Saturday, September 12, 2009

Blackberry Ice Cream

With so many flavors of ice cream available in the market, one may wonder why make it yourself. Well, there is something so special about homemade ice cream…you can customize the flavor with your favorite ingredients like fruits, chocolate, chips, nuts and control the consistency to make it either super-rich, or low-fat depending on dietary needs. And it is such a fun activity for the kids! They can decide what they want to mix in it and are very excited to try the outcome.

With blackberries at their season's peak, its the perfect time to indulge in blackberry desserts. In the Northwest, blackberry season spans the end of summer and the beginning of fall. We have big beautiful blackberries all around the neighborhood. It was fun picking the juiciest ripest blackberries.

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The beautiful purple color the berries left on my hand already set my mind imagining the rich purple color the ice cream would be. And after an hour there it was, right in front of my eyes, exactly the way I imagined!

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Luscious purple colored ice cream is such a visual treat! And the rich creamy taste of the ice cream infused with the sweet tartness of the berries is just divine!

I made this ice cream in an ice cream maker but it can be also made if you do not have one.

Recipe

Ingredients (around 6 scoops)

  • 1 cup whole milk
  • 2/3 cup half and half
  • 1/3 cup whipping cream
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 2 cups blackberries

Method

  • Process blackberries in a mixer till pureed
  • Strain the puree through a fine sieve, and discard seeds
  • Combine milk and sugar. Mix till the sugar is completely dissolved
  • Mix it with half and half, whipping cream and strained blackberry puree
  • Process the mixture in ice cream machine.

If you don’t have an Ice Cream Maker …

  • Chill the mixture in refrigerator for 3-4 hours
  • Pour the mixture in a freezer safe container, cover and freeze for an hour
  • Remove from the freezer, and stir to break up the ice crystals that may have formed
  • Repeat the process every hour for 3-4 hours, or until the ice cream is firm

Scoop your ice cream into bowls or cones and enjoy!

Sending this to Sanghi’s FIL event.

48 comments:

Rekha shoban said...

hi jyoti, nice click...looks yummy and delicious...mouthwatering!!!

Sanghi said...

This is divine..! If you wish send this to my FIL-Milk event jyoti. check my blog for details..!

chakhlere said...

Hey that look yummyyyyyyyyyyy!! Just loved it.!

Priya Suresh said...

Yumm!!such a droolworthy ice cream..

Desisoccermom said...

Yummy, yummy, yummy. Beautiful click as always.

PriyaRaj said...

Wow looking delicious dear...Nice click ....congrats on ur Awards & nice to know about u ...

Anonymous said...

Gorgeous blackberries and the blackberry ice cream sounds wonderful!

Sushma Mallya said...

Nice click jyothi,looks yum..thanks for dropping by...keep in touch...take care...

Jeyashris Kitchen said...

Thanks for visiting my page. all ur dishes sounds different and ur way of presentation is very inviting. Icecream is very mouthwatering. Will try with some other flavor for kids.

Priti said...

Gorgeous color...unique flavor cannot be found in stores

Homecooked said...

Wow....that icecream looks so creamy and delicous! Really wonderful!

Avisha said...

This looks delicious.
Color - Awesome
Pic - great click
Congrats on your awards,thanks for passing them to me.

figtree said...

Can dessert get better than this? YUM. Figtreeapps

Parita said...

Fabulous click! wish i cud have a scoop right now:)

Malar Gandhi said...

Looks so inviting to me, now pass that bowl.

Juliana said...

Yummie, this ice cream look delicious...love the color of it :-)

lubnakarim06 said...

Wow...that's an awesome flavour in icecream.....looks super...duper....

ST said...

Drool worthy and tempting ice cream:)

Priya Narasimhan said...

looks so refreshing. the color is just awesome.

Shri said...

Beautiful color!And isn't that a delicious scoop:D

Anonymous said...

simply awesome jyoti.i have no words to tell u wat a wonderful cook u r .keep it up.

Anonymous said...

Hi,

The blackberry ice cream looks yum!!! Creamy and cold and yummy!!!

Shobha

mona said...

Jyoti, by whipping cream, do you mean whipped cream with soft or high peaks? or the whipping cream in liquid form?
Thanks.

Jyoti said...

Thanks for all your encouraging comments!
Mona...this recipe uses whippping cream in liquid form.

Chitra said...

Awesome click as everybody said..Wat a color..never tasted this icecream.New to me :)

Anonymous said...

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Soma said...

I can just imagine & see it from the colors how gorgeous this must have been!! wish i could have some now.. i am not seeing black berries any more:-(

Purva Desai said...

Mindblowing click......irresistible ice cream with eyecatching colours

Priti said...

Such a gorgeous colored ice cream. I can only imagine the taste...it must be wonderful!

Varsha Vipins said...

Wowiee...so yumm..I just wana take a lick..n what a color..:)
You have a nice space here Jyoti..:)

Myvegfare said...

wow looks so delightful, what a colour & what a click, I have some blueberries in my fridge will give this a try

Anonymous said...

Dear,
Every pbs were solved&m back dear.
Waiting for u..
luv
sangi

Vijitha said...

Lovely ice cream! Looks so tempting.

Anonymous said...

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Anonymous said...

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chef and her kitchen said...

saw those paneer pakoras in ur blog sometime back n visiting ur blog again 2day..u hv a different array of recipes dear..liked ur blog...That icecream looks super delicious...missing those blackberries here..:)

Bhawna said...

Absolutely delicious. i've tried making kulfi many times using the same ingds but ur variations is just delicious. nice click.

Preeti said...

Hope all is okay with you. Missing your posts which are so unique!

gtyuk said...

looks so delicious! lovely colour!

Suparna said...

hi jyothi,
the ice cream looks so creamy and rich! looks like u've got the perfect recipe dear, lovely clicks too!!

Indu said...

Homemade icecream sounds exciting. Love the color.

Sowjanya said...

Thanks for your comments Jyoti, hope you tried the kosumbari. The blackberry icecream looks delicious. I will also try that and post!

Simi Tresa Antony said...

Awesome Ice creammm....I lUv blackberries

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Myvegfare said...

hi dear, its sometime i visited every body's blog, I took off from my blogging for a month, lovely to see the colourful icecream, I am here to wish the best of everything for the new year ahead. wishes come to you and your family for a very happy new year

Jaya said...

Wow, amazing. So unique. Never tasted blackberry icecream. I am motivated to try this right now!!

SathyaSridhar said...

looks delicious!!!!!!

Looks very nice!!!!!!!!!

Looks perfect!!!!

Padhu Sankar said...

Looks delicious and tempting!!
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Unknown said...

Yummy looking icecream...looks so perfectly done