welcome to How To Cook That . Net I am Ann Reardon today we are going to be making chocolate gelato
I've had requests for how to make this using an ice cream machine
and also aznmixta and chachichachic want to know how to make it without
using an ice cream machine so I will show you both of those in this video.
Firstly you need to seperate your eggs. For this recipe you only want the yolks.
You don't want any white at all so you may need to use your fingers to tease off that last
little bit of egg white.
Put your yolks and your sugar into a large bowl.
For all the recipe quantities just click on the link in the description
below this video to go to the blog howtocookthat.net
and the printable recipe is there.
Whisk you egg yolks and sugar together until they look pale,
thick and creamy
Pour your milk into a saucepan and this is where gelato is different ice cream
because it doesn't use any cream.
While the milk is heating you need to melt your chocolate. You can do that in a
double boiler on the stovetop or you can do it int he microwave. If you are doing it in the
microwave thirty seconds stir it really well, twenty seconds stir, ten seconds stir then
repeat those ten-second bursts until it is completely metled. Make sure you keep an eye on you milk
to make sure it doesn't boil over.
Once your milk is boiled then pour a small amount in a thin stream into your egg mixture.
Whisk it together well, then slowly pour in the rest and whisk that in.
Return that milk mixture tot he saucepan
and add you melted chocolate
and your cocoa powder and then whisk it really well to combine.
then return that whole thing to the heat and stir it continuously until all the
cocoa powder is dissolved and it looks smooth.
Then pour it into a clean bowl and place it in the fridge to chill. Letting it go
completely cold before you put it in the ice cream machine helps
make sure it's really smooth and has that nice mouth feel to it.
At this stage if you are using an ice cream machine you can pour that cold mixture in
to the ice cream machine and turn it on. The continual churning of the machine as it
freezes means that you don't get any large ice crystals forming and the gelato will
have a smooth like velvety texture.
and once it is thick like soft serve, pour it into a container and place it in the
freezer over night to firm up and you'll have a beautiful rich chocolate gelato.
If you don't have an ice cream machine then you can't just pour it straight into a
container and put it in the freezer or it will freeze solid. So what you need to do
is add a little bit of xanthum gum which is what they add to
commercial ice creams to keep it smooth. To mix in your xanthum gum you are going
you are going to need to blend it with a blender or a stick mixer. Once it's completely mixed
in pour that into a container and put it in the freezer overnight.
I'll place a link to where you can buy xanthum gum from in the description below the video.
And you can see the one made with the ice cream machine is lighter in colour
because it's more aerated and it has a slightly smoother mouthfeel. But they
both taste really good.
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