I had this vision of making a mint icecream with mint sauce for a long time. I have tasted it lots of times in baskin robbins, it is my sissy favorite icecream. So i wanted to recreate it so badly. I used to buy a bunch of mint to make this ice cream, then i used to forget and the mint will either turn bad or gets used up in other recipes.

Finally i made a bunch of mint leaves couple weeks back and made it the very next day. First i thought of making this with GMS & CMC like my vanilla icecream recipe. Then i thought to make it plain and simple using cornflour so everyone can try it out,. 

I used fresh mint leaves and little mint essence to make this. If you dont have mint essence, you can use few drops of vanilla essence. it will still taste great. Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you.

Preparation Time : 10 mins
Cooking Time : 30 mins
Setting Time : overnight
Makes: 500 ml

Ingredients:

For Icecream:
Mint Leaves – 1.5 cups packed
Sugar – 1 cup
Milk – 1/2 liter / 500 ml
Cornflour / Corn Starch – 1 tblspn
Green Food Colouring a pinch
Mint essence or Vanilla essence – few drops
Cream – 1/4 cup (optional)
Chocolate Chips – 1 cup

For Mint Sauce:
Mint Leaves – 1 cup packed
Sugar – 1/2 cup
Green Food Colouring a pinch
Mint essence or Vanilla essence – few drops
Water – 1 cup

Method:

For Icecream:

• Take mint and sugar in a blender pulse it so it is blended.

• Take milk in a sauce pan, add the mint and sugar mix in it. Mix well and put it on heat and bring to a boil. Now simmer the flame and cook for 15 mins on a very low heat.

• Now strain this mix, press and extract as much mint as possible.

• Now take this milk in a sauce pan, add cornflour mix which is mixed with water. to it and cook till it thickens.

• Now take it off the heat and add in green food colouring and mint essence. Mix well.

• Cool it down and pour it into a freezer container and freeze for 3 hours or so. Now take it out and add in cream and blend till creamy for 2 mins. POur it back in the bowl and freeze again for few hours.

• Now remove it and take it in a blender, add chocolate chips and blend again for a min or so.

• Pour it back in the bowl and freeze overnight.

• Now scoop and serve with mint sauce.Recipe below.

For Mint Sauce:

• Take mint and sugar in a blender, add water and make it into a puree.

• Now take this in a sauce pan and heat on a low heat till it is melted.  Simmer for a min.

• Now strain this and take the syrup back on heat. Cook till it reaches one string consistency.

• Now add in mint essence and green colour.

• Cool it and serve with icecream.