Dark Chocolate Ice Cream

• 1 1/2 cups whole milk
• 1 1/2 cups heavy cream
• 8 ounces semi-sweet chocolate
• 3 large egg yolks, at room temperature
• 2 tablespoons white sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• Pinch kosher salt
• 1/4 cup Cointreau or Grand Marnier (optional)

1. Place the milk, cream and chocolate in a small pan and cook over low heat, whisking from time to time, until it is warm, about 175F.
2. Place the egg yolks, sugar, vanilla extract and salt in a small metal bowl and whisk until completely mixed.
3. Add 1/4 cup of the warm milk mixture to the eggs, whisking all the while.
4. Continue adding milk to the eggs, 1/4 cup at a time, until you have added about 1 1/2 cups.
5. Slowly, whisking all the while, return the now milk and egg mixture to the remaining milk mixture in the pan and continue cooking until it just begins to thicken or reaches about 185F.
6. Do not allow the mixture to boil.
7. Pour through a medium fine strainer into a metal bowl, discard the solids and set aside until it reaches room temperature.
8. Cover and refrigerate until it reaches 40F, about 3 hours.
9. Add the Cointreau, if desired.
10. Transfer to an ice cream maker and proceed according to the manufacturers instructions.

milk, heavy cream, semisweet chocolate, egg yolks, white sugar, vanilla, kosher salt

Taken from www.cookstr.com/recipes/dark-chocolate-ice-cream (may not work)