Blackberry Ice Cream

We decided to recently try out our new Cuisinart Ice Cream Maker. In an effort to cut down on our costs we tried to use stuff we had on hand... which was blackberries and whole milk. All we needed to purchase was heavy cream.

We did the recipe by what we thought would be best, and found we put a bit too much vanilla. Other than that the ice cream was rich, creamy, and full of flavor.

Ingredients:

- 1.5 cups blackberries
- 1.5 cups heavy cream
- 3/4 cup whole milk
- 2/3 cup granulated sugar
- pinch of salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

What you'll do:

1. Puree blackberries.
2. Whisk milk, sugar, and salt until sugar is dissolved.
3. Stir in heavy cream and vanilla.
4. Stir in puree.
5. Refrigerate 1-2 hours, covered.
6. Turn on ice cream maker and pour mixture into frozen freezer bowl
7. Let mix 20 minutes, until thickened.

When it's first done the texture will be a bit softer and creamy. You can store it in the freezer in a plastic container and it'll hit the consistency of regular ice cream.

Remember. Do NOT store ice cream in the freezer bowl, as it may damage the bowl.

flipped out!

flipped out!, originally uploaded by predictablyhungry.

I ran across an ad on facebook the other day for Ben & Jerry's new "Flipped Out!"

I was intrigued, it looked really good and seemed to be a great idea.

Well, while at the grocery store earlier this week I decided to walk down to the ice cream freezer to see how much these little guys run. Turns out they were on sale and were about $2.99.

So I decided to give the chocolate chip cookie dough one a try.

I didn't like them and neither did my friend. Actually getting it out of the cup was a little bit of work (read: minimal), and it was messy.

The chocolate oozed downed the sides while we ate our chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream on top of cookie crumbs.

What did it taste like?

Well, chocolate really. I never would have thought I was eating anything with vanilla in it had I not known.

If you're a huge fan of chocolate you may very well like this. The actual size of the "sundaes" were a bit big. We both got extraordinarily full off each our cups, and decided that if we ever have anything like that again we'd better share.

I understand what Ben & Jerry's was going for. A quick sundae at home with minimal to no work involved.

Personally, I think the "sundae" would taste better had the fudge come in a little heatable packet where you can warm it up in the microwave and drizzle it on top for a more realistic tasting sundae.