Tin roof ice cream

These easy-to-make peanuts will make you feel like a chocolatier assembling a world-class candy bar.

Ingredients

• 4 ounces (115 g) semisweet or bittersweet chocolate, chopped
• 1 cup (150 g) roasted, unsalted peanuts

Directions
1 Put the pieces of chocolate in an absolutely dry heatproof bowl. Set the bowl over a saucepan of simmering water to melt the chocolate, stirring until smooth. In the meantime, stretch a piece of plastic wrap over a dinner plate.

2 Once the chocolate is melted, remove it from the heat and stir in the peanuts, coating them with the chocolate. Spread the mixture on the plastic-lined plate and chill.

3 Mixing them in: Use a chef’s knife to chop the chocolate-covered block of peanuts into bite-sized pieces, then mix them into 1 quart (1 liter) of ice cream as you remove it from the machine.

Makes 1 1/2 cups (265 g).