Best Berry Ice Cream Recipes

TOFU CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM WITH MIXED BERRY SAUCE AND WHIPPED COCONUT CREAM

Steps:

• For the ice cream: Place a metal loaf pan in the freezer to chill.
• Using a spoon, remove the solidified cream from the top of the coconut milk, leaving the coconut liquid behind in the bottom of the can. Place the cream in a large mixing bowl. Add 1/4 cup agave, then beat with a hand mixer until soft peaks form, 2 to 3 minutes. If the mixture is lumpy, add a little bit of the coconut liquid from the bottom of the can.
• Combine the tofu, cocoa powder, coconut oil, vanilla bean paste, salt and remaining 1/2 cup agave in a blender and blend until smooth, about 2 minutes. Pour the mixture into the bowl with the whipped coconut and fold until combined. Transfer to the chilled loaf pan and place in the freezer until firm, 4 to 6 hours, or up to overnight.
• For the mixed berry sauce: Add the berries, agave and lemon juice to a medium saucepot over medium heat. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer until it starts to thicken, 5 to 7 minutes. Remove from the heat and add to a clean blender; blend, making sure to remove the center of the blender top, for about 30 seconds. Pour into a heatproof container and let cool slightly before serving, about 15 minutes.
• Scoop the ice cream into bowls and top with the berry sauce.

DOUBLE BERRY-MANGO ICE CREAM PIE

Steps:

• Scoop 1 pint mango sorbet into cookie crust and let soften a little more while you prepare the berry filling.
• Cut frozen berries in syrup into thin slices. Place 1/2 in a bowl and mix with a handheld mixer until well broken up. Add remaining frozen berries and mix briefly until combined but still chunky. Mix with strawberry ice cream.
• Spread softened sorbet over the bottom of the crust. Top with berry-strawberry ice cream mixture. Scoop on remaining pint of mango sorbet; spread to the edges of the pie and swirl the top decoratively. Cover and freeze for 6 hours (or up to 1 week).
• Cut long strips of orange peel with a citrus peel stripper, pressing firmly against the orange and turning the fruit slowly. Use a straight pin to pin one end of each strip to a drinking straw; wind tightly around the straw, then fasten the other end to the straw with another pin. Put straws in a shallow container, cover with water and ice cubes, and refrigerate for at least 4 hours (or up to 3 days).
• Remove pie from the freezer 30 minutes before serving. Remove orange peels from the refrigerator; drain and pat dry. Unpin curls and dispose of pins, then slide off the straws.
• To serve, arrange orange curls on pie, snipping to make them shorter if you wish, with raspberries, strawberries, sprinkles, and mint.

FIVE-MINUTE VANILLA ICE CREAM PIE WITH WARM BERRY COMPOTE

Steps:

• Spoon ice cream into crust; smooth top. Squeeze chocolate sauce in straight lines over pie, spacing 1/2 inch apart. Draw tip of knife through chocolate lines, forming chevron pattern. Sprinkle with almonds; freeze until firm. DO AHEAD Can be made 1 day ahead; keep frozen. Let pie soften slightly before serving.
• Just before serving, bring all berries, 2 tablespoons water, and brown sugar to simmer in medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Cook until sauce thickens, stirring gently, about 4 minutes; remove from heat. Cut pie into wedges; place on plates. Spoon warm sauce over.

BERRY ICE CREAM CAKE

Steps:

• Assemble the cake: Place 1 cake layer on a platter; scoop the ice cream on top and spread it to the edge using an offset spatula. Top with the second cake layer, then run the spatula around the sides to smooth the ice cream. Freeze until firm, about 4 hours.
• Make the topping: About 30 minutes before serving, remove the cake from the freezer and let stand at room temperature. Toss the berries and 3 tablespoons sugar in a bowl; set aside until ready to serve. Beat the heavy cream, the remaining 1 tablespoon sugar and the vanilla in a bowl with a mixer on medium speed until medium peaks form, 1 to 2 minutes. Spread on top of the cake. Top with the berries and their juices.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Coat two 9-inch-round cake pans with cooking spray and line the bottoms with parchment paper.
• Whisk the cocoa powder and 1 1/2 cups boiling water in a medium bowl until smooth; set aside. Whisk the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a large bowl until combined. Add the eggs, vegetable oil, sour cream and vanilla and beat with a mixer on medium speed until smooth, about 1 minute. Reduce the mixer speed to low; beat in the cocoa mixture in a steady stream until just combined, then finish mixing with a rubber spatula. (The batter will be thin.)
• Divide the batter between the prepared pans and tap the pans against the counter to help the batter settle. Bake until a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean, 30 to 40 minutes. Transfer to racks and let cool 10 minutes, then run a knife around the edge of the pans and turn the cakes out onto the racks to cool completely. Remove the parchment. Trim the tops of the cakes with a long serrated knife to make them level, if desired.

CHOCOLATE-BERRY ICE CREAM CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly coat an 8-inch springform cake pan with cooking spray. In a large bowl, whisk together cocoa powder, flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Whisk in egg yolk, buttermilk, 1/4 cup warm water, oil, and vanilla. Pour batter into pan and bake until cake pulls away from sides and a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, about 15 minutes. Let cool completely in pan on a wire rack, 1 1/2 hours. Cut one or two pieces parchment paper 1 inch taller than pan side and place between cake and inside of pan, overlapping if necessary (parchment should fit snugly around entire circumference of cake).
• Place blackberries in a medium bowl and lightly mash with a fork. Stir in vanilla ice cream. Working quickly, spread ice cream mixture in an even layer over cooled cake with a small offset or rubber spatula. Freeze until ice cream is very firm, 2 hours. In a small bowl, stir sorbet until spreadable. Spread in an even layer over ice cream and freeze until set, 1 hour (or, covered, up to 1 week). To serve, unmold cake and peel away parchment.

LEMON-BERRY ICE CREAM PIE

Steps:

• Spoon ice cream into pie crust; freeze 2 hours or until firm., Spread lemon curd over ice cream; top with whipped topping. Freeze, covered, 4 hours or until firm. , Remove from freezer 10 minutes before serving. Serve with strawberries.

SUMMER BERRY ICE CREAM

Steps:

• In a bowl, mash berries with a fork or potato masher until just slightly chunky.
• In a saucepan over medium-low heat, bring cream to a simmer with 1/3 cup sugar and the salt. Taste berries and if they are very tart, add 2 tablespoons sugar to saucepan. Simmer, stirring occasionally, until sugar dissolves. Transfer to a bowl, stir in vodka and place in refrigerator or in an ice bath to chill.
• When cold, pour mixture into ice cream machine. Add berries and churn according to manufacturer's directions. Transfer to a container and freeze until solid, at least 2 hours. Let sit at room temperature for 5 to 10 minutes before serving, or in refrigerator for 15 to 30.

LIME ICE CREAM TORTE TOPPED WITH BERRY SORBETS

Steps:

• For crust:
• Preheat oven to 375°F. Finely grind cookies, brown sugar, and salt in processor. Add hot butter and vanilla; blend until moist crumbs form. Add hot nuts; blend just until finely chopped. Press crust onto bottom and up sides of 9-inch-diameter springform pan with 2 3/4-inch-high sides to within 1/4 inch of top edge. Freeze crust 15 minutes. Bake until golden, about 15 minutes. Freeze 30 minutes.
• For filling:
• Stir lime juice, sugar, and lime peel in large bowl until sugar dissolves. Pour 1/3 cup lime syrup into small bowl; mix in cardamom. Cover; chill to use later. Mix ice cream into remaining lime syrup in large bowl. Spoon all but 2 1/2 cups ice cream into crust; smooth top. Freeze torte and remaining ice cream until firm, about 2 hours.
• Top torte with large scoops of ice cream, spacing apart and dipping ice cream scoop into hot water between scoops. Top with large scoops of sorbets, spacing apart. Using measuring spoons of various sizes dipped in hot water, scoop remaining sorbets place among larger scoops. Freeze 3 hours.
• For berries:
• Stir 1/3 cup water and sugar in medium saucepan over medium heat until sugar dissolves. Add frozen berries. Increase heat; boil until berries are soft and liquid is slightly reduced, about 8 minutes. Puree mixture in processor. Strain through sieve set over bowl, pressing on solids; discard solids. Cover; chill until cold. DO AHEAD: Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover torte; keep frozen. Keep lime syrup and berry sauce chilled.
• Run knife around pan sides to loosen crust. Release sides. Tuck some fresh berries into spaces between ice cream and sorbet. Toss remaining berries in berry sauce. Cut torte into wedges. Drizzle lime syrup over wedges. Spoon berry mixture alongside.

BERRY BEST ICE CREAM TOPPING!

Steps:

• 1. Put washed and drained blueberries in a large qt pot. Smash with a potato masher until lightly smashed(not too much).
• 2. Add strawberries, sugar, and lemon and mix well.
• 3. Cook till boils, then cook for 2 minutes at boiling. Let cool.
• 4. When cooled, add vanilla stir well. Store in containers in refrigerator use when cooled.
• 5. Put scoops of vanilla ice cream in bowls and top with berry sauce.

MASCARPONE-BERRY ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Combine strawberries, raspberries, sugar, and vanilla sugar in the bowl of a food processor; pulse until blended. Pass mixture through a fine-mesh sieve into a bowl.
• Add mascarpone cheese and yogurt to the bowl with the berry mixture. Stir until well combined. Transfer to a lidded container; cover and freeze for about 2 hours.

VERY BERRY STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Wash, core and slice strawberries. Gently mix with sugar and lemon juice. Let strawberries sit for at least 1 hour. While the berries are waiting, mix remaining ingredients and refrigerate. Heat berries on stove in heavy saucepan until boiling. Turn heat down and let simmer for 5 minutes. Cool strawberries. Put cooled strawberries in food processor and process until you have small bits or puree. Mix berries and milk mixture together and freeze according to ice cream freezer instructions.

WARM BERRY TOPPING FOR ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Lightly grease a 8x8 baking dish.
• Add sliced strawberries and pecan halves.
• In a medium sauce pan, simmer Raspberry Preserves, Honey, Key Lime Juice, and 1/2 cup sugar for 5 minutes over medium heat.
• Pour Raspberry preserve mixture over strawberries and pecans.
• Mix until evenly blended.
• In a separe bowl mix together butter, oatmeal, and brown sugar. Spread evenly over strawberry mixture.
• Bake for 45 minutes.

INDIVIDUAL BERRY COBBLERS WITH LEMON BUTTERMILK ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Make pastry stars:
• On a lightly floured surface with a lightly floured rolling pin roll out each puff pastry sheet into a 14- by 13-inch-rectangle. With 1 or more star-shaped cutters cut out 24 pastry stars. Divide pastry stars between 2 baking sheets, arranging in one layer, and freeze 5 minutes.
• Remove baking sheets from freezer. Brush top of each pastry star lightly with some egg wash (be careful not to drip down edges of pastry) and bake in middle and lower thirds of oven about 5 minutes. Alternate baking sheets and bake 5 to 10 minutes more, or until pastry stars are puffed and golden brown. Transfer pastry stars to a rack and cool completely. Pastry stars may be made 2 days ahead and kept in a sealed plastic bag at room temperature. Makes 24 stars.
• Make berry mixture:
• In a large bowl whisk together water, lemon juice, and cornstarch until combined well. Add berries and sugar, tossing gently to combine well. Divide berry mixture evenly among eight 1 1/2-cup shallow ramekins or baking dishes and put in 2 shallow baking pans. Bake berries in middle and lower thirds of oven 25 minutes and cool slightly.
• To assemble cobblers:
• Top each serving decoratively with pastry stars and a scoop of ice cream. Serve cobblers hot or warm.
• Make Lemon Buttermilk Ice Cream:
• In a small heavy saucepan whisk together yolks, lemon juice, and sugar and cook over moderate heat, whisking constantly, about 15 minutes, or until a candy thermometer registers 175°F. (do not boil). Strain mixture through a sieve into a bowl and cool, surface covered with plastic wrap.
• Whisk buttermilk and zest into cooled lemon curd until combined well and freeze in an ice-cream maker. Makes about 4 cups.

OATMEAL PRALINE ICE CREAM WITH WARM BERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• For praline:
• Preheat oven to 375°F. Line rimmed baking sheet with foil. Spread oats out on prepared sheet. Bake oats until light golden, stirring occasionally, about 7 minutes. Set aside.
• Combine sugar and 1/3 cup water in heavy medium saucepan. Stir over medium heat until sugar dissolves. Increase heat and boil without stirring until deep amber color, occasionally brushing down sides of pan with wet pastry brush and swirling pan, about 7 minutes. Immediately mix in oats. Pour praline out onto same baking sheet. Cool completely.
• Break praline into large chunks. Transfer to heavy resealable plastic bag. Using mallet, pound to small pieces. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Store airtight at room temperature.)
• For ice cream:
• Combine milk, cream, sugar, and egg yolks in heavy large saucepan; whisk to blend. Stir constantly over medium heat until custard thickens enough to coat spoon thinly, about 9 minutes (do not boil). Pour into medium bowl. Refrigerate custard until cold, at least 2 hours. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and keep refrigerated.)
• Mix 1 cup praline into custard (cover and reserve remaining praline for garnish). Freeze custard in ice cream maker according to manufacturer's instructions. Transfer to container, cover, and freeze. (Can be prepared 2 days ahead. Keep frozen.)
• For sauce:
• Combine all ingredients in heavy large saucepan. Stir over medium-high heat until mixture comes to boil. Reduce heat to medium-low. Simmer until berries are tender and sauce thickens slightly, about 5 minutes. Using back of fork, coarsely mash about 3/4 of berries. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Chill uncovered until cold, then cover and keep chilled. Rewarm sauce before serving.)
• Scoop ice cream into goblets. Spoon warm sauce over. Sprinkle with reserved praline and serve.

PEACH & RED BERRY ICE CREAM CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. Grease and line the base and sides of a 20cm deep cake tin with baking parchment. Put the butter, sugar, flour, eggs, soured cream, vanilla and 1⁄4 tsp salt into a large mixing bowl and blend together using an electric hand whisk. Once smooth, scrape into the cake tin and bake for 50-55 mins until golden and risen, and a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean. Leave to cool for 10 mins in the tin, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
• Clean the cake tin, and line with a double layer of cling film. Tip half the raspberries, half the redcurrants and 2 tbsp of the icing sugar into a bowl and lightly crush with a fork, set aside. Pour the double cream, icing sugar and mascarpone into another bowl and whisk with an electric hand whisk until softly whipped and just holding its shape. Fold through the sour cream, peaches, and whole and crushed berries.
• Split the cake into 3 even layers. Flip the top layer into the cake tin, so the top now becomes the base. Scrape half the cream and fruit mixture into the tin, spread to the edges and level the top. Flip the middle layer of cake into the tin, top with the remaining cream and fruit mixture, then flip on the final layer of sponge. Give the sponge a gentle press to expel any gaps between the layers, then overwrap and place in the freezer. You can also freeze some extra raspberries and redcurrants to serve alongside. Freeze the cake for at least 4 hrs.
• Remove the cake from the freezer 20 mins before serving. Tip it out of the tin onto a cutting board and slice. Any leftovers can be put back in the freezer and eaten over the next 2 weeks. Serve with extra berries and a berry coulis (recipe in 'goes well with').

ICE CREAM AND MIXED-BERRY POPS

Steps:

• Puree berries and 1 cup ice cream in blender until smooth. Strain through a fine sieve, pressing on berry mixture to extract liquid. Discard solids. Transfer berry mixture to a clean blender with remaining 3 cups ice cream, and puree until smooth.
• Divide mixture among sixteen 2 1/2-ounce ice-pop molds, and freeze until hardened, at least 4 hours.

VANILLA ICE CREAM SWIRLED WITH FRESH BERRY PUREE

Steps:

• Combine the blackberries, sugar and lemon juice in a nonreactive bowl.
• Let the berries macerate, covered, at room temperature until the juices have run, about 1 hour.
• Gently mash berries with a spoon.
• Place the softened ice cream in a large bowl and fold in the berry mixture.
• *If you prefer, you could just drizzle the sauce on top of individual servings of ice cream*.

BERRY DELICIOUS ICE CREAM

Steps:

• In a small pot combine the blueberries, sugar, and cinnamon stick. Put pot over medium heat and cook until sugar dissolves and berries burst. Remove pot from heat and add the orange flavored liqueur and the raspberries. Gently mix to combine, careful not to mush the raspberries.
• Scoop ice cream into individual bowls. Top ice cream with warm berry compote.

DOUBLE BERRY MARGARITAS IN THE ICE CREAM MAKER

Steps:

• Add blackberries and raspberries with 1/2 cup sour mix to a blender. Chop until berries are processed.
• Add remainder of sour mix, triple sec, tequila and sugar to the blender. Puree until smooth, about 30-40 seconds.
• Start ice cream maker and pour in liquid.
• Let the machine do its work until the liquid becomes slushy to your liking. Ours was good at about 15-20 minutes.
• Pour into a margarita glass and garnish with a slice of lime!

OLD-FASHIONED ENGLISH SUMMER BERRY JELLY AND ICE CREAM!

Steps:

• Place the leaf gelatine in a shallow dish and pour over just enough raspberry juice to cover the surface. Leave to soften for 5 minutes.
• Heat the remaining raspberry juice and caster sugar in a saucepan until piping hot. Mix in the softened leaf gelatine and any juice, stirring until completely dissolved and then set aside to cool.
• Halve the strawberries and mix with the other berries and soft fruits, crushing them slightly.
• Rinse 6 small jelly moulds or one large jelly mould, but do not dry as a wet mould will make it easier to remove the jelly when set.
• Distribute the fruit around the mould/s. Pour over around 300ml of the jelly juice and place in the fridge for an hour. When slightly set, pour the remaining juice into the mould and return to the fridge.
• To turn out the jelly, dip the mould/s into a bowl of hot water and run a knife around the edge of the mould. Invert them onto the serving plate/s, give them a quick shake and the jelly should slide out easily.
• Serve the jellies with vanilla ice cream or cream.