Chocolate ice cream

The first recipe I cooked as a little boy was this one handed to me by Elizabeth David typed on a piece of carbon copy paper. It simply pleases everyone and is so worth it when served soft and fresh without crystallisation from being stored in the freezer. It’s worth serving with luxury biscuits to extend the eating time.

This recipe is one I published in Vogue House and Garden in July 1959. That year my sister decided to give it a try at Christmas. Her children were r