Rocky Road Ice Cream / Jill Silverman Hough

Ingredients

• 4 ounces good-quality 55-65% semi-sweet chocolate, chopped
• 1 1/2 cups heavy cream, divided
• 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder, ideally dutched
• 2 cups whole milk
• 8 large egg yolks
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon Scotch, whiskey, bourbon, or other 40% alcohol liquor (see note)
• 1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon coarse kosher salt, or more to taste
• 1 1/4 cups marshmallows
• 1/3 cup chopped almonds, toasted (I like mine coarsely chopped)