Cherry Garcia Ice Cream Recipe
This Cherry Garcia ice cream recipe is a tasty treat!
It’s a copy cat recipe of Ben and Jerry’s most popular ice cream flavors!
Combining the tangy flavor of cherries with the sweetness of ice cream and the slight bitterness of dark chocolate, this ice cream is a delicious combination of flavors!
Serving Tip
Serve with drizzled chocolate topping and a cherry on top!!!
How to Prepare the Cherries
Cherries have a tendency of freezing very hard.
You can add fresh cherries to your ice cream, but the cherries will become like ice in the freezer if you do not finish all the ice cream straight out of the ice cream maker.
To help prevent this, you can roast the cherries before adding them to your ice cream.
We’ll show you an easy way how to do it.
How to Shave the Dark Chocolate the Easy Way
Shaved dark chocolate.
It looks amazing, but actually shaving it yourself can be intimidating.
Don’t worry it’s easy!
The Right Temperature
First, you need to make sure the chocolate is the right temperature.
Generally, room temperature chocolate will work just fine for chocolate shavings.
You don’t want the chocolate too hard – straight out of the freezer or fridge.
You can slightly soften the chocolate in the microwave. Working with a softer chocolate will be more likely to produce chocolate curls.
Use the Right Equipment
All you need is a vegetable peeler.
A knife works too, but I find a vegetable peeler much easier.
Technique
Simply slide the vegetable peeler away from you across your chocolate bar or block to create shavings.
Easy Peasy.
CHOOSE FROM 2 DIFFERENT ICE CREAM RECIPES
Below, you have 2 different ice cream recipes to choose from:
Philadelphia style: eggless, quick and easy: Jump to Recipe
Custard style: with eggs, a little extra creamy: Jump to Recipe
Cherry Garcia Ice Cream
Ingredients
Cherries
- 1/4 cup cherries halved and pitted (fresh Bing cherries are best, if using canned – be sure to drain syrup)
- 1 1/2 tbsp sugar (optional: only necessary if roasting)
Ice Cream Base
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 cup milk
- 2 cups whipping cream
- 1/4 cup dark chocolate shaved
Instructions
Cherries
- This step is optional, but recommended. It helps prevent cherries from becoming hard when frozen.
- Preheat oven to 450.
- In a glass dish, place whole (de-stemmed) cherries.
- Toss the cherries in sugar to coat them.
- Roast in the oven for 10-15 minutes – stir them occasionally and cook until the cherries are soft – but don’t let the sugar burn.
- Remove from oven, cool, remove pits, and slice into quarters.
- Chill overnight.
Ice Cream Base
- Dissolve sugar in milk With a whisk.
- Add heavy whipping cream.
- Pour this mixture into your ice cream maker.
- Churn in ice cream maker about 20-25 minutes or according to manufacturer’s instructions.
- Add shaved dark chocolate and cherries to churning mixture.
- Churn for an additional 5 minutes.
- Serve and Enjoy!
Cherry Garcia Ice Cream Recipe
Ingredients
Cherries
- 1/4 cup cherries halved and pitted (fresh Bing cherries are best, if using canned – be sure to drain syrup)
- 1 1/2 tbsp sugar
Ice Cream Base
- 2 eggs
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 cup milk
- 2 cups whipping cream
- 1/4 cup dark chocolate shaved
Instructions
Cherries
- This step is optional, but recommended. It prevents the cherries from becoming too hard when frozen.
- Preheat oven to 450.
- Place whole (de-stemmed) cherries in an ovenproof glass dish.
- Coat the cherries in sugar.
- Roast in the oven for 10-15 minutes, stirring occasionally. Cook until the cherries are soft, but be careful the sugar doesn't burn.
- When done, cool, remove pits, and slice into quarters.
- Chill overnight.
Ice Cream Base
- Place eggs and sugar in a small bowl and beat well, until light and fluffy.
- In a saucepan, heat milk until it starts to bubble.
- Pour hot milk over beaten egg mixture. Stir well.
- Pour this mixture back into saucepan and heat, stirring constantly until mixture becomes thick and sticks to the back of a spoon.
- Chill for at least 2 hours.
- After mixture is chilled, stir in whipping cream.
- Pour this ice cream base into your ice cream machine.
- Mix for 20-25 minutes (or according to manufacturer’s instructions).
- Into the churning ice cream, add dark chocolate and cherries.
- Mix for 5 minutes.
- Dig in!
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