Best Black Cherry Ice Cream Recipes

BLACK CHERRY ICE CREAM WITH CHOCOLATE SAUCE

Steps:

• For each dessert, place 2 scoops of black cherry ice cream in cocktail glasses or dessert dishes. Add splash of Chambord. Drizzle chocolate sauce on top and garnish with a rosette of whipped cream.

SOUR CHERRY AND BLACK PEPPER ICE CREAM

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, bring rum and dried cherries to a simmer, cover and remove from heat. Let stand for 30 minutes.
• In a mixing bowl, whisk together egg yolks, sugar and creme fraiche.
• In a 2 quart saucepan, let simmer for 5 minutes the condensed milk, heavy cream, black pepper and vanilla. Strain and chill.
• Stir the cherries into the chilled custard, discarding the rum. Pour into an ice cream maker and process according to manufacturer's instructions.
• Pour the milk into a medium heavy saucepan and bring to a boil. Reduce to a simmer and cook 45 minutes, stirring occasionally. Stir in the sugar and continue simmering 10 to 15 minutes or until reduced to 3 cups. Strain. Homemade condensed milk can be refrigerated up to a week.

DOUBLE CHOCOLATE BLACK CHERRY ICE CREAM

Steps:

• 1. Spread cherries out on a wax paper lined cookie sheet and freeze until solid. I left them in freezer over night and until I was ready to use them the next day.
• 2. Set a medium size bowl into a larger bowl filled with ice water. This will be used to cool your ice cream mixture before refrigerating it.
• 3. In a medium sauce pan over a medium heat, milk, cream, 3/4 cup sugar and salt until steam appears and liquid is hot but not boiling (175 degrees); stir often. NOTE: I used a candy themometer.
• 4. In a seperate bowl, whisk the egg yolks and 1/4 cup sugar until smooth.
• 5. Once the liquid mixture is hot, slowly whisk 1 cup of the hot liquid into the egg mixture to temper the egg yolks. Slowly whisk the tempered egg mixture back into the hot milk mixture. Continue cooking over a medium heat until hot but not simmering (185 degrees). Remove from heat and add white chocolate and stir until melted. Pour custard into bowl set in ice water and allow to cool for 10 minutues; stir occassionally. Once cool, cover bowl and refrigerate at least 6 hours or over night.
• 6. Right before you start freezing your ice cream, melt chocolate in a double boiler over water that is hot but not boiling; heat until chocolate is melted and smooth. Stir in oil and tranfer to a ziploc bag.
• 7. Pour ice cream mixture into canster (1 1/2 quart) and freeze according to manufacturers instructions until mixture resembles a thick whipped cream and then add the frozen cherries. Snip the corner of the ziploc back containing the chocolate and slowing drizzle chocolate into ice cream mixture while the machine is still running. Continue to freeze you ice cream until it shuts off or resembles a thick soft serve ice cream. Transfer ice cream to an air tight container and freeze until firm (2 to 3 hours).

BLACK CHERRY ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Mash cherries slightly with the sugar in a bowl.
• Fold in cream, then taste the mixture and add more sugar or some lemon juice, if necessary.
• Pour the mixture into container. Cover and freeze until firm, beating well after 1 1/2 hours.
• About 30 minutes before serving, transfer the ice cream to the refrigerator.