making ice cream

chocolate ice cream
Originally uploaded by bluepupae.

#16 on my 101 in 1001 list
mom gave me an ice cream maker mixer attachment for xmas, so i made chocolate ice cream today. making ice cream is fairly easy, but does require some time, attention and several steps. i used a recipe based on a custard from the perfect scoop. you do have to make sure you are constantly whisking when it comes to tempering the eggs, which means bringing it to temperature with the milk you're mixing into it so you don't get scrambled egg bits.

it can also be a very messy process pouring the mixture into the freeze bowl as there is not a lot of space between the dasher (mixing attachment) and the edges of the bowl. i ended up dropping a huge scoop of chocolate custard on the ground as well as getting chocolate all over the mixer. the recipe came out a little sweet, so i think i'm going to cut back on the sugar, and maybe use bittersweet instead of semisweet chocolate. watching the chocolate custard turn into ice cream is magic though.