Cherry Garcia Ice Cream Recipe
Custard StyleThis Ben and Jerry's copy cat ice cream allows you to enjoy Cherry Garcia made right in your own home.Makes 1 1/2 quarts of 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
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!