History
Louis Charles Graeter opened a small ice cream shop on Court Street in Cincinnati in 1870. He adapted a French-pot process he had learned, freezing ice cream in 2.5-gallon spinning copper pots one batch at a time. His widow Regina took over after his death in 1919 and grew the business. The same family still runs Graeter's today, with the same French-pot process used across all 50-plus locations in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana.
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Common allergens: Dairy
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Ingredients
- 2 cups (475ml) heavy cream
- 1 cup (240ml) whole milk
- 3/4 cup (150g) granulated sugar
- 5 large egg yolks
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- Pinch sea salt
- 1/2 cup black raspberry preserves
- 6 oz (170g) dark chocolate, chopped into uneven chunks (3/8 to 1/2 inch)
Method
- Whisk the egg yolks with half the sugar in a bowl until pale.
- Heat the cream, milk, remaining sugar and salt in a saucepan until just steaming. Whisk a ladleful into the yolks to temper, then stream the rest in slowly.
- Return to the pot and stir over low heat until the custard coats a spoon and reads 170F (77C). Do not boil.
- Strain through a sieve into a chilled bowl. Stir in the vanilla and the black raspberry preserves until streaked through.
- Chill thoroughly, at least 4 hours.
- Churn in an ice cream maker per the manufacturer's instructions until thick.
- In the final minute of churning, add the chocolate chunks. Transfer to a chilled container and freeze for at least 2 hours before serving.
Tip from the editors. Use uneven chocolate chunks, not chips. The Graeter's signature is hand-folded chocolate that breaks unevenly each spoonful.
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