Mint-Truffle Ice Cream Terrine with Mint and Chocolate Sauces |
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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 0 Minutes |
Ready In: 0 Minutes Servings: 12 |
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Mint-chocolate truffles frozen in vanilla ice cream create a polka-dot dessert. Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups heavy whipping cream |
16 ounces bittersweet or semisweet chocolate, chopped |
2 teaspoons pure peppermint extract |
unsweetened cocoa powder |
5 cups (2 1/2 pints) vanilla ice cream, slightly softened |
3/4 cup sugar |
1/3 cup water |
2 cups (lightly packed) fresh mint leaves |
Directions:
1. For truffles and chocolate sauce: Bring cream to simmer in heavy large saucepan; remove from heat. Add chocolate; let stand 1 minute. Whisk until mixture is smooth. Whisk in extract. Freeze until firm, about 4 hours, or chill overnight.
2. Line baking sheet with foil. Drop scant 1 tablespoon chocolate mixture for each of 16 truffles onto prepared sheet. Dust hands with cocoa; roll chocolate mounds into rounds. Cover and freeze truffles. Cover and chill remaining chocolate mixture for sauce. (Truffles and sauce can be made 2 days ahead.)
3. Line 8 1/2x4 1/2x2 1/2-inch metal loaf pan with plastic wrap, leaving long overhang. Spread 1/3 of ice cream (about 1 2/3 cups) over bottom of prepared pan. Press 8 truffles in random pattern (and spaced apart) into ice cream layer. Spread 1/2 of remaining ice cream over. Press remaining 8 truffles in random pattern (and spaced apart) into second ice cream layer. Spread remaining ice cream over. Cover terrine with plastic wrap overhang. Freeze at least 6 hours and up to 2 days.
4. For mint sauce: Bring sugar and 1/3 cup water to boil in small saucepan, stirring until sugar dissolves. Pour syrup into blender; cool 10 minutes. Add mint leaves to syrup and puree until smooth. Transfer sauce to bowl; cool. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and chill. Whisk to blend before using.)
5. Stir chocolate sauce over low heat until warm. Transfer to pitcher. Turn ice cream terrine out onto platter; peel off plastic. Cut terrine crosswise into slices; arrange on plates. Drizzle chocolate sauce and mint sauce around terrine.
6. Test-kitchen tip:Make quick work of softening the ice cream by microwaving it in ten-second intervals on the lowest power setting.
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