Roasted Almond Ice Cream with Chocolate Chips

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1. Roasted almond ice cream made of 2 1/2 cups full-fat milk, 3/4 cup sugar, 2 tbsp cornflour, 1 tsp vanilla essence, 3/4 cup fresh cream, 1/2 cup roasted almond (badam) slivers and 1/2 cup chocolate chips

1. To make 1/2 cup roasted almond (badam) slivers, place approx. ½ cup of whole almonds in a broad non-stick pan. When buying, look for almonds that are uniform in colour and not limp or shriveled. In addition, smell the almonds. They should smell sweet and nutty; if their odor is sharp or bitter, they are rancid.
   
2. Dry roast them on a medium flame. Toss them continuously with a wooden spoon for about 2 minutes to avoid burning.
3. Remove them from the heat when they are either light or dark brown, whichever is preferred, and then let them cool down.
4. Place them on a chopping board and slice with a sharp knife lengthwise into long slivers. Keep aside. 
   

1. For the cornflour mixture for roasted almond ice cream, add 2 tbsp cornflour in a bowl.
   
2. Add ¼ cup of cold full-fat milk. Warm milk is not recommended as the cornflour would then form lumps. 
   
3. Mix well and keep aside.
   

1. For the milk mixture of roasted almond ice cream recipe | roasted almond ice cream with chocolate chips | how to make almond ice cream | chocolate chip almond ice cream, pour the remaining 2¼ cups of full-fat milk in a deep non-stick pan. A deep pan is suggested as boiling milk is easier in it. 
   
2. Add 3/4 cup sugar.
   
3. Mix well and cook on a medium flame for 4 minutes, while stirring occasionally. Within 4 minutes, the sugar will dissolve in the milk completely. 
   
4. Add the prepared cornflour-milk mixture.
   
5. Mix well and cook on a medium flame for 1 to 2 minutes, while stirring continuously. If you do not stir continuously then the cornflour can make lumps in the milk. 
   
6. Remove the mixture from the flame and cool completely. This would take around 45 minutes to 1 hour. To speeden up cooling, you can keep stirring it with a clean spoon. 
7. Once cooled, add 3/4 cup fresh cream. This makes the roasted almond ice cream recipe | roasted almond ice cream with chocolate chips | how to make almond ice cream | chocolate chip almond ice cream more luscious. Remember this is readymade fresh cream and not the cream obtained as a layer on top of boiled milk. 
   
8. Add 1 tsp vanilla essence for flavour.
   
9. Mix well. The milk mixture is ready for setting. 
   

1. Pour the prepared milk mixture into a shallow aluminium container. Do not opt for steel container for setting ice cream. 
   
2. Cover with an aluminium foil and freeze for 6 hours or till semi-set. Ensure that the deep freezer is not to cluttered, as it hinders the setting of ice cream. 
   
3. Remove the semi-set roasted almond ice cream recipe | roasted almond ice cream with chocolate chips | how to make almond ice cream | chocolate chip almond ice cream from the freezer and transfer it in a mixer and blend till smooth.
   
4. Transfer the mixture back into the same aluminium shallow container.
   
5. Add 1/2 cup roasted almond (badam) slivers.
   
6. Add 1/2 cup chocolate chips. Learn to make chocolate chips at home.
   
7. Mix well.
   
8. Cover with an aluminium foil and freeze for approx. 10 hours or till the ice cream is set.
   
9. Scoop roasted almond ice cream recipe | roasted almond ice cream with chocolate chips | how to make almond ice cream | chocolate chip almond ice cream and serve.