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Fresh Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Pie

July 24, 2018 by Eileen Gray Leave a Comment

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Fresh Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Pie is made with a dark chocolate crust filled with homemade mint chocolate chip ice cream. Top the pie with a mound of lightly sweetened cream for a luscious treat. Ice cream with pie is great, ice cream IN pie is even better! 

a slice of mint chocolate chip ice cream pie

I’ve said it before, but sometimes it is hard to know exactly what to say about a recipe. I’ve been writing about ice cream all month so I don’t think I really need to go into the hows and whys behind home made ice cream at this point.

So lets talk specifically about this Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Recipe. 

Tips for making Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream with fresh mint:

  • I wanted a very herbaceous, fresh mint taste for the ice cream filling, not the intense mentholated flavor you get from peppermint extract or oil. 
  • I used a mixed bunch of spearmint and peppermint. So I guess this is double-mint ice cream!
  • I added the mint in two steps. First, I steeped half the stems in the hot milk. I removed that mint before cooking the creme anglaise ice cream base. After straining the base, I added the remaining stems to the warm mixture. This way the mint can continue to infuse the ice cream as it chills.
  • I did add just a drop of food coloring to suggest the mint flavor. Also, the color is really pretty with the dark brown crust and white cream. If you don’t want to use food color, that’s fine. It’ll still taste nice and minty.

Although I’m offering this as a pie recipe, of course you could just make the ice cream and serve it by the scoop. 

But I will say that crust is a no-bake crust made with chocolate wafer cookies so it really couldn’t be easier. Of course putting the ice cream into a pie also lets us serve it with a big, fluffy mound of whipped cream. Mmmm….

mint chocolate chip ice cream pie

Watch the video to see how to make a Fresh Chocolate Chip Mint Ice Cream Pie.

 
 

Now that you’ve made this recipe what should you do with all the extra egg whites? Check out this collection of recipes that use extra whites for some great ideas.

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mint chocolate chip ice cream pie

Fresh Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Pie

Yield: 8 slices
Prep Time: 1 hour
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Additional Time: 4 hours
Total Time: 5 hours 10 minutes

A dark chocolate cookie crust is filled with homemade fresh mint chocolate chip ice cream. Top the pie with a mound of lightly sweetened cream for a luscious treat.

Ingredients

For the Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream

  • 1 1/2 cups (12 oz, 360 ml) whole milk
  • 1 1/2 cups (12 oz, 360 ml) heavy cream
  • 3/4 cup (6oz, 168g) granulated sugar
  • 1 large bunch of fresh mint (at least 10 large sprigs), divided
  • 5 egg yolks
  • pinch of salt
  • a few drops of green food coloring (optional)
  • 1 bag (11.5 oz, 326g) chocolate chunks

For the Chocolate Crust

  • 1 package (9 oz, 255g) chocolate wafers
  • 2 tablespoons (1 oz, 28 g) granulated sugar
  • 4 tablespoons (2 oz, 56g) unsalted butter, melted
  • pinch of salt

For assembly

  • 2 cups (16 oz, 480 ml) heavy cream
  • 3 tablespoons confectioner's sugar
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • Chocolate chips and fresh mint leaves for garnish

Instructions

Make the Ice Cream

  1. Combine the milk and cream in a small saucepan. Heat the milk mixture over medium high heat until scalding hot. Toss in half of the mint sprigs, cover the pot and allow to steep for 30-60 minutes.
  2. Remove the mint sprigs from the milk mixture. Heat the mixture until scalding.
  3. While the milk heats up, whisk together the yolks, sugar and salt in a small bowl.
  4. Once the milk mixture is scalding hot, pour it into the bowl with the yolks and whisk to combine
  5. Return the entire mixture to the saucepan and heat over medium low heat, stirring constantly. Cook the custard until it thickens enough to coat the back of a spatula or wooden spoon. Do not allow it to come to a full boil. Remove from the heat and strain into a bowl. Add the remaining fresh mint sprigs to the bowl.
  6. Cover the bowl and chill until very cold. At least 4-5 hours, preferably over night.

Make the Crust

  1. Grind the cookies in a food processor. You'll get about 2 cups of crumbs. Add the sugar and butter and pulse a few times to combine. Dump the crumbs into a pie plate. Press the crumbs into the bottom and up the sides of the pie plate. Freeze the crust while the ice cream is churning.

Assembly

  1. Remove the mint sprigs from the chilled ice cream base and freeze according to the directions for your ice cream machine. Add the optional food coloring. When the ice cream is ready, toss in the chocolate chunks. Allow the chunks to mix through the ice cream.
  2. When the ice cream is ready, transfer it into the chilled chocolate crust. Cover with plastic wrap and freeze until solid, several hours or overnight.
  3. When ready to serve, remove the pie from the freezer. Whip the cream with the confectioner's sugar and vanilla. Spread the cream over the pie. Decorate with a sprinkle of chocolate chunks and a fresh mint leaves.
  4. Serve immediately.

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© Eileen Gray
Cuisine: desserts / Category: Ice Creams & Frozen Treats

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