Cherry Gelato

Serves: 2

Brad Rosenbaum

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

53

Spice

52

Sweetness

53

Sourness

38

mins

Prep time (avg)

5.4

Difficulty

Ingredients:

3.5 cups

Whole Milk

2 tbsps

Turbinado Sugar

2 tbsps

Cornstarch

Directions:

1

Make gelato: Scrape seeds from vanilla bean with tip of a paring knife into a small heavy saucepan

2

Add milk and a pinch of salt and bring just to a boil, then remove from heat

3

Meanwhile, whisk together sugar and cornstarch, then add 1/2 cup hot milk, whisking until smooth

4

Whisk into milk in saucepan

5

Bring to a simmer, whisking, then simmer, whisking, 3 minutes

6

Immediately pour through a fine-mesh sieve into a metal bowl set in an ice bath

7

Cool to room temperature, stirring occasionally, about 10 minutes

8

Remove from ice bath and chill, covered, 1 hour

9

Scrape seeds from vanilla bean with tip of a paring knife into a small heavy saucepan

10

Add milk and a pinch of salt and bring just to a boil, then remove from heat

11

Meanwhile, whisk together sugar and cornstarch, then add 1/2 cup hot milk, whisking until smooth

12

Whisk into milk in saucepan

13

Bring to a simmer, whisking, then simmer, whisking, 3 minutes

14

Immediately pour through a fine-mesh sieve into a metal bowl set in an ice bath

15

Cool to room temperature, stirring occasionally, about 10 minutes

16

Remove from ice bath and chill, covered, 1 hour

17

Prepare cherries: Pulse cherries, sugar, and extracts in a food processor until finely chopped, then chill, covered, 1 hour

18

Pulse cherries, sugar, and extracts in a food processor until finely chopped, then chill, covered, 1 hour

19

Make ice cream: Stir cherries with their juices into gelato mixture and freeze in ice cream maker

20

Transfer to an airtight container and put in freezer to harden, at least 2 hours

21

Stir cherries with their juices into gelato mixture and freeze in ice cream maker

22

Transfer to an airtight container and put in freezer to harden, at least 2 hours