Ice Cream Sodas - Barefoot Contessa / Ina Garten

Ingredients

• raspberry flavored syrup, recipe follows
• chocolate syrup, recipe follows
• pure vanilla extract
• heavy cream, chilled
• club soda or seltzer water, chilled
• vanilla ice cream
• strawberry ice cream
• chocolate ice cream
• coffee ice cream

Chocolate Syrup

• 3/4 cup cocoa powder, sieved
• 1 pinch kosher salt
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon instant coffee granules
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Raspberry Syrup

• 1 pint fresh raspberry, sliced in 1/2
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 lemon, juice of

Directions

1. 1

   Pour 3 tablespoons of Raspberry or Chocolate Syrup or 1 teaspoon vanilla plus 3 tablespoons heavy cream in a tall ice cream soda glass.

2. 2

   Whisk with a fork, then slowly, while still whisking, add the club soda until the glass is three-quarters full.

3. 3

   Add 2 scoops of ice cream, add soda to the top of the glass, and serve with a spoon and a straw.

4. 4

   Chocolate Syrup:.

5. 5

   Combine the cocoa, salt, sugar and 1 cup of water in a medium saucepan and bring to a boil. Add the coffee granules, and simmer for 5 minutes. Pour the syrup into a bowl and add the vanilla. Cover and refrigerate until ready to use.

6. 6

   Raspberry Syrup:.

7. 7

   Combine the raspberries, sugar, and lemon in a container. Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours, or overnight. Strain the syrup into a pitcher, pushing down on the berries to extract all the liquid.