Green Ice Cream

I wanted to to try mint chocolate chip, so I did.

Marvelous Mint

• 2 cups heavy cream
• 2 cups half-and-half
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• ~ 4/5 to 5/6 tsp mint extract (a bit shy of 1 tsp)
• ~ 1 cup Nestle semi-sweet morsels (just enough to look right)
• Green food coloring if you want.

1. Whisk the half-and-half and sugar until the sugar is disolved
2. Mix in the heavy cream and extract
3. Mix in drops of food coloring until you like the color (obviously optional)
4. Churn per manufacturer's directions
5. When there are about 2 minutes left, add chocolate chips until it “looks right”
6. Churn a little longer than 2 more minutes to recover from the fact that you forgot to put the chips in the freezer

I think this was a successful recipe. My son said this was the best ice cream I've made so far. I'm torn between this and my original chocolate. My thoughts:

• The texture was good. At some point I need to determine the optimal dairy ratio for eggless ice cream. Also, I need to try cream with whole milk instead of half-and-half.
• The Mint flavor was good.
• The chips were too big and/or too hard. Try smaller chips or some other type of chocolate.
• Warm/room temperature mixins . . . maybe don't.

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