Cherry Ice Cream Soda

Serves: 5

Shirley Senger

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

52

Spice

46

Sweetness

54

Sourness

38

mins

Prep time (avg)

4.8

Difficulty

Ingredients:

2 tbsps

Milk

1 cup

Sugar

8 large

Egg Yolk

2 cups

Heavy Cream

1 cup

Glucose

Directions:

1

Place cherries and syrup in the bottom of a tall glass

2

Pour in milk and about 1/4 cup seltzer; stir to combine

3

Add ice cream

4

Fill glass with seltzer water

5

Dollop with whipped cream and top with a cherry

6

Serve immediately

7

Combine the cherries, sugar, and black cherry concentrate in a medium saucepan

8

Cover and place over medium-low heat

9

Cook, stirring occasionally, until cherries are tender, about 15 minutes

10

Transfer to an airtight container and refrigerate until chilled, at least 1 hour and up to overnight

11

Yield: about 3 cups Prepare an ice bath; set aside

12

Split the vanilla bean lengthwise with a sharp paring knife

13

Gently scrape out all the seeds

14

Whisk together 1/2 cup sugar with the yolks; set aside

15

Place the vanilla bean scrapings and pod in a medium saucepan with the cream, milk, and the remaining 1/2 cup sugar and pinch of salt

16

Bring the milk mixture just to a simmer

17

Using a measuring cup or a ladle, slowly pour about 1/2 cup of the hot milk mixture into the egg-yolk mixture, whisking constantly

18

Keep adding milk mixture, about 1/2 cup at a time until it has all been added

19

Pour mixture back into saucepan, and cook over low heat, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon, until mixture is thick enough to coat the back of a spoon, 3 to 5 minutes

20

The custard should retain a line drawn across the back of the spoon with your finger

21

Pour through a mesh sieve into a medium bowl set in the ice bath, discard vanilla bean

22

Stir occasionally until cooled

23

Whisk in cherry concentrate and corn syrup or glucose

24

Cover and transfer to refrigerator until chilled at least 1 hour and up to overnight

25

Pour into an ice-cream maker and add poached cherries

26

Process according to manufacturers' instructions until set, but not hard

27

Transfer the soft ice cream to a plastic container; freeze at least 4 hours and up to overnight

28

Yield: about 1 1/2 quarts