Stracciatella ice cream is a creamy vanilla ice cream with the addition of chocolate strands. It is easy to prepare and makes a perfect summer dessert. The ice cream can be prepared without churning if you are busy but churning doesn't take long and it is worth doing if at all possible to help to create a lighter texture.
Ingredients
- 600ml double cream
- 300g condensed milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract or essence
- 100g chocolate suitable for melting
Equipment needed
- Large bowl
- Electric whisk or hand whisk
- Container with lid suitable for the freezer
- Spoons
How to prepare stracciatella ice cream
Place the cream in a large bowl and whisk until it is forms peaks.
Add the condensed milk and vanilla extract or essence and whisk again until thoroughly mixed.
Spoon the mixture into a container suitable for the freezer such as a plastic tub or a metal tin. Cover and place in the freezer.
Leave in the freezer for about 3 to 4 hours. The ice cream can be prepared without churning if you are busy but churning only takes a couple of minutes or so and is worth doing if possible. Churning will help to break up any ice crystals and create a lighter texture. Ideally, after about an hour use a spoon to turn the mixture, cover and return to the freezer. Repeat hourly until the ice cream is almost solid (about 3 to 4 hours).
Just before the ice cream is fully frozen, melt the chocolate and drizzle some of it over the chocolate using a spoon. The chocolate strands will freeze straight away when they hit the ice cream.
Use a spoon to turn the ice cream and break up the chocolate strands. Drizzle more of the chocolate and churn again, and repeat until all the chocolate has been used up.
Cover and return to the freezer.
Remove from the freezer about 15 minutes before serving to allow the ice cream to soften enough to scoop.
The ice cream will keep in the freezer for around a week.
You may also like to try affogato, an Italian coffee and ice cream dessert which takes only minutes to prepare.
Or you may wish to try no churn chocolate ice cream, a quality ice cream which can be prepared very quickly without using an ice cream maker or needing to churn.
Stracciatella ice cream
Ingredients
- 600 ml double cream
- 300 g condensed milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract or essence
- 100 g chocolate
Instructions
- Whip the cream either with an electric mixer or by hand.
- Add the condensed milk and vanilla extract/essence and whip again.
- Transfer into a container suitable for the the freezer, cover and place in the freezer.
- The ice cream can be prepared without churning if you are busy but churning only takes a couple of minutes or so and is worth doing if possible. Ideally, after about an hour, use a spoon to turn the mixture, cover and return to the freezer. Repeat hourly until the ice cream is almost solid (about 3 to 4 hours).
- Melt the chocolate just before the ice cream is fully frozen. Drizzle some of the melted chocolate over the ice cream and use a spoon to break up the chocolate strands (they will freeze when they make contact with the frozen ice cream). Repeat until all the chocolate is used up.
- Cover and return to the freezer until ready to serve.
- Remove from the freezer about 15 minutes before serving to allow it to soften enough to scoop.
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