In summary, it is okay to post a list of ingredients in a recipe. Regarding the directions for preparing the dish, it would be plagiarism and unethical if the steps were posted verbatim so it is recommended that the instructions be written in one's own words. I'm not planning on claiming anyone else's recipe as my own so this is the format I plan to follow in the future as long as I don't receive any complaints.
The following is the recipe for the Chocolate Ice Cream I made in my previous post:
Ingredients
2 cups (500ml) heavy cream
3 tablespoons (21g) unsweetened Dutch process cocoa powder
5 oz. (140g) bittersweet or semisweet chocolate, chopped
1 cup (250ml) whole milk
3/4 cup (150g) sugar
Pinch of salt
5 large egg yolks
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Abbreviated instructions
1. Warm 1 cup of heavy cream while whisking in cocoa powder until well blended. Bring to a boil and simmer for 30 seconds while whisking then remove from heat and add chopped chocolate and mix until smooth. Add remaining 1 cup of cream. Place chocolate mixture in separate bowl.
2. Heat milk sugar and salt in same pan to almost boiling. Temper eggs with milk and heat mixture while stirring constantly until it forms a thick custard. It should coat the back of a spoon. Try not to curdle it.
3. Add custard to chocolate mixture using a strainer if necessary. Add vanilla and mix. Cool in refrigerator and churn in ice cream maker per manufacturer's instructions.
