Chocolate Ice Cream

Jon has perfected chocolate desserts using cocoa powder!  His latest creation, this chocolate ice cream, is delicious and so easy to make.  Great for hot summer days and very healthy if you use excellent quality ingredients.

Ingredients:

2 eggs (don't use store bought eggs!!!**)

1/4 cup pure maple syrup

1 Tbl raw unfiltered honey

1/2 tsp pure almond extract

2 Tbl unsweetened cocoa

1 cup cream (I use fresh raw cream skimmed off of my milk)

3/4 cup milk (I use fresh raw milk)

Whip cream and milk together.  Place rest of ingredients in food processor.  Pulse until ground up and uniform.  Fold into whipped cream.  Place in ice cream container and process until frozen.

** I would never eat an egg raw that I purchased from a store.  But we eat our own eggs raw in ice cream and other things all the time.  When a chicken lays an egg, it places a a protective coating around the egg.  This coating keeps out diseases and bacteria.  Thus when we gather our eggs each night, we dry brush off any hay or feathers but we do not wash the eggs.  Instead we place them directly into the refrigerator and wait to wash them right before we use them.  Unfortunately, eggs which you purchase at the store have been washed and the protective coating removed.  That is why you can get sick from e coli or salmonella from eating raw eggs purchased at the store.  Once the protective coating is removed, the egg is susceptible to contamination.  If you have found a local source of eggs, make sure that they are not washing their eggs if you eat them raw.