Milk Chocolate Guinness Ice Cream

1. Put the chocolate pieces in a large bowl and set a mesh strainer over the top of the bowl.
2. Warm the milk, sugar, and salt in a medium saucepan (the key word is "warm" — do not boil).
3. In a separate medium bowl, whisk together the egg yolks. Slowly pour the warm mixture into the egg yolks, whisking constantly, then scrape the warmed egg yolks back into the saucepan.
4. Stir the mixture constantly over medium heat with a heatproof spatula, scraping the bottom as you stir, until the mixture thickens and coats the spatula. Pour the custard through the strainer over the milk chocolate, then stir until the chocolate is melted. Once the mixture is smooth, whisk in the cream, then the Guinness and vanilla. Stir until cool over an ice bath.
5. Chill the mixture thoroughly in the refrigerator, then freeze it in your ice cream maker according to the manufacturer’s instructions.

Note: if you don't have an ice cream maker, you could use a food processor instead to mix up the base, freeze it, and then “churn” it in the food processor. Here's how:

• Mix the base as directed above, then freeze it flat in a large zip-top bag. After freezing, you’ll have a sheet of frozen ice cream that you can break or cut into chunks to fit inside your food processor. Then you pulse the frozen base in a food processor before freezing it again.
• Ice cream made with this method was a dream; the texture was light and easy to scoop with a very creamy frozen texture. 

Recipe courtesy David Lebovitz / www.DavidLebovitz.com

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