Bing Cherry Ice Cream Sauce Recipes

BING CHERRY ICE CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Drain cherries, reserving juice. Place juice and cornstarch in a saucepan. Cook, stirring constantly, until thickened. Stir in extract and cherries. Serve warm over ice cream or Old-Fashioned Frozen Vanilla Custard (recipe also found in Recipe Finder).

CHERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Place the cherries and the syrup or water in a small saucepan along with the sugar, butter and lemon juice. Bring to a boil. If using fresh or frozen cherries, reduce the heat and simmer for another 3 minutes. Stir in the cornstarch mixture, stirring continually until the sauce is thickened, about 1 minute. Remove from heat and stir in the almond extract.
• Cover and store in the fridge where it will keep for up to a week.
• Serve warm or at room temperature.

NEAPOLITAN ICE CREAM WITH CHERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, bring cherry juice, about 1 cup, to a boil over moderate high heat. Whisk in sugar and cornstarch in lemon juice to create a slurry. To juice, add slurry and let thicken 1 to 2 minutes. Add cherries and stir 1 minute longer. Remove from heat. Ladle cherries in cherry sauce on dessert plates and top with ice cream. Slivered almonds and amaretti cookies make a nice finishing touch.

EASY CHERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• If working with fresh cherries, wash them thoroughly and carefully remove all the stems and pits.
• In a medium saucepan, place the cherries (fresh or frozen), sugar, and water. If using frozen cherries, add just half the amount of water to begin with. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring often.
• In a small bowl, stir the lemon juice and cornstarch together until smooth.
• Whisk the cornstarch mixture into the boiling cherry mixture.
• If working with frozen cherries, check on the texture of the mixture and add one tablespoon of water at a time if too thick.
• Return the sauce to a boil, stirring constantly. Don't let the sauce scorch on the bottom.
• Cook until the liquid has properly thickened, about one more minute.
• Remove the pot from the heat and taste. Add a little extra sugar or lemon juice if needed at this point, depending on your personal preference. Allow the sauce to cool to room temperature before using it.

CHOCOLATE-CHERRY ICE CREAM PIE WITH HOT FUDGE SAUCE

Steps:

• For sauce:
• Bring whipping cream to simmer in heavy medium saucepan; remove from heat. Add chopped chocolate; whisk until smooth.
• For crust and filling:
• Preheat oven to 350°F. Grind cookies in processor until coarse crumbs form. Add butter and blend until crumbs cling together and are evenly moistened. Press crumb mixture over bottom and up sides of 9-inch-diameter glass pie dish. Bake crust until slightly puffed and darker, about 10 minutes. Cool crust on rack. Combine cherries, sugar and brandy, if desired, in heavy medium saucepan. Stir over medium heat until sugar dissolves and mixture comes to boil. Reduce heat; simmer until thick syrup forms, stirring often, about 10 minutes. Remove from heat. Mix in almond extract. Cool to room temperature.
• Place ice cream in large bowl. Fold in cherry mixture and chocolate chips. Pack ice cream mixture into prepared crust. Cover pie and freeze. (Sauce and pie can be prepared 3 days ahead. Cover and refrigerate sauce. Keep pie frozen.)
• Rewarm sauce over low heat. Cut pie into wedges; serve with sauce.

FRESH BING CHERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Place cherries a glass bowl. Add sugar, sea salt, orange muscat wine, lemon zest, lemon juice and stir.
• Place bay leaves, allspice berries, whole cloves, cinnamon stick in cheese cloth and tie with a string to complete Sachet. Place Sachet in cherries, cover with plastic and chill for 1 hour.
• Melt 1-tablespoon butter in a heavy bottom saucepan and saute shallots until they are soft or tender. Add cherry brandy and reduce by one-half.
• Add fresh cherries with their juice, Sachet and bring to a slow boil. Stir cherries to prevent burning and wish in butter. Reduce to a simmer for 10-15 minutes. Remove cherries from heat, discard Sachet and allow cherries to cool slightly.
• Puree cherries with a hand blender, bring to a simmer, add nutmeg and cayenne pepper to taste. Stir cherry sauce and simmer for 5 minutes.
• Strain cherry sauce using a fine sieve or chinois. Serve Fresh Bing Cherry Sauce hot or room temperature.
• Garnish: Fresh Bing Cherry Sauce with Whole Cherries.
• *Orange Muscat Dessert Wine (Nibbia Winery, Half-Moon Bay, Ca.).
• Chef's Note: You can use any Muscat Wine.

BING CHERRY AND RASPBERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Combine cherries, 1 cup raspberries, sugar and cinnamon in saucepan over medium-high heat. Bring to boil, stirring until sugar dissolves. Reduce heat; simmer until cherries soften, about 15 minutes. Remove from heat.
• Stir brandy and 1 cup raspberries into sauce. Discard cinnamon sticks. Serve warm or at room temperature.

BING CHERRY ICE CREAM

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, combine water, 3/4 cup sugar and cherries.
• Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until the sugar dissolves.
• Remove from heat; let the cherries steep 30 minutes.
• Drain the cherries, discarding the syrup.
• Transfer the cherries to a bowl, cover and refrigeratoe for at least 30 minutes or up to 8 hours.
• In a food processor, process cream cheese until smooth, about 30 seconds.
• Scrape down the sides of the bowl.
• Meanwhile, combine the milk, cream and remaining 3/4 cup sugar in a saucepan.
• Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally tohelp dissolve the sugar, until bubbles form around the edges of the pan, about 5 minutes.
• Add about 1/2 cup of the hot-milk mixture to the cream cheese; process until smooth, about 30 seconds.
• Add the remining milk mixture and process for another 30 seconds.
• Strain through a fine mesh sieve into a bowl.
• Add vanilla; stir to combine.
• Cover and refrigerate until chilled, at least 3 hours or up to 24 hours.
• Pour the cream mixture into an ice-cream maker and freeze according to the manufacturer's instructions.
• When nearly frozen and the consistency of thick whipped cream, add the cherries.
• Churn or stir just until mixed.
• Transfer the ice cream to a freezer-safe container.
• Cover and freeze until firm, at least 3 hours our up to 3 days, before serving.