| Level: | Easy |
| Total: | 7 hr 10 min |
| Prep: | 4 hr |
| Inactive: | 3 hr |
| Cook: | 10 min |
| Yield: | 1 quart |
Ingredients
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 pint milk
- 1 1/4 cups sugar
- 1 vanilla bean, split
- 2 egg yolks
- 1/2 cup chopped bananas
- 1/2 cup roughly chopped dark chocolate
Instructions
- If using an electric ice cream maker, place the body into the freezer overnight. It needs to be completely frozen to freeze the ice cream.
- Combine the cream, milk, and 1 cup of the sugar in a medium, heavy bottom saucepan. Scrape the seeds of the vanilla bean into the cream mix and add in the bean itself. Bring to a light boil over medium high heat, watching carefully so the mixture doesn’t boil over. Remove from the heat.
- Beat the yolks in a mixing bowl and slowly whisk in 1 cup of the hot cream mixture. Gradually add the egg mixture back into the pot of cream. Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until the mixture coats the back of a spoon or reaches 170 degrees F, about 6 to 8 minutes. Remove from the heat and place in a container. Cover and place in the refrigerator to cool for about 2 to 3 hours.
- Put the ice cream maker together and turn it on. Pour in the cream mixture and let churn for about 20 to 25 minutes, according to manufacturer’s instructions. Stir in the banana and chocolate when the ice cream is 3/4 of the way frozen.
Nutrition Facts
| Serving Size | 1 of 12 servings |
| Calories | 236 |
| Total Fat | 13 g |
| Saturated Fat | 7 g |
| Carbohydrates | 29 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Sugar | 26 g |
| Protein | 3 g |
| Cholesterol | 56 mg |
| Sodium | 28 mg |
| Serving Size | 1 of 12 servings |
| Calories | 236 |
| Total Fat | 13 g |
| Saturated Fat | 7 g |
| Carbohydrates | 29 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Sugar | 26 g |
| Protein | 3 g |
| Cholesterol | 56 mg |
| Sodium | 28 mg |
Reviews
I have made this several times and everyone seems to enjoy it. I use mini chocolate chips instead of chunk chocolate as we like the smaller pieces.
Made this recipe for a neighborhood cookout and it was a BIG hit!
A sweet treat that was perfect on hot summer nights with friends and family
Had the whole family for the holidays. Everyone absolutely thought this was the best ice cream they had ever had… and so easy to make. Next time, I’m going to melt chocolate into the mixture to make it chocolate ice cream.
so good but i would have used a chcolate base instead of chunks
ssoooo good i want cat cora to be my personal chef pleeeeeeeeeeeease!
ssoooo good i want cat cora to be my personal chef pleeeeeeeeeeeease!
I have to say that the base for this ice cream is one of the best I have ever had. The vanilla bean makes all the difference. The recipe did not include instructions on how to use the additional 1/4 cup sugar so I added it to the egg yolk before adding the cream mixture. You could stir in about anything you wanted to this ice cream but the chocolate and banana are delicious. Thanks for the recipe!
I have tried quite a few ice crea, recipies since I got an ice cream maker for Christmas and this one was by far the best one I tried. I added walnuts to mine and it tasted a little like “Ben and Jerry’s Chunky Monkey”