Vegan "Nutella" Ice Cream

NUTELLA!!!!! That should be enough of an intro... =)  This was really born out of my attempt to not eat a whole jar of Nutella in one sitting.  The recipe below is fairly simple as far as ice cream recipes go.  Sadly, Nutella is not vegan.  However, if you make a vegan chocolate-hazelnut spread at home, you can use that- I'm still working on a good recipe, so if anyone has one, please share!  Also, I made this twice- once creamy (strained the blended cashew-almond milk mix through a cheesecloth) and once without straining.  I prefer the second one because I like the texture that the blended cashews give.

Ingredients

1.5 cup unsweetened almond milk

1 cup raw cashews

1.5 tbsp sugar

3/4 cup chocolate hazelnut spread (you can also use Nutella)

pinch of salt

Instructions

1.  Soak cashews in almond milk in the fridge overnight.

2.  Blend the cashews, almond milk, sugar, Nutella, and salt together until smooth. (NOTE: If you want the ice cream to be creamy, food process the cashews with a little bit of almond milk.  Once smooth, add the rest of the almond milk slowly and run until uniform.  Strain through a sieve.  Then blend the strained liquid with the rest of the ingredients until uniform.)

3.  Transfer to frozen ice cream maker bowl and process based on the ice cream maker instructions.