Copycat Cherry Garcia Ice Cream
Servings: 2 quarts
Make your own Ben & Jerry's style Ice Cream at home with this Copycat Cherry Garcia Ice Cream Recipe. Easy and Incredible!
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Equipment
- Ice Cream Maker
Ingredients
- ½ cup dark chocolate shaved
- ½ cup fresh cherries pitted, quartered and frozen
- 4 cups heavy cream
- 2 cups whole milk
- 4 eggs large
- 1 ½ cups sugar
Instructions
- In a medium saucepan over medium heat, warm the milk and heavy cream to 140 degrees.
- As the milk heats, in a seperate bowl, beat the eggs until smooth and creamy, about 3 to 5 minutes.
- Very slowly add the sugar to the eggs and beat until the sugar is dissolved.
- While beating the eggs and very slowly, temper the eggs by adding about ⅓ of the heated milk to the eggs. Then, whisk the egg mixture to the remaining milk in the pot.
- Heat the liquid until 175 degrees, stirring often. Remove from heat and refrigerate overnight.
- Pour the mixture into the ice cream maker and freeze according to the manufacturer's instructions.
- When the ice cream is almost completely set, stir in the chocolate and cherries.
- For firmer ice cream, transfer ice cream to a freezer-safe container and freeze for 4 to 6 hours.
- Makes about 2 quarts frozen.
Notes
Note: Frozen or canned cherries can be substituted but should be drained first. One batch of ice cream was too much for the Cuisinart 2 quart machine, so I removed some of the ice cream as it froze and began overflowing.