
• Freeze in 2-quart ice cream freezer according to manufacturer's directions.

CHOCOLATE RUM RAISIN ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Place the raisins, rum, and orange extract in a small saucepan. Heat to a simmer for 2 minutes and remove from heat. Allow raisins to macerate in rum for a minimum of 2 hours and up to 24.
• Place one cup of cream in a large bowl and place a fine mesh strainer on top.
• In a medium saucepan warm the milk, sugar, the remaining half cup of the cream, and the salt. When warm and steamy, but not bubbling, turn off heat and add the chopped chocolate. Stir with a sturdy rubber spatula until melted, mixture may appear flecked.
• In a medium bowl whisk the egg yolks. Begin dribbling the warmed milk into the yolks while continuously whisking. Don't pour the hot mixture in quickly as you may cause the eggs to curdle. Continue dribbling and whisking until you've added about 1/3 of the hot mixture, then you can increase speed to a pour, continuously whisking.
• Pour the contents back into the pan and stir constantly over medium heat, scraping the bottom of the pan as you go. A sturdy rubber spatula is best for this task. When the custard is thick enough it will coat the spatula.
• Remove from heat and pour the custard through the strainer into the bowl with the cream. Stir the custard to combine. Place over an ice bath until cooled. Chill completely in the refrigerator.
• Before you freeze the ice cream, drain the raisins and reserve the rum. Set raisins aside. Measure the reserved rum, add more rum if necessary to get to 3 tablespoons. Stir rum into the cooled custard, then add custard to your ice cream maker.
• Freeze the custard in your ice cream maker according to the manufacturer's instructions. A few minutes before the ice cream is done, add the raisins and mix to combine. Place in a freezer safe container and freeze until hardened.

GRILLED BANANAS WITH RUM ICE CREAM AND MEXICAN HOT CHOCOLATE SAUCE

Steps:

• Prepare grill.
• Peel bananas and halve lengthwise. In a shallow baking pan large enough to hold bananas in one layer stir together butter and brown sugar and add bananas, tossing gently to coat. Transfer bananas with a metal spatula to an oiled rack set 5 to 6 inches over glowing coals and grill until browned and cooked through, about 2 minutes on each side. (If bananas are difficult to handle you may grill them on 1 side only.)
• Serve bananas like a banana split with ice cream and chocolate sauce.
• To make rum ice cream:
• In a 2 1/2- to 3-quart heavy saucepan combine cream and milk. Scrape seeds from vanilla bean into cream mixture, dropping in bean. Add zest and bring mixture just to boil.
• In a large metal bowl whisk together brown sugar and yolks until combined well. Add hot cream mixture to yolk mixture in a slow stream, whisking, and return custard to pan. Cook custard over moderately low heat, whisking constantly, until thickened and coats back of a wooden spoon, about 3 minutes. (Do not let custard boil or it will curdle.)
• Pour custard through a very fine sieve into cleaned metal bowl and cool slightly. Stir in rum and chill, covered, until cold. Freeze custard in an ice-cream maker. Makes about 1 1/2 quarts.
• To make Mexican hot chocolate sauce:
• In a heavy saucepan heat chocolate and half-and-half over low heat, stirring frequently, until chocolate is melted. (The sauce will have a very thin consistency, like that of hot chocolate.) Serve sauce warm. Makes about 1 cup.