Chocolate Peanut Butter Shell

Something for Nick straight from Everyday with Rachel Ray April 2012... but I think my sister in law would like it too!

Chocolate Peanut Butter Shell

2 Tbsp smooth peanut butter
1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips
Microwave peanut butter and chocolate chips on medium power until just melted, stirring once, about 1 minute. Stir until smooth; pour warm over ice cream and wait 1 minute for shell to form. Serve immediately.

Raspberry Ice Cream for Dessert

Nick is in charge of the weekly ice cream flavor. It was raspberry for this week. He said it was not as good as the chocolate but he has a scoop of raspberry with a scoop of the chocolate covered in hard shell.

Raspberry Ice Cream

1 pt fresh raspberries
2 large eggs
1 1/2 cup sugar, divided
2 cups heavy cream
1/2 lemon, juiced

1 cup milk

Toss the raspberries, 3/4 cup sugar, and the lemon juice together in a bowl. Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours, stirring every 30 minutes. Whisk the eggs in a mixing bowl until light and fluffy.. Whisk in thr remaining 3/4 cup sugar, a little at a time, then continue whisking until completely blended. Pour in the heavy cream and milk. Whisk to blend. Drain the juice from the raspberries into the cream mixture and blend. Mash the raspberries until pureed. Stir them into the cream mixture. Transfer the mixture to an ice cream maker and freeze following the manufacturer's instructions. Makes 1 generous quart.

The NEW Ice Cream Maker

I finally invested in a commercial grade ice cream maker. It is one that does not require pre-freezing of the canister before use. After reading a bunch of reviews I decided on the Cuisinart Supreme. Being the somewhat frugal person that I can be I checked out all the pricing including possibilities on Ebay and found that Amazon.com was seeing a new appliance for only about $25 more than used or refurbished. Thanks Amazon!

Nick and I tried it out for the first time this week using Alton Brown's recipe for chocolate ice cream.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/chocolate-ice-cream-recipe/index.html

I only had 1 spoonful but I will tell you it was better than Ben & Jerry's. Now I just have to figure out how to make NY Super Fudge Chunk.

Sunday was National Hot Fudge Sunday Day!

I hope you celebrated too!