Day 6 Blueberry Swirl Ice Cream

This is a 2-day recipe, make sure you really want this and are willing to wait for it. A super-delicious ice cream! What a specialty to have this recipe. Also have on hand a 5-6 quart ice cream freezer, makes a lot!

Blueberry Swirl Ice Cream

3 cups fresh blueberries

½ cup sugar

1/3 cup orange juice

2 teaspoons zested orange peel

1 cup heavy whipping cream

1 ½ cup sugar

2 tablespoons flour

4 cups milk

4 egg yolks, slightly beaten

 2 teaspoon vanilla

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

3 cups heavy whipping cream

Step 1

• In medium saucepan, combine blueberries, ½ cup sugar, 1 teaspoon of the orange peel, and orange juice.
• Bring to boiling, stirring and mashing berries with fork; reduce heat.
• Simmer, uncovered, for 5 minutes, stirring often. Cool slightly. Reserve 1 cup.
• Transfer remaining mixture to food processor. Cover and process until nearly smooth.
• Press mixture through fine-mesh sieve into medium bowl; discard solids.
• Add reserved blueberry mixture and 1 cup whipping cream to mixture in bowl.
• Cover and chill overnight.

Step 2

• In large saucepan, combine 1 ½ cups sugar and flour. Slowly stir in milk. Cook and stir over medium heat until slightly thickened and bubbly.
• Cook and stir for 1 minute more.
• Stir about 1 cup of the hot mixture into egg yolks; return yolk mixture to remaining hot mixture in saucepan.
• Cook and stir just until boiling.
• Remove from heat.
• Stir in vanilla and cinnamon.
• Cool slightly.
• Cover surface with plastic wrap and chill overnight.

Step 3

• Next day, in chilled large bowl, beat 3 cups whipping cream with electric mixer on medium speed until soft peaks form (tips curl).
• Gently fold into chilled milk mixture.
• Transfer to freezer canister of 4- or 5-quart ice cream freezer. Freeze according to manufacturer’s directions.
• Fold in blueberry mixture, remaining orange peel.
• May need to be frozen a little more up to 4 hours before servings, depending on how frozen you want the ice cream.

You can parfait this with more fresh blueberries, in a tall soda glass.

Enjoy!!!