Wild Blueberry Ice Cream

Wild frozen blueberries are available year round but because the fresh ones are only available for about a month we like to use them as many different ways as we can while we have the chance! This ice cream is one of my favorites, it’s a custard base so it’s rich, creamy and super smooth. Many recipes call for straining the blueberry sauce but since wild blueberries have a thicker skin than cultivated their as more antioxidants in the skin and it would be a shame to waste them! Thanks to  The Assoc. of Wild Blueberry Producers of NS for their hard work and amazing product!

Wild Blueberry Frozen Ice Cream

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• Author: The Kilted Chef
• Yield: 1 Litre 1x

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Ingredients

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• 2 cups fresh wild blueberries
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 tbsp water
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 2 cups heavy cream
• 1 cup whole milk
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 6 egg yolks

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Instructions

1. Place the fresh wild blueberries, sugar, water and lemon juice into a non reactive pan, cook until the juices are released and the berries begin to soften, coarsely mash the berries. Set aside.
2. In a separate pan add the cream, milk, vanilla and sugar, cook until the sugar dissolves.
3. Whisk the egg yolks and slowly pour  1/2 cup of the mixture into the yolks, once tempered pour the yolks into the custard and return to the heat, cook over medium high until and internal temp of 170F is reached or until the custard coats the back of a spoon.
4. Strain the mixture into a clean bowl and add the berry mixture, mix well, allow to come to room temperature, then cover with saran and refrigerate for 4 hours.
5. Place the custard into the frozen bowl of an ice cream maker and churn for 30 minutes. Serve right away as soft serve or freeze for 12 hours for hard ice cream.

• Category: dessert, recipe