Chocolate Gelato and Warm Steakhouse Wheat Bread

I had two successes today.  After waiting for the bread to bake and the gelato to freeze and eating my round 3 of Thanksgiving, we had incredible warm bread and gelato!!!  I'm posting the recipes here because they are the best so far.  Note this is the first time I've made bread that I really love in a bread machine.  I was almost ready to give up and only use it for dough. 

So good with a pat of butter

Gelato in the machine

Chocolate Gelato

Ingredients

• 2 cups milk
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 4 egg yolks
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup Nutella
• 1/2 teaspoon instant coffee granules (optional)

Directions

1. In a medium saucepan, mix milk and sugar. Warm until foam forms around the edges. Remove from heat.
2. In a large bowl, beat the egg yolks until frothy. Gradually pour 1/2 the warm milk into the egg yolks, whisking constantly. Return egg mixture to saucepan with the rest of the milk; cook over medium heat, stirring with a wooden spoon until the mixture gels slightly and coats the back of the spoon. Add in the Nutella and coffee granuals (optiona) If small egg lumps begin to show, remove from heat immediately.
3. Pour the mixture through a sieve or fine strainer into a bowl (if you don't get lumps you can skip the sieve). Cover, and chill for several hours or overnight (until completely cool).
4. Pour the mixture into an ice cream maker, and freeze according to the manufacturer's instructions. Transfer to a sealed container, and freeze until firm. If the gelato is too firm, place it in the refrigerator until it reaches the desired consistency.

 

 

Steak House Wheat Bread

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup warm water
• 1 tablespoon butter, softened
• 1/4 cup honey
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon instant coffee granules
• 1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 tablespoon white sugar
• 1 cup unbleached bread flour
• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 2 teaspoons  yeast

Directions

1. Place the warm water, butter, honey, salt, coffee, cocoa, sugar, bread flour, whole wheat flour, and yeast in the bread machine in the order listed. Put on regular or basic cycle with light crust.