Mixed Berry Ice Cream
Rich and creamy, perfectly sweet, with bursts of berries. Use any combination of berries- blueberries, strawberries, blackberries, raspberries- whatever you have on hand.
Equipment
- 1 Candy Thermometer
- 1 Ice Cream Maker (make sure ice cream drum is frozen)
Ingredients
- 1 Cup 10% Cream or whole milk
- ½ Cup White Sugar divided
- 4 Egg Yolks
- 1½ Cups Heavy Cream
- 1 tsp. Vanilla
- ¼ tsp. Salt
- 1½ Cups Mixed Berries fresh or frozen
Instructions
- Combine the berries with ¼ cup of sugar in a small saucepan. Cook over medium low heat until the berries are thickened. Approximately 15 minutes.
- Whisk the egg yolks with ¼ cup of sugar in a medium sized mixing bowl. Whisk until thickened and light.
- Heat the 10% cream over medium low heat in a medium sized saucepan until it just begins to simmer.
- Temper the yolks with the heated milk. After tempering, add the rest of the milk to the yolks.
- Return the combined mixture to the heat, clip a candy thermometer to the pan and heat the mixture to 165°.
- Chill both the cream mixture and the berries for several hours until chilled.
- When fully chilled, combine the berries and the cream mixture. Also add the heavy cream, the vanilla, and the salt.
- Freeze the ice cream base according to your ice cream makers direction. Move the ice cream to an airtight container, and freeze for at least four hours.