Cherry Ice Cream Recipes (with Variations)

My very first attempt at producing cherry ice lotion included a bleak winter day and frozen cherries from Albertson’s. The outcomes had been predictably flavorless and rather dismal. Great cherries are important for cherry ice lotion. So this time I bought fresh, organic cherries and pitted them myself, flinging bright red cherry juice all more than the kitchen to ensure that it looked like some thing you’d anticipate on CSI, minus Gil Grissom and the small flashlights. The clean-up was a discomfort, however it was completely worth it. (I personally suggest producing the Cherry Almond Delight variation.)

P.S. The red food coloring is completely optional, however it can make the ice lotion a lot prettier than the reddish-brown organic cherry color.

2 c. pitted cherries, quartered
½ – ¾ c. sugar, depending on how sour your cherries are
Splash of water
2 c. almond milk (or any non-dairy milk)
2 T. arrowroot powder
1 t. vanilla extract
½ – 1 t. almond extract (optional)
Few drops red food coloring (optional)

Directions:

Place 1¼ cup of the pitted cherries and the sugar in a medium saucepan. Add a tiny splash of water and bring to a boil, stirring to mix the sugar and the cherries. Once the cherries are getting soft and yummy and sweet, pour them into a blender and puree.

Pour the puree back into the saucepan and add the almond (or other non-dairy) milk. Bring the mixture back to a boil. When the mixture has just started to boil, take off the heat and immediately stir in the arrowroot slurry. This should immediately cause the liquid to thicken (not a lot, but a noticeable amount; it will be thicker when it cools).

Add the vanilla and almond extract (if using). Add red food coloring until you’re happy with the shade of pink/red.

Set the ice cream mixture aside to cool. Freeze according to your ice cream maker’s instructions. Add remaining cherries in the last five minutes of freezing.

Variations:

Cherry Almond Delight: Definitely use 1 teaspoon almond extract. Add ½ cup sliced, toasted almonds along with the sliced cherries in the last five minutes of freezing.

Cherry Chocolate Chip: Add ¾ cup chocolate chips along with the sliced cherries in the last five minutes of freezing.

Dandy Brandy Cherry: Add ¼ to ½ cup cherry brandy after the ice cream mixture has cooled, but before you freeze it.

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