Thursday, March 22, 2012

Blueberry Ice Cream

Ok, this ice cream maker could be deadly. . .

Tonight I made fresh blueberry ice cream:

1 C heavy cream
1 C frozen wild blueberries (blended)
1/3 C sugar
3 TBS milk powder

It was very good and rich, but was a bit too sweet for my taste, and not airy enough.
The airyness is likely because I usually let my mix sit in the freezer for 30min to an hour before puttign it in the ice cream maker, but due to the berries being frozen, it was already almost smoothie consistency by the time I got it into the machine.  I do want to experience with lightly whipping the cream before adding other ingredients to produce a very aerated ice cream in the future.

Also, based on nutrition info there were 800 calories in the cream, 80 in the blueberries, and 250 in the sugar.  The ice cream was good, but not THAT much better than  a blueberry smoothie (which I usually make as blueberries, 2% milk, and a frozen banana).  I would like to try a "healthy" recipe with half the cream and sugar, some more berries, and a little plain milk.  Maybe this will happen next week.  Also, i want to try and make a chocolate banana vegan ice cream using almond milk and frozen banana, and more alcoholic ice cream, and an apple cider sorbet. . .  ok it is too hot in here and I like ice cream too much.

1 comment:

  1. I am going to whip up some ice cream using agave syrup.

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Thoughts? Suggestions?