A dream came true: Cookies and cream meets black sesame ice cream. It’s nutty, textured, and not-too-sweet.
Nabisco chocolate wafers are the preferred cookies in this recipe, but you could also use Oreos or any chocolate cookie your heart desires.
Recipe by Sarah Jampel for Bon Appetite Magazine
Makes about 8 cups
½ cup (70 g) black sesame seeds
1x 14-oz. can sweetened condensed milk
1 tsp. kosher salt
2 cups heavy cream
3 oz chocolate wafer cookies, crushed into large pieces (about 1 cup)
Toast the sesame seeds in a dry large skillet over medium heat, stirring often, until fragrant and just starting to crackle, about 2 minutes. Transfer to a food processor or blender and pulse, scraping down sides as needed, until seeds are finely chopped but haven’t formed a paste, about 3 minutes in a food processor, and about 2 minutes in a blender.
Mix together the ground sesame seeds, condensed milk, and salt in a medium bowl.
Using an electric mixer, beat the cream in a small bowl, starting on low speed and gradually increasing to medium-high as it thickens, until billowy and stiff peaks form, about 5 minutes.
Add a dollop of whipped cream to condensed milk mixture and mix in with a rubber spatula (this is just to lighten it so that the next stage—folding—is easier). Add remaining whipped cream and fold in, running spatula down sides and along bottom of bowl and lifting up through center and over top while rotating bowl to integrate without deflating, until very few streaks of condensed milk mixture remain.
Fold in the crushed cookies; scrape the ice cream base into a loaf pan that’s at least 8½ x 4½”.
Cover with plastic wrap or an airtight silicone lid and freeze until solid, at least 8 hours.
To serve, transfer the loaf pan to refrigerator and let ice cream soften 10 minutes before scooping into bowls.
Do ahead: Ice cream can be made 1 week ahead. Keep frozen.