Chocolate Almond Ice Cream

The original recipe was a little unclear on some parts so I took the liberty of clarifying some steps. This recipe asks for extra rich milk which I don't believe is sold in most grocery stores anymore. In my quick online research some people suggested using whole milk and adding a little butter to increase the fat content. I also saw some suggesting using half and half. In my research it said that extra rich milk had a higher fat content than whole and less than half and half.
I am not sure if this recipe was from Blue Diamond or if someone just liked the brand. I just chopped up whole almonds and toasted them in the oven. I added the directions for that method below. You could also just purchase chopped almonds or almond pieces. Toasting them really brings out the flavor of the almonds so don't skip this part.

You will need an ice cream freezer, rock salt or ice cream salt, and ice.

Ingredients
2/3 cup of cocoa
2 cups sugar
4 cups extra rich milk*
2 tsp. vanilla
1/4 tsp salt
4 cups whipping cream
2-1 oz squares of semi sweet chocolate
1 cup chopped almonds (Blue Diamond Original)*
Optional: 2 cups mini marshmallows to make Rocky Road)

Directions

Chop almonds and toast in the oven at 350 for 7-8 minutes stirring once. Meanwhile, in a saucepan mix cocoa and sugar. Add rich milk. Cook on low heat stirring until sugar and cocoa dissolves. Cool at room temperature. Once cool add chocolate mixture to ice cream freezer. Add vanilla, salt, and whipping cream and stir. Stir in shredded chocolate and almonds and freeze in ice cream freezer according to instructions.

Strawberry Ice Cream

You will need an ice cream freezer, rock or ice cream salt, and an ice cream freezer

Ingredients
2 1/2 cups sugar
1 cup whipping cream
4 cups half and half
1/2 tsp vanilla
1/8 tsp almond extract
3-10 oz packages of frozen sliced strawberries-(loosely chop in a blender or food processor if slices are too big).
Directions
Mix together sugar, whipping cream, half and half, vanilla, and almond extract together well in ice cream freezer. Add strawberries.
Freeze in ice cream freezer according to  instructions-
Makes 4 quarts (1 gallon)

I made this 5/254/2020 Strawberry slices must have been much smaller in the past than they are now. I bought a big bag of sliced strawberries at Winco and they were too big for the ice cream freezer. They kept getting stuck in the paddle. I updated the recipe to suggest running the strawberry slices in the blender so they were more chopped than sliced.