Cherry Fruit Ice Cream
Ingredients:
- 1250 g (44 oz) dark cherries
- juice of 1 lemon
- juice of 1 orange
- 1 cup caster sugar
- 2 teaspoons water
- 250 ml cream. chilled
- 1/4 cup extra caster sugar
Procedure:
- Adjust the freezer of your refrigerator to coldest setting 1 hour before making the dessert.
- Stem, pit and rinse the cherries then place into a blender.
- Strain to obtain 3 cups of juice and place in a bowl with lemon and orange juice.
- Stir in sugar to dissolve.
- In a bowl, place water and freeze until icy crystals form.
- Add chilled cream and beat briskly, until cream has tripled and is firm and heavy.
- Add extra sugar and beat into stiff peaks.
- Put through the cherry mixture until blended, then freeze for 30 minutes.
- Beat again until smooth.
- Place into a plastic container and cover, or into ice trays, and freeze until firm.
- Adjust the refrigerator-freezer back to normal setting when fruit ice cream is firm.
- Strawberries or raspberries can be used if cherries are not available.
From: www.dessertrecipes.org.uk
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