This week we are celebrating with Cherries! I’ve been picking up cherries by the bucket load around L.A. at all my local farmers markets. I like them sweet and firm and I’ll eat then plain, baked, sauteed, or pretty much any way you can think to cook a cherry. While trying to decide what kind of recipe to share today, that incorporated lots of fabulous cherries, I decided that with all these heat waves across the country, this is really the perfect excuse to create a new ice cream flavor!
There really isn’t anything better than homemade ice cream on a hot summer day. Okay, maybe homemade ice cream with a cherry chocolate truffle flavor. ummm heck yes!! Bring me a bowl of that any day of the week and we can be friends forever! I’m pretty excited about this ice cream! Can you tell? So excited in fact, that I hid it behind all the other ice creams in the fridge in hopes that my boyfriend just grabs whatever is in front of him and doesn’t go digging for my latest obsession. The syrupy cherries and the chocolate truffle flavors are kinda a fabulous flavor explosion in your mouth on top of super decadent and rich vanilla ice cream that is made with 7, yes 7, egg yolks. Hello calories. Whatever, calories don’t count when you’re eating ice cream right?
Cherry Chocolate Truffle Ice Cream
Ingredients
- 3 cups Bing cherries pitted and chopped
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 2 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 4 oz semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup whole milk
- 1 tsp sea salt
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 vanilla bean split lengthwise, seeds removed
- 7 large egg yolks
- 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
Instructions
- In a medium sized saucepan, combine the pitted cherries and sugar. Cook over medium heat for about 5 minutes until the mixture becomes slightly syrupy. Add the lemon juice and stir. Transfer mixture to a container and refrigerate until needed.
- In another medium saucepan, add 1/2 cup cream and bring to a simmer. Remove pan from stove and add the chocolate, stirring the mixture until the chocolate has fully melted. Transfer mixture to a container and refrigerate until needed.
- In yet another small saucepan, combine the milk, salt, sugar and vanilla seeds plus the bean. Bring the mixture to a simmer. Cover and remove from heat to let the vanilla infuse for an hour.
- In a mixing bowl, combine the egg yolks and whisk.
- Reheat the milk mixture over medium heat. Slowly temper the eggs by adding 1/3 cup of the warm milk mixture to the eggs and constantly whisking. Repeat this step 3 times. Then transfer the entire egg mixture into the milk, still on the stove, and cook over low heat, stirring with a wooden spoon, until the mixture is thickened enough to coat the back of the spoon.
- Strain out the custard mixture into a large bowl. Slowly stir in the remaining heavy cream. Cover mixture and refrigerate for at least 2 hours, or overnight if preferred.
- Churn the ice cream according to your ice cream makers directions.
- Immediately after the ice cream has churned, scoop half of the ice cream into a container. Dot the top of the ice cream with the cherry mixture and a slightly warmed chocolate mixture. Using a knife, make figure 8 motions with the add ins to give the ice cream a swirled appearance. Add the remaining vanilla ice cream and then repeat the swirling process with more of the cherry and chocolate mixtures. Cover the ice cream and freeze for 4 hours before serving
Ahhhh! WANT!
Fa.Bu.Lous.
I wish there was an app to spoon feed me through a computer screen.
I want this for dinner! So what if it’s ice cream? 🙂
Ha, we must be on the same wavelength b/c I’ve been busy making my own cherry-based sundae topper over here. Will share it in a few days! In the meantime, you can send any leftovers of this ice cream my way. 😉
Gaby- Ice cream looks delish! I LOVE YOUR FORUM!! Here are some of my favorite Cherry recipe’s from this summer!
Foccacia Bread with Cherries, Goat Cheese and Caramelized Onions:
http://www.heatherchristo.com/cooks/?p=2842
Orzo Salad with Cherries and Feta:
http://www.heatherchristo.com/cooks/?p=2661
Cherry Mint Lemonade:
http://www.heatherchristo.com/cooks/?p=2639
sounds and looks delicious! i want to eat this..now!
Gaby, this looks AMAZING! Oh, ice cream…my GUILTY PLEASURE! You know I’ll be trying this recipe! You’ve just added one more hour to my gym routine…well worth it…thank you for the great recipe!
omygoodness this looks fantastic, gaby! i love the addition of chocolate truffle. Of course cherries have become one of my very favorite fruits!
I LOVE anything with cherries. This looks positively mouth-watering!
This ice cream is beautiful! I love the flavour ideas! Yum!
Wow Gaby, you outdid yourself! Delish!
Cherries and chocolate in ice cream! I’m in heaven! Gotta get my hands on some cherries so I can try this too. Thanks for the delicious recipe.
This looks and sounds amazing. A must try!
Wow!! This looks sooo fantastic!! I’m dying to try it!!
Here is my cherry recipe, drunken cherries!
http://crunchythriftycool.blogspot.com/2011/08/drunken-cherries.html
Looks fab, my dear! Ice cream is welcome in this sweltering heat!
Can’t wait to see you at the Olive Oil Dinner tomorrow night. Yay!
Good thing I will be there a week from today, hopefully there will still be some left!
Love this Gaby! I personally never count calories when it comes to ice cream… it’s one of my “golden” rules. 🙂
Hi Gaby!! So fun working with you today! I think I’m following you now via Google Reader…hope I did it correctly; I’m still a noob! Hope to see you soon 🙂
Oh wow!!! This ice cream looks amazing! I am with you this would be addictive after the first spoonful. Gotta make this for my kiddos.
Yes, you rule. Cherries are such good eats. And then add them to ice cream and it’s GAME OVER. Seriously.
Note to self: Must – buy – ice cream – maker!
Oh this just looks heavenly and sinful at the same time. Is that possible? Ah-maz-ing!
I agree. Ice cream is definitely the most important thing on a summer day. 🙂 Yum!
What a fabulous blog you have, this looks soo delicious!! New follower! xoxo
This sounds like Ben & Jerry’s Cherry Garcia flavor but better since you make your own & can control the ingredients!
Must go back to the market and get more cherries to make this!
Yumm, I want this now. Glad to have found your blog through Summer fest.
Oh my! This looks fantastic! Love this!
Mary xo
Delightful Bitefuls
im making this right now as I type…for a Happy Hour Playdate.
all the yummies are chilling in the fridge. Ill let you know how it goes!
so I made it in my outdoor ice cream maker. It was pretty good. although, Id say even though I cut down the egg yolks and the cream a little, it was still a little overwhelmingly rich. next time, Im using less eggs and cream and upping the milk. could only eat a little, but that’s ok! It was still yummy licious! I would recommend trying it. It was a fun new flavor to try here smack dab in the middle of Washington’s cherry season!
Keep em comin,
Amanda