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Mint Chocolate Chip
Fresh mint steeped into the dairy. None of the toothpaste flavor.
15 min prep · 24h freeze 4 pints medium
Skip the green food coloring and mint extract. Real mint leaves steeped for 30 minutes gives a clean, herby flavor.
Smooth & scoopable
Balanced base. Freeze 24h, then spin on the matching program.
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Fat
11.6%
target 10–16%
Sugar
18.7%
target 14–20%
MSNF
9.7%
target 8–11%
Total solids
40.2%
target 36–42%
PAC273.0 / 220–280
POD (sweetness)
166
target 140–190
Total mass
592 g
target 473 g = pint
Ingredients
Scale to the number of pints you want — every gram scales with you.
4
pints
- Whole Milk322 g
- Heavy Cream156 g
- Granulated Sugar60 g
- Dextrose20 g
- Skim Milk Powder22 g
- Fresh Mint Leaves12 g
Batch mass592 g
Method
- 1.Warm milk and cream with bruised mint leaves. Steep 30 min off heat, strain.
- 2.Re-warm gently, whisk in sugars and milk powder until dissolved.
- 3.Cool, pint, freeze 24h.
- 4.Spin on Ice Cream. Mix-In 30 g chopped dark chocolate.
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