I feel like I should type something prolific about my blog, but I feel like I've explained everything in the, "About Sheena" section, so let's get to the food! That's what were here for right?
My husband and I went to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico in April and while we were there I had some fantastic ice cream! I have thought about it since returning and haven't been able to find any flavor that is similar, at all! On the menu they called it blackberry and cheese! Mexico has many of its own variety of cheese's and when asking our waiter he was as clueless as me. Darn!!
This week I finally decided to use up my heavy cream that I got to bring home from work a couple week's ago and make my adaption of "Blackberry and Cheese" ice cream, only this time, I know the type of cheese!!!
The Cast:
Ice Cream Maker
Mixer, Kitchen Aid or otherwise
2 pots
-One that you will be able to fit the heavy cream and milk into
-One that you will be able to fit a bowl on top of.
4 bowls
- One that sits on top of the pot without touching the water beneath and big enough to fit all the ingredients for the ice cream base.
-One bowl that is bigger than the above bowl so that you can make an ice bath
- One for your blackberries if you are making the swirl yourself
- One to beat the marscapone in or your kitchen aid bowl if you have one
A heat safe spatula
Ice
Plastic wrap
Storage container for finished ice cream. The Glad plastic storage containers work well.
For the ice cream base:
6 ounces of egg yolks (about 9 yolks)
1 3/4 cups of sugar
1 pint of whole milk
2 pints (or 1 quart) of heavy cream
2 teaspoons of vanilla extract
pinch of salt
For the "cheese":
8 ounces of marscapone
3/4 cup of sugar (this is to mix with the marscapone)
1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
For the Blackberry swirl:
6 oz. of blackberries
1/4 cup sugar
-or-
1/3 cup of blackberry jam
Day 1:
First thing you will need to do is read your manufacturer's directions for your ice cream maker and follow those directions. If you have a kitchen aid ice cream attachment like me, that means you need to freeze the bowl for a minimum of a day.
The first day you will be making the ice cream base and the blackberry swirl. These two need to sit overnight to develop the flavors!
So let's start with the Ice Cream Base:
1. In the commercial kitchen we are big on mis en place, the literal translation is "putting in place". In the kitchen it means, getting your stuff together before you do it. This would be a good time to make sure you have all your ingredients measured out (or as we say "scaled out") and ready to go! That also means fully reading your directions before you start! :)
2. Get your pot that is going to have the bowl on top of it, this is a double boiler of sorts. You are going to fill the bottom with water, you don't want the water to touch the bottom of the bowl, the steam from the boiling water will heat up the bowl resting on top. Get this all ready and turn on the heat, you want a low boil.
3. Pour your heavy cream and milk into the pot, you are going to scald the milk and cream. Scalding means bringing it up to the temperature right before it boils! You will be able to see the steam coming off the top of the milk and cream, this means it is done.
4. While scalding the milk and cream combine your egg yolks and sugar in the bowl that you are going to put all the ingredients for the ice cream base in. You are going to want to combine them until the egg yolks are light and the sugar is fully incorporated.
5. Once the milk has reached the scalding point pour a little of it in with the egg yolk and sugar mixture and mix them together. This step is called tempering and this prevents your egg yolks from scrambling! At this point I would also get that bigger bowl that the bowl on the pot can fit into and put your ice in it for the ice bath! You will need it after the ice cream base is done on the double boiler.
6. After you have tempered your eggs add all of the heavy cream and milk mixture to the egg yolk mixture and rest the bowl on top of your pot. Add the vanilla and salt.
7. From here on out you want to be constantly stirring the ice cream base. You want to stir it over the double boiler until the mixture thickens enough to coat the back of a spoon. You will be able to run your finger down the back of the spoon and it won't fill in with more of the ice cream base mixture.
8. Once you have reached the desired consistancy you want to immediately put the bowl in the ice bath and allow it to sit and come down in temperature. I usually allow it to sit for about an hour before I wrap the bowl with plastic wrap and put it in the refridgerator, I let it sit at least over night.
Blackberry swirl:
All you do is mash the blackberries and sugar together. You want the blackberries all broken and mashed up, so that it can create a nice swirl through your ice cream. You will also have this sit over night with the ice cream base mixture. If you are choosing to go the jam route, skip this step.
Day 2:
"Cheese":
For this step you will want to mix the marscapone, sugar and lemon juice together until it becomes soft.
Making it all come together!!!
At this point you will want to mix the ice cream base according to the ice cream maker manufacturer's directions, they all vary. Once you start churning the ice cream in your maker you will want to add the cheese mixture and finish the product according to the ice cream maker manufacturer's directions. DO NOT add the blackberry swil while it is in the ice cream maker. The Blackberry swirl is the last step!!
Adding the Blackberry Swirl:
After your ice cream is done churning you will want to pour your ice cream out into the container you are choosing to freeze it in. At this point you will add your blackberry swirl, just pour it into the mixture and fold in. You don't want to stir it into the mix, you want it to have a hint of blackberry.
Bon Appetit!
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