Neapolitan Ice Cream

To make the Vanilla Ice Cream base:

1. In a heavy bottomed sauce pan, combine half and half, almond milk, coconut milk, 3/4 cup of sugar, and salt. Whisk to combine.

2. In a bowl, whisk together egg yolks and 2 tablespoons of sugar.

3. Over medium-high, heat milk mixture until sugar dissolves and the mixture begins to simmer. Slowly pour about one cup of the simmering milk mixture into the egg mixture, whisking constantly to temper the eggs. Then add egg mixture into the sauce pan, stirring occasionally for approximately 5 minutes. Turn heat off. Add vanilla extract.

4. Pour mixture into a large bowl. Cover and place in fridge to cool, about 3 hours. To speed up the cooling process, place bowl in an ice bath in the fridge, or place in the freezer on its own.

To Make Neapolitan Ice cream…

1. Evenly divide the chilled mixture into three bowls.
2. Return two of the bowls to the freezer.
3. Using the first bowl continue to prepare as per your ice cream maker’s instructions to make the vanilla ice cream.
4. Once you have finished making the vanilla ice cream, it will resemble soft serve, scoop the finished mixture into an airtight container and return to the freezer to harden.

Strawberry Ice Cream:

For this you’ll need approximately 5-7 strawberries, hulled and diced into small pieces ant 2 Tablespoons of sugar.

1. Remove one of the remaining two base batches from the freezer.
2. Using a food processor, or by mashing the strawberries by hand, gently puree the strawberries and sugar until only a few remaining pieces of strawberry remain whole.
3. Pour the strawberry puree into the vanilla ice cream base.
4. Continue to make as per your ice cream maker’s instructions for the strawberry ice cream. Scoop the finished mixture into another airtight container and place in freezer.

Chocolate Ice Cream:

1. Melt the chocolate carefully in a double boiler or over very low heat, and once melted, allow to cool.
2. Remove the final batch of ice cream base from the freezer. Slowly stir in the chocolate with a whisk (you may add some cocoa powder as well if you like).
3. Continue to make as per your ice cream maker’s instructions for the chocolate ice cream.
4. To gain a chocolate stracciatella like ice cream, melt some more chocolate, and drizzle it slowly into the ice cream as it is being churned. It will harden on contact and create the string like chocolate shavings. Transfer the chocolate ice cream to another container, and freeze until hardened.

Then you can serve one of each scoop into your serving bowls to create your own Neapolitan Ice Cream.