Stracciatella Frozen Yoghurt
Just three ingredients and a few simple steps stand between you and this slightly better-for-you version of the classic Italian gelato. Stracciatella—...Just three ingredients and a few simple steps stand between you and this slightly better-for-you version of the classic Italian gelato. Stracciatella—named after the Italian word for “little rags” because of the chocolate shards scattered through the mix—is traditionally made by drizzling melted chocolate into churning ice cream, where it hardens and breaks into fine flecks. Here, we recreate that magic by hand. The result is a refreshingly tangy frozen yoghurt, swirled with melt-in-the-mouth chocolate that breaks into delicate ‘rags’ as you stir. Read more Just three ingredients and a few simple steps stand between you and this slightly better-for-you version of the classic Italian gelato. Stracciatella—named after the Italian word for “little rags” because of the chocolate shards scattered through the mix—is traditionally made by drizzling melted chocolate into churning ice cream, where it hardens and breaks into fine flecks. Here, we recreate that magic by hand. The result is a refreshingly tangy frozen yoghurt, swirled with melt-in-the-mouth chocolate that breaks into delicate ‘rags’ as you stir. Just three ingredients and a few simple steps stand between you and this slightly better-for-you version of the classic Italian gelato. Stracciatella—named after the Italian word for “little rags” because of the chocolate shards scattered through the mix—is traditionally made by drizzling melted chocolate into churning ice cream, where it hardens and breaks into fine flecks. Here, we recreate that magic by hand. The result is a refreshingly tangy frozen yoghurt, swirled with melt-in-the-mouth chocolate that breaks into delicate ‘rags’ as you stir.
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Notes
Due to the lower-than-average sugar content, this ice-cream needs a longer-than-usual time to defrost. Depending on how warm your kitchen is, it takes about 10-20 minutes.
Ingredients
Method
Gather and prepare your ingredients.
Mix together the greek yoghurt and condensed milk. Place into the freezer until partially frozen, about 2 hours. (Exact timing will depend on your freezer). You want it to be firmer, but still soft enough to be able to easily stir it.
Melt the chocolate in a bowl suspended over a pan of simmering water. Don’t let the base of the bowl touch the water.
While continuously stirring, slowly drizzle in the melted chocolate in a thin stream. The cold base will cause the chocolate to harden on contact. As the chocolate sets, keep stirring to break it into fine shards and flecks throughout the mixture. It helps to have someone hold the bowl while you stream in chocolate, or you could put the ice cream into a food processor and stream in the chocolate as the motor is running.
Pour into a container, smooth the top, cover, and freeze for at least 2–4 hours until firm.
Notes
Due to the lower-than-average sugar content, this ice-cream needs a longer-than-usual time to defrost. Depending on how warm your kitchen is, it takes about 10-20 minutes.
User comments (10)
This makes the BEST base for any combination! I just got some fresh ripe peaches, so I added chopped peaches, a splash of bourbon, some vanilla paste and crunched up graham crackers. Holy cow, so good!
Fresh and not too sweet, perfect in this heat!
This is being shared with everyone I know! This is excellent!
Loved this! Failed on the chocolate so popped in some chocolate chips. Making it again with berries.
I doubled the quantities to use up the condensed milk with having a lot of Aldi 10% yoghurt in the fridge. Hardest part as you mentioned was pouring the chocolate into the bowl but got there. I had some chocolate left over so broke that up and sprinkled over the top before eating some and freezing the rest. Very tasty 👍
I'm wondering if "condensed milk" is different in the UK than here in the U.S., where we have "sweetened condensed milk" that has added sugar, but we also have evaporated milk, which is just canned milk that has been "reduced" The sweetened condensed milk is very sweet, thick and syrupy, and not a generally healthy option so I just wanted to check.
So simple and quick to make.Delicious with a lovely tang.Had it with some defrosted cherries which went well with the dark chocolate
Was really easy to make and tasted very nice.
Look forward to trying. When mentioning to mum, she said she liked a vanilla icecream with an expresso coffee poured on top.
Maybe one to try with the exhale coffee to give healthy polyphenols.
Wow I love this recipe..!! Decadent and very delicious! Much healthier version of the ice cream!