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Cherry and Chocolate Stracciatella Ice Cream

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Cherry and Chocolate Stracciatella Ice Cream

I have been enjoying cherries by the bowl full lately and while I was snacking on a bowl I was thinking about ice cream. I remembered seeing Mike’s
cherry frozen yogurt with chocolate stracciatella
at
Mike’s Table
and thinking that I just had to try it. I realized that I had not really done an ice cream with chocolate chips and now was the perfect time since cherries and chocolate go so well together. This recipe did not however call for chocolate chips but rather melted chocolate was poured into the ice cream when it was almost done and still in the maker which sounded like fun. I went with my standard ice cream base and I used halved cherries as I wanted some nice big chunks of cherries in the ice cream. The stracciatella ice cream was a bit more challenging to make than normal ice cream as you have to time the melting of the chocolate and pouring it into the ice cream when it is almost done but not quite. The cherry and chocolate stracciatella ice cream turned out really well. I though that I might have poured the chocolate in a bit too late but the chocolate had mostly formed nice little flakes. There were also a few big chunks which were always nice to run into. The cherry and chocolate flavoured creamy ice cream was really good!

Cherry and Chocolate Stracciatella Ice Cream

Cherry and Chocolate Stracciatella Ice Cream

ingredients
  • 1 cup cherries (pitted and chopped)
  • 1/2 cups sugar
  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • 1 cup milk
  • 2 egg yolks
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup dark chocolate
directions
  1. Heat the cherries and sugar in a small sauce pan until the sugar is dissolved and the cherries are tender, about 10 minutes.
  2. Heat the cream and milk in a sauce pan until it almost boils, about 5 minutes.
  3. Reduce the heat to low.
  4. Add one tablespoon of the cream mixture to the eggs to temper them.
  5. Add the egg mixture to the sauce pan.
  6. Cook at low heat until it thickens and can coat the back of a spoon.
  7. Remove from the heat and stir in the cherries and vanilla extract.
  8. Chill the mixture in the fridge.
  9. Start freezing according to the instructions for your ice cream machine.
  10. When the ice cream is almost done melt the chocolate and pour it into the ice cream in a thin stream.
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  10. Oh MG!!! eres mi perdiciòn!! Kevin always when I come here Im hungry!!!! this look lovely,yummy, gustoso, sabroso etc.etc. xxxxand the picture lovely!!! Love cherries!! xxxGloria

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  11. We’ve been eating cherries like crazy too. This sounds like a whole new level, though. Looks gorgeous too. I must admit, however, we had a bad experience with a really bad ice cream maker and were pretty much put off making ice cream. What kind of ice cream maker do you use, and what are your secrets for success?

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  24. Kevin you have such a huge fan base and well deserved. My favorite ice cream at coldstone is chocolate and I add double cherries, roasted almonds and brownie. Too bad it is 2am or I would go get some. This looks wonderful.

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  31. OMG, you’re killing me here!! Chocolate and cherries are a match made in heaven and I *love* the idea of using that combo as an ice cream flavour. Beautiful. Wonder if yuo could macerate the cherries in brandy first??

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  34. Kevin, I keep telling myself that I must make Ice cream sometime. But, for some reason I never do. It could have something to do with my waist line lol. I have to tell you that the sound of fresh cherries and dark chocolate may have done it from me. I’m going to do it. lol

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  38. Oh, does that look good and so do the zuchinni cakes. I wish I would have seen your granola recipe earlier. I just made some this week too and yours looks so very good….

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  40. i saw some awesome cherries at the grocery store today, put em in my cart, and ended up paying $14 for them. i had no idea they’d be that much, and i hope they’ll be worth it. if i make something like this, they’ll definitely be worth it. 🙂

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  42. Terry B: I am using a Cuisinart ICE-20 ice cream maker. It was priced ok and I have been happy with it so far.

    Jeanne: Macerating the cherries in brandy sounds good.

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  43. Kevin, I would be your best friend if you gave me a bowl of this, all I can say is WOW! I love cherries so much and I just know that this would taste exellent!

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  56. I cannot believe I missed this one Kevin. Your ice cream sound so amazing, ice cream heaven! I am glad you described the pouring in process as I haven’t tried that before.

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  62. I really enjoyed this ice cream. I made it with the following changes, some based on preferences I've developed over the course of making ice cream in the past:

    (1) Used 2 cups half-and-half in place of the heavy cream + milk. I like this better as a base due to the greasy mouthfeel heavy cream sometimes imparts.

    (2) Used ~1.5 cups cherries, pitted + quartered

    (3) Cooked the cherries with all of the sugar, instead of saving some sugar for the dairy. The instructions were unclear — mentioning sugar in step 1 and 2 — so I made a judgment call.

    (4) Added the seeds from one vanilla pod to the dairy as it was heating instead of using extract.

    I almost didn't add the chocolate but I'm glad I did — I think the flavors really go well together.

    I think I might add a bit less chocolate next time and even more cherries.

    Thank you for sharing such a wonderful recipe! YUM.

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