Cardamom Pistachio Chocolate Chip Ice Cream

• 1 1/2 cups shelled, unsalted pistachios
• Filtered water to cover, for soaking
• 1 3.5 oz. can coconut milk
• 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1/4 cup honey (or agave nectar if you are vegan)
• 2 tablespoons light corn syrup
• 3/4 teaspoon ground cardamom
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 teaspoons cognac (optional)
• 1/2 cup chopped dark chocolate or dark chocolate chips

1. Soak pistachios in filtered water overnight. Drain and rinse. Optional: peel off the dark skins to get a better color and texture. This is a tedious step, and I don't think the end product would suffer too much if you skipped it.
2. Place the soaked pistachios and coconut milk in blender; process until smooth (taking breaks to scrape down the sides and blend again if you have a less-than-high-powered blender like mine).
3. Bring the pistachio milk, sugar, honey and corn syrup to a simmer in saucepan over medium heat. Remove from heat, stir in cardamom, vanilla extract, and cognac and set aside to cool. Strain through a sieve.
4. Cover and chill mixture in refrigerator for 2-3 hours or overnight.
5. Process ice cream as per manufacturer's instructions. In the last minute of processing, add in chocolate. Cover and freeze.

pistachios, cover, coconut milk, sugar, honey, light corn syrup, ground cardamom, vanilla, cognac, dark chocolate

Taken from food52.com/recipes/37027-cardamom-pistachio-chocolate-chip-ice-cream (may not work)