Chocolate Fondant Cake with Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream

Ingredients:
3 egg yolks
2 eggs
110g brown sugar
50g cornstarch
100g dark chocolate
100g butter

Method:
1. Whisk eggs with sugar and cornflour for 5 minutes till the mixture is thick, pale, and has tripled in volume.
2. Melt chocolate and butter.
3. Gently fold chocolate into the egg mixture.
4. Pour mixture into greased ramekins and refrigerate for at least 3 hours
5. Preheat oven to 200C.
6. Bake for 12 minutes till firm to touch.

Makes 4 (225ml ramekins)


Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream:
300ml milk
300ml thick/double cream
6 egg yolks
Vanilla Extract
150g sugar

Method:
1. Heat milk and cream (just below boiling point).
2. Whisk egg yolks with sugar.
3. Pour (1) to (2).
4. Cook for 5-8 mins till mixture thick enough to coat back of spoon
** DO NOT BOIL **
5. Churn the chilled custard mixture in an ice cream maker.
6. Alternatively, freeze the custard and beat the frozen mixture until it is creamy again. Repeat for at least 3 times to get a smooth ice cream.