Chocolate-and-Peanut Butter Topping
Tips:
Easy to make and easy to eat, this mostly milk chocolate topping
hardens slightly over ice cream. As a purist, I prefer to
eat it over a good plain vanilla, but it complements other
ice cream flavors, too. Because milk chocolate can be stubborn
about melting and combining with other ingredients, you may
need to smooth out the topping in a food processor; for this
reason, be sure you use the creamy peanut butter called for
in the recipe. If you like a crunch with your peanut butter,
sprinkle chopped peanuts over the topping on the ice cream.
If tightly covered, this will keep for up to 5 days in the
fridge.
Ingredients:
- 7 ozs. good-quality milk
chocolate, chopped or as chips
- 2 ozs. good-quality semisweet
chocolate, chopped or as chips
- 2 Tbsp. sifted confectioners'
sugar
- 2 Tbsp. unsalted butter,
cut into pieces
- 1 Tbsp. light corn syrup
- 1 Tbsp. creamy peanut butter
- 1/4 cup plus 2 Tbsp. evaporated
milk
In large heatproof
bowl, combine chopped chocolates. Place over hot water on low
heat (water should not touch bottom of bowl); stir often until
melted and smooth. Remove from heat and hot water. Add confectioners'
sugar, butter, corn syrup, and peanut butter, but DO NOT STIR.
In small saucepan
over low heat, heat evaporated milk, stirring occasionally,
just to a simmer. Remove from heat. Add about half of the hot
milk to the chocolate mixture and stir to blend (use a large
spoon or a sturdy whisk). The mixture will look awful at this
point--OK. Keep stirring until the milk is incorporated. Gradually
add remaining hot milk and stir/whisk to blend well. If topping
is not perfectly smooth, place in food processor fitted with
steel blade; process just until smooth.
Serve warm. Store
any leftovers in refrigerator, tightly covered. To reheat, place
amount you'll need in a heatproof bowl; place bowl over hot
water on low heat (water should not touch bottom of bowl). Stir
often until warm. Alternatively, place amount of topping you'll
need in microwaveable container. Microwave at 50% (medium) power
for short intervals, stirring well between each, just until
warm.
1-1/2 cups
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