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    June 12, 2011

    Cherry Ice Cream

    When I was little we used to spend part of the summer at our grandparents' home in Downers Grove, outside of Chicago. I haven't been back since, but at the time Downers Grove was a small suburban location, almost rural.

    Two of my strongest memories from those visits pertained to food. Pepperidge Farm was located in Downers Grove and I used to love walking by their baking facility; the aroma of baking bread was almost tangible. The other memory was cherries. My grandmother used to can cherries from her trees and her pantry was laden with quart-sized jars of cherries.

    I can't recall what my grandmother looked like, or anything about her, but I do remember the shelves of canned cherries. They were delicious eaten right out of the jar and to this day I don't think there's anything tastier than a cherry pie made with fresh cherries.

    Cherry season in Rome doesn't last long, just a month or so from mid-May to the end of June. It's unbearable that cherries are available for such a short time period, but it makes them all the more desirable when they are in season. I plan to bake a cherry pie this week, but today I opted for cherry ice cream. We're doing an 80th birthday dinner for one of our clients and her family, and I've baked her a luscious chocolate birthday cake for the event. Cherries and chocolate are a natural together, so cherry ice cream seemed a grand idea on this hot June day.

    My ice cream is in the freezer now and every half an hour or so I give it a good stir with a wooden spoon. It should be frozen solid by dinner time. Here's the recipe:

    Ingredients:

    • Cherries, pitted - 525 grams (3 cups)
    • Sugar - 65 grams ( (¼ cup)
    • Cream - 410 ml (1 ¾ cups)
    • Milk - 180 ml (¾ cup)
    • Egg yolks - 2
    • Sugar - 65 grams (¼ cup)
    • Salt - a pinch
    • Cherry syrup - 30 ml (2 tbsp)

    Procedure:

    • Pit the cherries using a cherry (olive) pitter, like the one below.
    • Toss the cherries in the sugar and set aside.
    • Cream the egg yolks and sugar together until the yolks are a pale yellow.
    • Put the cream, milk and cherries in a blender and process until the cherries are roughly chopped.
    • Cook the cream, milk and cherry mixture several minutes on medium until warm.
    • Add the salt, egg yolks and sugar and cook several minutes over low heat until the mixture coats a wooden spoon.
    • Stir in the cherry syrup.
    • Place the pan in a sink full of ice water and stir occasionally until cool.
    • Put the pan in the freezer and stir every 30 minutes until frozen solid.

    You might want to try the Simply Recipes version of cherry ice cream with chocolate chips; or check out Canadian Living's recipe.

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