Recipe: Cherry Ripe Redux

Coming in equal third in ICS greatest hits is this interpretation of the chocolate bar of the same name.

400 ml milk
300 ml cream
100g sugar
4 egg yolks
1 vanilla bean
~350g sweetened morello cherries in syrup
shredded coconut
150g dark chocolate, chopped

- Put a slit down the whole length of the vanilla bean and add it to the milk in a sauce pan.
- Heat the milk until not quite boiling
- Remove the vanilla bean and carefully scrap out all the seeds, stirring them back into the hot milk
- Beat the egg yolks and sugar together, then pour in the hot milk while stirring.
- Put the mixture back into the saucepan and heat, whilst stirring, until custard forms
- Put the custard aside to cool
- In another saucepan, cook the cherries in syrup and coconut with a little extra sugar.
- Once the syrup has mostly evaporated and the cherries have lost their formation, set aside to cool.
- Once the custard has reached room temperature, add the cream and refrigerate.
- Pour the custard mixture into the ice cream maker.
- Once the ice cream starts to set, add the chopped chocolate pieces, and small balls of the sticky cherry and coconut.
- Once the ice cream maker stops, freeze for a little bit longer if necessary then enjoy it, goddamn it!

Remarks: Even better than the last time, for sure. To quote James - 'The way the cherries and coconut combined was like a symphony." To quote everyone else - 'This is the best one ever." I will sleep with a smug smile on my face tonight...