Nutella Ice Cream with Coffee Cherries
I think I found my problem and that is I am a twitter addict. Before I found twitter I had a perfectly content blog dealing in random crap with no real purpose or theme. Now my blog has been transformed into a bread baking machine and now well a nutella madman. A huge thank you to Paula at Bell’ Alimento for hosting the nutella challenge (click here to read more information).
Once again like bread baking I have never used nutella (I know shun the non-believer) so I figured why the freak not….Well after the disaster of this ice cream I am now wondering why me???
Well clarification the ice cream never turned out to be a disaster but Jeff’s shiny object syndrome and lack of cat like reflexes proved to be my sticking point. This was attempt number three and if you are a FB friend or a Twitter peep you would have heard about my constant moaning about this and here is your proof that I finally was successful.
Round one went great everything came together perfect and life was great. I moved it to the freezer after pulling it out of the Kitchen Aid and froze it overnight. The next night I was to lazy to photograph it but still had to try it. Success and I loved the flavors. Woo hoo. Well here lies the problem in a moment of being distracted by a shiny object I completely forgot to put the ice cream back into the freezer. Doh!!!!!!
Round two was a wake up early morning a couple days later to take another nutella cream base for a magical spin in the Kitchen Aid before heading to work. I am in no way shape or form a morning person. Hell I despise them and everyone knows avoid me until my coffee mug is close to empty. So in a half sleep stupor and lacking caffeine I remove the ice cream out of the KA into the magical container to transfer to the freezer. The following thud and splattering of ice cream all over the kitchen floor was the proof I needed that the Colts made the right decision to never return my countless phone calls to try for a wide receiver position. After much cursing and a couple kitchen towels later my floors looked presentable and I drug myself to the shower beaten and defeated (in the shower tears of defeat can be hidden as just water running down your face).
So you can understand my skepticism for attempting round three. Hell after round two I was ready to drown the remaining cherries in rum and eat the rum soaked cherries and drink the remaining rum until I passed out.
Thankfully round three was a smashing success however, I have to say I approached everything with kid gloves and surgeon like precision.
For this recipe you will need:
- 2 cup whole milk
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 5 egg yolks
- 1 cup of sugar
- Dash of vanilla extract
- 2/3 cup nutella
- couple really generous handfuls of halves cherries
- 1/4 cup of your favorite coffee
Steps to success….
- Over medium heat in a large sauce pan add in the 2 cups of milk, 1 cup of cream, and 1/2 cup of the sugar and cook until the sugar is dissolved (about 5 minutes).
- While the sugar is dissolving beat the egg yolks with 1/4 cup of sugar until pale yellow.
- Once the sugar has been dissolved in the cream mixture take about 1/2 cup of the cream mixture and stir it into the egg yolk mixture.
- Once the cream mixture has been incorporated into the egg yolks dump the egg mixture into the cream mixture and lower the heat to medium-low.
- Whisk this mixture constantly until the mixture coats the back of the spoon (I took it to a temperature of 195 degrees).
- Strain the cream and egg mixture into a large bowl and whisk in the nutella and vanilla extract.
- Cover the bowl and transfer to the fridge to relax overnight
- In a bowl soak the cherries in the coffee and remaining 1/4 cup of sugar on the counter overnight
- Freeze the cream mixture per your ice cream manufacturer’s instructions. When there is a couple minutes to go add strain the cherries and add them in.
I guess I should also thank Heather for her awesome suggestion of coffee macerated cherries…..
Jeff, sorry the first two attempts didn’t go your way! But way to persevere!
I laughed when you said the shower can mask your tears! :0)
I hadn’t tried Nutella until last year (I know, I think I was the last person on the planet!)
I made a great desert, taking a won ton wrapper, put nutella, chopped peanuts and 1 slice of banana and fold over and pinch the sides. Make as many of these as you like. Then saute them in a skillet with a pat of melted butter and brown on both sides. The banana gets melty, the nutella melts and you can drizzle chocolate syrup and powdered sugar on top.
Its so good!
you a twitter addict? nooooooooooo, reeeeally.
I am so loving this whole nutella in ice cream And I am so glad I finally bought an ice cream maker. No more spending tons of cash at the local stand and getting shitty ice cream; ice cream with no stuff in it. Man, I have to have lots of stuff in my ice cream, I mean what’s the point? All those calories wasted on something plain and boring.
Let me just say I was eating Nutella 35 years ago when Nutella was so not in fashion. My Nonno used to bring it back from Italy way back then. It’s one of my absolute favorite things on earth. To see it here in an ice cream makes my heart melt.
Nutella is delicious so I was so excited to read this recipe - I am definitely going to make this ice-cream! I have a Twitter account but never really got into it - I think I only did two tweets ever … yet I still get random emails saying people have subscribed to me, strange!
This sounds abso-freaking-lutely delicious, Jeff! I read the recipe twice, slowly, savoring every flavor in my head. I’m going to have to figure out a “lite” version because of the hubs’ health issues, and I don’t want to make him jealous.
I can’t believe you’ve never had Nutella till now! OMG! Just for a quickie dessert, I take those little frozen phyllo shells, fill ‘em with Nutella, top with a a whole hazelnut or two & pop ‘em in the oven for a few minutes to get melty. ->Moan
So nice to be not confined to 140 characters!
Damn! I thought I closed that tag!
I could go for a big bowl of that right now, it looks scrumptiously delish!! =)
The ice cream looks terrific jeff , I’m gonna bookmark this to make. I love my Cuisinart ice cream maker!
I have to say, this comedy of errors would have culminated to absolutely nothing if it weren’t for the addition of the coffee macerated cherries.
You are my ice cream hero - don’t give this Heather chick any credit. It is alllll about YOU.
woohoo you finally got it done! I wouldn’t have made it to try 3
Hmmm, perfect ice cream. I made nutella ice cream before, my family love it. I should add cherry next time. I think it’s fantastic idea!
there are certain things that you simply must continue to work on until everything’s just right. this ice cream is CLEARLY one of those things–good for you!
Third times the charm. What a fantastic combination of flavors!!!
Wow wow wow. Nutella is one of the best things in the world. Therapy in a jar is the exact way to describe it.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE this ice cream. I’m glad you finally made it to your satisfaction. Now I’m thinking I have to try it while I still have milk in my fridge.
You are one persistent fellow!
I love twitter too. And it just struck me that it’s because of twitter and the BBA challenge that we know each other!
Love how delicious the ice cream looks. Sucks that I have to wait another year to get my hand on cherries.
I love Nutella, I can eat it at anytime, this ice cream look so yummie! I’ll definitely try it.
You are going to satisfy a lot of folks with this! We’ll take all the nutella you can dish out.
Tears of defeat? Oh no! We can’t have that. The ice cream was obviously good enough to be made three times in a row. Nice work, butter fingers!
WOW, Jeff…what do they say? 3rd time’s a charm? This looks amazing!!!! YUMMMMMMM
Well, I’m glad you persevered because that looks amazing. Cherries macerated in coffee!!!
Oh I so hate when that happens. I have left whole pots of soups or sauces out over night and had to toss the entire things for fear of food sickness. So sad to toss good things but we all have done it. I have a shiny object problem too- maybe I have ADD, who knows? Well at least you finally got to eat the last batch! Good show!
I’m adding this to my folder of ice cream recipes that I will one day make when I finally have an ice cream maker. You have to be prepared, right?
And admit it, you had all those “accidents” with attempts one and two purely for blog fodder, right?
Practice makes perfect and 3 attempts at make this delicious, Nutella-laced beauty would be worth the effort.
Nutella is one of those things that I can’t actually keep in the house because I WILL eat it all. Nutella ice cream would be like heroin to me. It’s probably a good thing I don’t own an ice cream maker.
I loved reading about all of your accidents and can totally empathize. My roommates know not to speak to me until I’ve had my coffee. Before then it’s very touch and go. That’s why I don’t try to cook in the morning.
I was just thinking about making a nutella ice cream! Like you, I am new to the Nutella world (as a kid I remember having it every once in a while, but we were never big nutella consumers)
And I am sorry to hear about your “failed” attempts. I guess now you appreciate and respect this ice cream even more :-p
So is it whites or yolks? Ingredients say one thing, instructions the other. I’m guessing yolks, but I’d rather be safe than sorry.
You’re now an ice cream master! Now if only we can do something about your twitter obsession.
I can just imagine the mess that ice cream made when it hit the ground/walls/kitchen! I can’t believe you actually persevered and made the ice cream, I would have made my excuses and slunked away to avoid defeat after the first attempt!!
This looks JUST delicious–congrats!! Your post made me laugh out loud. I can only imagine the look on your face when the ice-cream landed all over the floor.
I’m glad you persevered.
This looks AWESOME! I’m a nutella addict, so this is right up my alley!
Very impressive Mr. Shively! & as always you make me laugh out loud. Love it! Can’t wait to see what you come up with next month!
Looks and sounds awesome. When you tweeted about it, I couldn’t really check it out b/c I was on the road. I still need to make my August Nutella recipe. I’m soooo behind.
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Looks like so many people are now using nutella. This ice cream looks super and I’m impressed! Well done!
This sounds awesome!