Mint-chocolate Chip Ice Cream

Total Time: 1 hr 50 mins Preparation Time: 50 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 envelope unflavored gelatin
• 1 (12 ounce) can evaporated low-fat milk
• 1 egg
• 1 egg
• 2 1/2 cups skim milk
• 1 tablespoon creme de menthe (or a few drops mint extract)
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• green food coloring (optional)
• 1 1/2 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped

Recipe

• 1 in a large saucepan stir together the sugar and gelatin.
• 2 stir in evaporated milk.
• 3 cook and stir over medium heat until sugar and gelatin dissolve and mixture almost boils.
• 4 remove from heat.
• 5 in a small bowl slightly beat the egg and egg.
• 6 stir about 1/2 cup of the hot gelatin mixture into the egg mixture; return all to saucepan.
• 7 cook and stir over low heat for 2 minutes more.
• 8 do not boil.
• 9 stir in the skim milk, creme de menthe or mint extract, and vanilla.
• 10 cover and refrigerate 1 hour.
• 11 if mixture isn't smooth, strain mixture.
• 12 if desired, stir food colouring into mixture.
• 13 stir in chopped chocolate.
• 14 freeze mixture in a 4- or 5-quart ice cream freezer according to manufacturer's directions.