Ciprianis Chocolate Ice Cream With Bitter Orange Sauce Recipes

Steps:

• Put the chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl and microwave in 40-second intervals, stirring after each, until just melted. Whisk until smooth; set aside.
• Combine the milk, sugar and egg yolks in a medium saucepan. Cook over medium heat, whisking, until the sugar dissolves and the mixture is thick enough to coat a spoon, about 7 minutes. Strain the custard through a fine-mesh sieve into a blender. Add the melted chocolate and pulse until smooth, about 1 minute. Add the heavy cream and vanilla and pulse until just combined, about 30 seconds. Transfer to a bowl, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 3 hours or overnight.
• Transfer the chilled custard to an ice cream maker and churn according to the manufacturer's instructions. Transfer to a resealable container and freeze until firm, about 2 hours.

Steps:

• For the Gelato:.
• In a dry 3 quart saucepan, cook 1/4 cup of sugar, undisturbed, over moderate heat until it begins to melt.
• Continue to cook, stirring with a fork, until sugar is completely melted and becomes deep golden brown in color.
• Remove from heat and dip pan briefly into an ice water bath to stop cooking.
• Cool pan about 5 minutes, then return to moderate heat, add milk and whisk until caramel is melted and milk is incorporated.
• Whisk in cocoa and keep whisking till mixture is well combined.
• Keep warm while you prepare chocolate and custard base.
• Melt chocolate in a bowl over barely simmering water.
• In a bowl, beat (using electric mixer) the eggs and the remaining 3/4 cup of sugar until the mixture is thick and pale.
• Whisk the caramel mixture and the chocolate into the yolk mixture, pouring them in in streams and whisking all the while.
• Now, cook this mixture (your gelato) in s heavy saucepan over medium low heat, stirring constantly, until candy thermometer registers 140°F.
• Cook (do not boil) 4 minutes more, stirring frequently.
• Remove from heat, cool completely and then freeze in your ice cream maker according to its directions.
• For the sauce:.
• In a dry 1 quart saucepan, cook the 2 tablespoons of sugar undisturbed over medium heat until it begins to melt.
• Continue to cook, stirring with a fork until the sugar melts completely and turns golden.
• Remove from heat and allow to cool.
• While caramel is cooling, blanch the julienned orange zest in boiling water for 15 seconds then drain.
• Return caramel to medium heat and add orange juice and zest, whisking until caramel is completely melted.
• Whisk in the preserves or marmalade until combined well.
• Remove from heat and stir in liqueur.
• Pool sauce on individual plates and place scoops of the gelato on the sauce.
• Garnish, if desired, with raspberries and mint sprigs.

Steps:

• If using Seville oranges, grate the zest of 2 of them. Squeeze the juice of all 3 and pour into a bowl with the zest and sugar. If you're going for the sweet orange and lime option, grate the zest of the orange and 1 of the limes, juice them and add to the sugar as before. Stir to dissolve the sugar and add the heavy cream.
• Whip everything until it holds soft peaks, and then turn into a shallow airtight container (approximately 2-quarts) with a lid. Cover and freeze until firm (from 3 to 5 hours). Remove to ripen for 15 to 20 minutes (or 30 to 40 minutes in the refrigerator) before eating. Serve in bowl, in cones, with wafers - however you like.

Steps:

• In a heavy saucepan, cook 5 tablespoons of the sugar, undisturbed, over moderate heat, until it begins to melt. Cook, stirring with a fork, until the sugar is melted and a deep golden brown.
• Remove the pan from the heat and dip it briefly into a bowl of ice water to stop the cooking. Cool the pan for about 5 minutes, add the milk and return the pan to medium heat. Cook, whisking, until the caramel is melted. Whisk in the cocoa and keep the mixture warm. Meanwhile, in the top of a double boiler, melt the chocolate, stirring occasionally. Set aside.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat the egg yolks with the remaining sugar until thick and light-colored. Very slowly whisk in the hot milk and then the chocolate. Return the mixture to the saucepan and cook over medium-low heat until a candy thermometer registers 140 degrees.
• Remove from the heat and refrigerate until chilled. Proceed according to directions for your ice-cream maker. Serve with the chocolate souffle.

Steps:

• To make the ice cream, crush the aniseed in a mortar and pestle or seal them inside a sturdy plastic bag and crush them with a rolling pin.
• In a medium saucepan, warm the milk, the 1/2 cup (125 ml) cream, the crushed aniseed, sugar, orange zest, and salt, stirring to dissolve the sugar. Remove from the heat, cover, and let steep for 1 hour.
• Pour the remaining 1 cup (250 ml) cream into a large bowl and set a mesh strainer across the top. Reheat the milk mixture until it's warm.
• In a separate bowl, whisk the egg yolks, then gradually add some of the warm milk mixture, whisking constantly as you pour. Pour the warmed yolks back into the saucepan. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly and scraping the bottom of the pan with a heatproof spatula, until the custard is thick enough to coat the spatula. Pour the custard through the mesh strainer into the cream; discard the bits of aniseed and orange zest.
• Set the bowl containing the custard over a larger bowl of ice water. Stir the custard until cool, then cover and refrigerate until thoroughly chilled.
• Freeze in an ice cream machine according to the manufacturer's instructions.
• To serve, split each pâte à choux puff in half and place a scoop of ice cream on each bottom. Replace the tops and spoon warm chocolate sauce over the profiteroles.

Steps:

• In a medium-sized saucepan, combine sugar and cocoa, then whisk in milk, then chopped chocolate.
• Turn heat to medium and cook, whisking constantly, for 5 minutes.
• Remove from the heat and stir in remaining ingredients until sauce is smooth.
• Serve either chilled or warmed, over vanilla ice cream.
• Store in the fridge, but this sauce will keep well in the freezer if your batch won't be gone within a week or two.

Steps:

• In a dry 3-quart heavy saucepan cook 1/4 cup sugar, undisturbed, over moderate heat until it begins to melt and cook, stirring with a fork, until melted completely and deep golden brown. Remove pan from heat and dip pan briefly into a bowl of ice water to stop cooking. (Caramel will harden.) Cool pan about 5 minutes and return to heat. Add milk and cook over moderate heat, whisking, until caramel is melted. Whisk in cocoa until combined well and keep mixture warm.
• In a metal bowl set over a saucepan of barely simmering water (or a double boiler), melt chocolate, stirring, and remove from heat.
• In a bowl with an electric mixer, beat egg yolks with remaining 3/4 cup sugar until thick and pale. Whisk in caramel mixture and chocolate in streams, whisking until combined. Pour custard into another 3-quart heavy saucepan and cook over moderately low heat, stirring constantly, until a candy thermometer registers 140° F. Cook custard, stirring (do not let it boil) 4 minutes more and remove pan from heat. Cool custard completely and freeze in an ice-cream maker according to manufacturers instructions.
• Gelato will keep in the freezer for one week.

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients using mixer (or egg beater) until the consistency is foamy.
• Pour in a stainless steel pan or boiler. Let boil for 15 minutes to kill any microbes or bacteria. Set aside to cool.
• Put desired flavoring (artificial flavors): vanilla, lemon or kalamansi (can be obtain from peels), chocolate, coffee, nuts, cashew and others. You can also use real fruit flavors like mango, ube, macapuno, cheese, etc.
• Put into freezer for half an hour or until half-frozen.
• Remove from freezer and mix again (with big wooden spon or egg beater) until the consistency becomes a thick mass.
• Transfer it in round stainless container. Cover, put it in wooden push cart. Put lots of crushed ice and salt between the container. You can use dry ice as an alternative.
• Let set for 20 minutes, at which point the ice cream should harden enough.