Nothing tastes as good as fresh, homemade food, and ice cream is no exception! This recipe provides a relatively quick way to make a cherry ice cream that contains no artificial flavours or colours and tastes absolutely scrumptious!
Make Cherry Ice Cream – Ingredients
* 350 g (3/4lb, about 50) cherries, fresh
* 5 medium egg yolks
* 750 ml (25 fl oz) single cream or half-and-half
* 150 g (3/4 cup) caster sugar
Make Cherry Ice Cream – Steps
1 Remove stones and purée the cherries. Carefully de-stone the cherries, taking care not to waste any of the fruit.
2 Place the pitted cherries into a blender or food processor and purée. Once you have prepared all of the cherries, purée them so that you are left with a smooth paste. Leave to one side.
3 Make a basic custard. Separate the eggs if not already done, keeping the yolks in a small bowl and discarding the whites. Whisk the yolks together until they are well beaten.
4 Mix the egg yolks in a saucepan with single cream and caster sugar. Heat on a medium heat, stirring frequently until all the sugar is dissolved and the mixture is almost at the boil.
5 Remove from the heat and pour into a cold bowl or jug. Leave to cool fully.
6 Combine the fruit and the custard. Once the mixture is cool, stir in the puréed cherries thoroughly.
7 Transfer everything into your ice cream maker. Check your manufacturer’s instructions but for this quantity, you will probably need to put the machine on for roughly 30 minutes.
8 Serve. Once the time is up and the ice cream has set, simply scoop and serve. Add some fresh cherries as garnishes if wished.
Make Cherry Ice Cream – Tips
Alternatively, if you don’t have an ice cream maker, you can simply pour the mixture into a tub and put it in the freezer. If you use this method, you will need to stir it regularly as it sets, and this will take up to 5 hours, checking hourly to stir and return to the freezer.
Make Cherry Ice Cream – Things You’ll Need
* Cherry pitter, or knife
* Blender or food processor
* Small bowls
* Mixing spoon
* Saucepan
* Jug
* Ice cream machine or a tb
Food and Entertaining , Recipes , Desserts and Sweets , Ice Cream and Frozen Desserts
