Pizzo's Famous Ice Cream Truffle

  1. For the Hazelnut Ice Cream: Preheat the oven to 350F (175C).
  2. Place the nuts on a rimmed baking sheet and bake, stirring occasionally, until they are fragrant and golden and their skins begin to crack, 12 to 15 minutes.
  3. While they are hot, transfer the nuts to an old, dry kitchen towel, gather the edges of the towel together into a bag, and rub the nuts vigorously inside the towel to loosen the skins.
  4. When you open the towel, you will find that many of the nuts have shed their papery skin.
  5. With your fingers, rub away as much of the remaining skin as you can.
  6. Its okay if you cant remove every last trace.
  7. Let the nuts cool before continuing.
  8. Place the cooled hazelnuts in a food processor and grind them into a coarse paste, like natural peanut butter.
  9. Place the hazelnut paste in a 2-quart (2-liter) saucepan and whisk in the milk.
  10. Bring to a simmer over medium heat, whisking, then turn off the heat and let the mixture steep for 15 minutes.
  11. Stir in the vanilla.
  12. In a medium bowl, whisk the egg yolks and sugar until the yolks are pale, the sugar has dissolved, and the mixture is thick and creamy, about 2 minutes.
  13. Slowly add the warm milk to the egg mixture, whisking constantly until well blended.
  14. Then return the milk-egg mixture to the saucepan.
  15. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon, until the mixture is thick enough to coat the spoon and reaches 180F (82C) on an instant-read thermometer, 3 to 5 minutes.
  16. Do not let it boil or it may curdle.
  17. Remove from the heat.
  18. Transfer the mixture to a large, clean bowl and let it cool for 10 minutes.
  19. Whisk in the cream.
  20. Strain through a fine sieve into another bowl, pressing with the back of a spoon to extract all the liquid from the ground hazelnuts.
  21. Refrigerate the custard until cold.
  22. Transfer to an ice cream freezer and freeze according to the manufacturers directions.
  23. Pack the freshly churned ice cream in an airtight plastic container and freeze for at least 3 hours before serving.
  24. You will have about 1 1/2 quarts.
  25. For the Chocolate Filling:
  26. Place the cocoa powder, 2/3 cup (160 milliliters) water, and granulated sugar in a 1 1/2-quart (1 1/2-liter) pot.
  27. Whisk to combine and place over medium heat.
  28. Cook, whisking constantly, until the mixture reaches 190F (88C) on a candy thermometer, just shy of boiling.
  29. Remove from the heat and cool.
  30. When cool, transfer to a plastic container and place in the freezer until it is firm but not too stiff to scoop, about one hour.
  31. You can leave it in the freezer for weeks, if you like, but then you will need to thaw it until it is soft enough to scoop.
  32. To Assemble the Truffles:
  33. Remove the ice creams from the freezer and let soften enough so they can be easily scooped.
  34. If they become too soft while you are assembling the truffles, they will be difficult to mold; return them briefly to the freezer to firm them.
  35. Line each mold with a sheet of plastic wrap that overhangs the rim by 2 inches (5 centimeters) all around.
  36. (You need enough overhang to cover the surface once youve filled the mold.)
  37. Press the plastic wrap against the mold so it adheres.
  38. Working with one mold at a time, put 1/4 cup (60 milliliters) of chocolate ice cream in the center of the plastic wrap.
  39. With the back of a spoon, press the ice cream against the bottom and sides of the mold to form a shell of even thickness throughout.
  40. The shell should come all the way up the sides of the mold.
  41. Return the mold to the freezer for 15 minutes to firm the ice cream while you line the remaining molds with chocolate ice cream.
  42. Again working with one mold at a time, remove a mold from the freezer and put 1/4 cup (60 milliliters) of hazelnut ice cream in the center of the hardened chocolate shell.
  43. With the back of a clean spoon, press the hazelnut ice cream against the bottom and sides of the chocolate shell to create a similar shell of even thickness, with a well in the center.
  44. The objective is to create a cup with a layer of chocolate ice cream outside and a layer of hazelnut ice cream inside, with a hollow in the center to contain the soft filling.
  45. Remove the chocolate filling from the freezer 1 hour ahead to soften.
  46. In the hollow of the ice cream cup, place 1 tablespoon of the chocolate filling.
  47. Return the filled mold to the freezer for 15 minutes, then remove the mold from the freezer and lift the edges of the plastic wrap to close the ice cream cup around the chocolate filling.
  48. To seal the filling completely, top with about 1 tablespoon of chocolate ice cream, spreading it over the filling so that the filling cant be seen.
  49. Place the overhanging plastic wrap over the surface to seal it.
  50. At this point, the tartufo can be returned to the freezer in its mold, or inverted, still in its plastic wrap, onto a plate or tray that will fit in your freezer.
  51. (Do not stack the tartufi.)
  52. Continue to form and freeze tartufi until you have run out of ice cream or chocolate filling.
  53. Freeze for at least 4 hours or overnight.
  54. To Coat and Serve:
  55. Combine the cocoa powder and superfine sugar in a wide, shallow dish and mix well.
  56. About 20 minutes before serving, remove the tartufi from the freezer.
  57. Working with one at a time, unwrap a tartufo and roll it in the cocoa-sugar mixture until generously coated all over.
  58. Put the tartufi on a tray and place in the refrigerator to soften for about 15 minutes before serving.
  59. Transfer to individual plates to serve.

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Taken from www.cookstr.com/recipes/pizzos-famous-ice-cream-truffle (may not work)

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