Cherry and Chocolate Stracciatella Ice Cream

Ingredients:

• 1 cup cherries (pitted and chopped)
• 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 1 cup milk
• 2 egg yolks
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup dark chocolate

Directions:

1. Heat the cherries and sugar in a small sauce pan until the sugar is dissolved and the cherries are tender, about 10 minutes.
2. Heat the cream and milk in a sauce pan until it almost boils, about 5 minutes.
3. Reduce the heat to low.
4. Add one tablespoon of the cream mixture to the eggs to temper them.
5. Add the egg mixture to the sauce pan.
6. Cook at low heat until it thickens and can coat the back of a spoon.
7. Remove from the heat and stir in the cherries and vanilla extract.
8. Chill the mixture in the fridge.
9. Start freezing according to the instructions for your ice cream machine.
10. When the ice cream is almost done melt the chocolate and pour it into the ice cream in a thin stream.