Wild Cranberry Ice Cream Recipes

MOM SAWYER'S CRANBERRY ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Bring water to a boil in a saucepan over high heat and add cranberries and sugar. Reduce heat and let simmer until berries pop open, about 15 minutes. Pour into a colander set over a freezer-proof bowl. Mash or press out cranberry juices and discard skins, unless you want to use them for something else.
• Stir orange juice and lemon juice into the cranberry juice. Freeze until mushy, about 1 hour.
• Stir in whipped topping and mix well. Freeze, stirring occasionally, for 24 hours.

CRANBERRY ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Boil the cranberries and 1/4 cup water until cranberries are very soft, about 10 minutes. Purée in a food processor and pass through a food mill or fine sieve. Set aside.
• In a saucepan, heat the cream and milk just to a boil. Set aside. Whisk the yolks and sugar together in a small bowl until smooth. Slowly whisk in the hot cream mixture. Return to the saucepan and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until it thickens enough to coat the back of a spoon.
• Transfer to a large bowl. Whisk in the cranberry purée and liqueur. Chill at least 4 hours or overnight and freeze according to the ice-cream maker's directions.

CRANBERRY ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Bring cream and 1/2 cup sugar just to a boil in a 2- to 4-quart heavy saucepan, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat and keep hot, covered.
• Beat together yolks, salt, and 3 tablespoons sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer at high speed until tripled in volume and thick enough to form a ribbon that takes 2 seconds to dissolve into mixture when beater is lifted, 3 to 4 minutes in a stand mixer or 4 to 8 with a handheld.
• Reduce mixer speed to low and add hot cream mixture to yolks in a slow stream, then transfer custard back to saucepan. Cook over moderately low heat, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon, until custard is slightly thickened and registers 170°F on thermometer (do not let boil).
• Pour custard through a fine-mesh sieve into a large heatproof bowl, discarding solids. Let custard cool to room temperature, stirring occasionally.
• While custard cools, combine cranberries, remaining cup sugar, and cinnamon stick in a 2-quart heavy saucepan and bring to a boil over moderately high heat, stirring. Reduce heat to low and simmer, covered, stirring occasionally, until cranberries have burst, about 10 minutes. Remove and discard cinnamon stick, then carefully transfer cranberry mixture to a blender and purée until smooth (use caution when blending hot mixtures). Force through fine-mesh sieve into bowl of custard, pressing on solids with back of a spoon and then discarding them. Cool to room temperature, stirring occasionally, about 45 minutes.
• Freeze custard in ice cream maker. Transfer to an airtight container and put in freezer to harden, at least 4 hours.

CRANBERRY ICE CREAM

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, cook cranberries and water over medium heat until berries pop, about 15 minutes. Strain; discard seeds and skins. Cool completely. Meanwhile, in a large saucepan, heat milk to 175°; stir in sugar until dissolved. Cool. Stir in the cream, juices and cranberry mixture., Fill cylinder of ice cream freezer; freeze according to manufacturer's directions. Refrigerate remaining mixture until ready to freeze. Allow to ripen in ice cream freezer or firm up in the refrigerator freezer for 2-4 hours before serving.