June 30th, 2010 
Megan The last, and oddly second, recipe for this month’s Abundant Crop: Cherries is this yummy frozen dessert! I found a variation of this recipe at All Recipes last summer. This is a perfect way to use up extra berries in your fridge.
A tip with berries — wash them right before you use, or you will end up with moldy berries very quickly!
Very Berry Cherry Sorbet
[adapted from this Berry Burst Sorbet Recipe]
Ingredients:
- 1 cup Sugar
- 1 cup Water
- 1 1/2 cups Blueberries(chopped)
- 1 1/2 cups Blackberries (chopped)
- 1/2 cup Cherries (pitted and chopped)
- 1/2 cup Half and Half (or Cream if you want a recipe higher in fat)
Place berries and sugar in a bowl and let sit for 20 minutes. Mash (I use a potato masher, because that is what we have) and let sit for another 20 minutes. Puree the berry/sugar blend in the blender. Mix in water and half & half. Freeze in Ice Cream Maker
This may have a lot of sugar and not be super cheap to make (it is about the same price as a quart of ice cream), but at least you know exactly what is in your ice cream and there is no high fructose corn syrup!
Additional Notes: You may want to strain the berry/sugar blend before you mix with the other two. This recipe had too many little seeds for Matthew. I would recommend blending the water in, and then running through a strainer. If I give this a shot, I will let you guys know!
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Looks yummy! I need to freeze my ice cream maker attachment so I can start whipping up some homemade ice cream. It always reminds me of the Fourth of July, probably because of your mom’s ice cream every year.
I wish we had an ice cream maker. Then again, maybe not. I’d gain like 103847723 lbs. If I could make my own ice cream, I’d eat it for every meal. It really is my favorite food
and yours looks delish!!
Monique, you should try making sorbets. It’s really easy since they’re mostly water based. Also check out granitas, it’s usually a fruit icee type thing. Granted, it’s not exactly ice cream, but close and better for you.