A child's wish

Halal Rocky Road Ice Cream

Every Muslim knows what I'm talking about. Walking into an ice cream shop because your parents say you earned an ice cream cone. You decide you want the chocolate one with the fluffy white clouds and your parents say no. Why? Because marshmallows have pork gelatin.

Finally, after all these years, Whole Foods carries a miniature marshmallow made with fish gelatin which also happens to be Kosher. Now the answer to the dilemma is simple. Use the marshmallows in the best rocky road recipe out there. It's a child's wish come true.


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Halal Rocky Road Ice Cream Recipe

Makes about one quart

Ingredients

2 cups heavy cream

3 tbsp Dutch process cocoa powder

5 oz. chopped semisweet chocolate

1 cup lowfat milk

Pinch of salt

5 large egg yolks

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 1/2 cups Elyon Mini Marshmallows

1 cup chopped roasted peanuts

Directions

Warm one cup of cream with the cocoa powder, whisking thoroughly. Bring to a boil then reduce heat to a simmer for 30 seconds while whisking.  Remove pot from heat and add chocolate stirring until smooth.  Add second cup of cream and pour into a large bowl.

Warm lowfat milk, sugar and salt in the same pot.  In a separate bowl whisk egg yolks.  Pour two tablespoons of milk into eggs to temper while whisking and then slowly add in the rest of the milk. Pour the mixture back into the pot and cook on low heat until the mixture is thick enough to coat the back of a wooden spoon.  Pour the custard though a sieve and into the chocolate mixture.  Add vanilla and place in the refrigerator for 1-2 hours.

Freeze mixture in the ice cream maker according to manufacturer's instructions.  Enjoy! 

Adapted from David Lebovitz The Perfect Scoop