Coffee Crunch Ice Cream

Name: Coffee Crunch Ice Cream
Yield: Serves 8 (Makes about 1 Quart)
Ingredients: 1/2 cup coarsely ground, coffee; 1 3/4 cups, heavy cream; 1 1/4 cups, whole milk; 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons, sugar; 1/3 cup, light corn syrup; 1/4 teaspoon, salt; 6 , large egg yolks; 3/4 cup, chocolate-covered cocoa nibs

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated July/August 2011

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SERVES8 (Makes about 1 Quart)

TIME1 hour, plus 7 hours chilling

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

The quicker it freezes, the smoother the ice cream, so we sped up the freezing time of our homemade ice cream recipe by starting with a colder base. Supplementing the sugar with corn syrup gave us a recipe that produced ice cream that froze...

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