I have had a self-imposed break from the Sweet Adventures Blog Hop of late. Just as this month’s theme was announced, however, a few things came together. My course finished, my long coveted ice cream book arrived in the post and I discovered that my neighbour’s tree still had mulberries when I thought I had missed them this year. Serendipity.
The theme for this month’s hop, hosted by Nic of nic cooks, is cheese. I love cheese in all forms and have even made my own over the years. I will happily just eat chunks of good cheddar or parmesan as a snack, and put it in savoury dishes all the time, but have never thought to include it in sweet indulgences. Other than cheesecake, which is nothing without cheese.
As I have been obsessed with making ice cream of late, the opportunity to include cheese in a frozen concoction was extremely intriguing. The Princess was not so sure, and assured me she was having none of it. Fine by me, more for Mr Grumpy and me. David Lebovitz does not appear to share The Princess’s reservations, and my new book has many cheese ice cream recipes to play with.
I settled on a goats cheese ice cream. I love the soft creamy texture of fresh goats cheese, or chevre, and use it regularly as a lunch spread for sandwiches. It is excellent with sun ripened tomatoes and a bit of black pepper. There are some great goat cheeses on the market, but I recommend you try a few brands if you don’t like the first one. Some brands taste like old goat to me.
I am particularly partial to the Meredith Dairy brand. It is a lovely, light tasting cheese. I also really like that the fresh cheese is wrapped in a paper liner, ensuring it does not come into direct contact with the plastic. Fats can leach chemicals from less stable plastics so I try to limit situations where fats (like cheese) are stored in contact with plastic. The paper liner also allows the cheese to be easily extracted from the packet, so it doesn’t stick to the sides and leave half your expensive cheese behind.
I’ve long wanted to try an ice cream with a fruit swirl. The slightly tart flavour of mulberries offsets the sweetness of the ice cream, which tastes like cheesecake filling. I found myself licking the ice cream paddle to get every last drop. And as for The Princess? It appears she overcame her cheese ice cream phobia.
Mulberry-Swirled Goats Cheese Ice Cream
Ingredients
Mulberry Puree
- 100 g fresh mulberries
- 2 teaspoons raw sugar optional
Goats Cheese Ice Cream
- 230 g fresh goats cheese
- 400 ml full cream milk
- 6 egg yolks
- 100 g raw sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
Mulberry Puree
- Place the mulberries and sugar (if using) in a small saucepan.
- Cover with a lid and simmer over a gentle heat until the berries are soft and have released their juices.
- Place a fine sieve over a bowl and pour the berries into the sieve.
- Press the berries through the sieve to create a thick puree.
- Discard any remaining solids in the sieve.
- Place the puree into the fridge until required.
Goats Cheese Ice Cream
- Crumble the goats cheese into a bowl and set aside.
- Place the milk into a medium saucepan and bring to a gentle simmer. Remove from the heat.
- Place the egg yolks and sugar into a medium sized bowl.
- Whisk the eggs and sugar together until frothy.
- Continue to whisk whilst pouring the warm milk into the egg mixture.
- Pour the milk and egg mixture back into the saucepan.
- Stir continuously over a gentle heat until the mixture has thickened. The mixture is ready when it coats the back of a spoon.
- Pour the custard over the goats cheese and stir until the cheese is melted.
- Cool the mixture in the fridge and then churn in your ice cream maker, following the manufacturers instructions.
Swirling the Ice Cream
- Place a container for the ice cream in the freezer at the same time as you start to churn your ice cream.
- When the machine has finished, scoops spoonfuls of the ice cream into the cold container.
- Drizzle over some of the mulberry syrup.
- Cover the syrup with further scoops of ice cream.
- Repeat until all of the ice cream is in the container.
- Freeze for at least 4 hours or overnight
Notes
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Don’t forget to check out all the other cheesy desserts at the end of this post.
Nic
You made it! Hooray! It looks delicious, I think I’d like this one with the mulberries in it! Thanks for joining the hop!
tania
Thanks Nic & thanks for hosting. Let me know if you try it. The berry might disguise the milkiness for you.
My Kitchen Stories
What a fantastic flavour to put with goat cheese icecream. Your ie cream looks like it has such a smooth creamy texture
tania
Thanks. I really is very reminiscent of cheese cake. Not such a bad thing ๐
jasmine ann | the gluten free scallywag
this looks delicious and I love David’s ice creams, I’ve got his book and tried a fair few of them. a friend of mine would go nuts for this recipe, am definitely going to give it a whirl.
tania
Thank you. I am loving the book. Slowly working my way through it as there is only so much ice cream you can eat at one time ๐
Sarah | The Sugar Hit
This ice cream looks like a dream.
tania
Thanks. It is very moreish. Be warned