Coffee Ice Cream with Dark Chocolate and Oreos
Creamy homemade coffee ice cream with dark chocolate flecks and chunks of oreo
Equipment
- 1 Ice Cream Maker
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups whole milk
- 3/4 cup whole coffee beans (regular or decaf)
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 4 large egg yolks
- 2 tsp flour
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 1/2 cups heavy cream
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 bar dark chocolate (or chocolate chips)
- 12 oreos
Instructions
Coffee Ice Cream (Part One)
- Add milk and coffee beans to a medium saucepan and bring to a boil over medium heat
- Turn the heat to low, cover, and let the coffee beans steep for 20 minutes. Stir occasionally
- Meanwhile, beat the sugar and egg yolks in a medium bowl until they're thickened and light yellow in color
- Beat in the flour and salt and set aside
- Remove some of the coffee beans with a slotted spoon and then pour the mixture over a strainer and into a liquid measuring cup
- Some of the milk probably evaporated so add fresh milk back until it measures to 1 1/2 cups again
- Slowly beat the warm milk into the eggs and sugar, constantly whisking
- Once all the milk is incorporated, add the mixture back to the saucepan and set the heat to low
- Stir constantly until the mixture thickens enough to coat the back of a spoon (don't let it boil!)
- Once it has thickened, pour the mixture through a fine mesh strainer into a separate bowl
- Allow the mixture to cool to room temperature and then stir in the heavy cream and vanilla
- Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for a few hours or overnight (I always do overnight)
Coffee Ice Cream (Part Two)
- Pour the mixture into your chilled freezer bowl
- While the ice cream is churning, use a small grater to make the chocolate flecks
- Place the chocolate flecks in the freezer for at least 10 minutes while the ice cream is still churning
- Chop up the Oreos!
- One the ice cream has starts to really thicken (for me it's usually about 15 minutes in) add in your Oreos and chocolate flecks
- The ice cream can be served as is (soft-serve consistency) or place it in the freezer for a few hours to firm up!
- Either way, place an airtight container and add leftover Oreo chunks and dark chocolate to the top of the ice cream