Creamy homemade cheesecake ice cream with blueberries and graham cracker crumbs throughout.
Prep Time10mins
Cook Time23hrs50mins
Total Time1d
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Blueberries, Ice cream
Servings: 4plus
Ingredients
1 1/4Cwhole milk
1 1/4Cheavy cream
8ozcream cheesesoftened
1/4tspsalt
1/2tspvanilla extract
1Cgranulated sugardivided
1/3Cgraham cracker crumbsroughly 3 sheets
1Cblueberries
1Tbsplemon juice
1tspcornstarch
Instructions
Add milk, heavy cream, cream cheese, salt, vanilla and 3/4 cup sugar to a blender. Process until smooth. Transfer to the refrigerator to chill thoroughly.
In a small bowl, whisk together cornstarch and lemon juice. Add blueberries, sugar and lemon juice mixture to a small saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring to dissolve sugar. Continue cooking until blueberries are tender and releasing their juices. Gently mash. Transfer to a medium bowl. Allow to cool, then cover and chill.
Process graham crackers until only fine crumbs remain. Set aside.
Churn ice cream according to manufacturer's directions. In the last 5 minutes, add spoonfuls of blueberry mixture. Transfer ice cream to a freezer safe container, alternating layers of graham cracker crumbs and ice cream. Freeze until firm.
Allow ice cream to sit for 5-10 minutes before scooping.
Notes
Recipe serves roughly 4-6, yields 1 quart. An original recipe from Baked by Rachel