Creamy vanilla ice cream hand-swirled with fresh sweet berries! The secret to this recipe: use lots of berries!
Prep Time:
20 minutes plus time for chilling
Cook Time:
5 minutes
Serves:
8
Ingredients
2 cups mixed Driscoll’s Strawberries, Raspberries, Blackberries, or Blueberries
1/2 cup sugar
1 container (1.5 quarts) good quality vanilla ice cream
8 graham crackers, halved
1
PLACE 2 cups mixed berries into a saucepan. (STEM and CORE and SLICE strawberries if using.)
2
ADD 1/2 cup sugar.
3
BRING to a boil over high heat.
4
REDUCE temperature to low.
5
STIR and CRUSH berries.
6
ALLOW mixture to SIMMER 5 minutes.
7
ALLOW berry mixture to COOL to room temperature.
8
TRANSFER mixture to refrigerator to CHILL thoroughly.
9
REMOVE 1 container (1.5 quarts) good quality vanilla ice cream from freezer and ALLOW to rest at room temperature 10 – 15 minutes until softened.
10
TRANSFER ice cream to a large mixing bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment.
11
ADD one-quarter of berry mixture.
12
BLEND gently until combined. Do not over mix.
13
ADD remaining berry mixture and BLEND gently just until swirled. Do not over mix.
14
PLACE 1 graham cracker half onto each of 8 dessert plates.
15
SCOOP 1 – 2 scoops ice cream over each graham cracker half.
16
COVER each ice cream sandwich with a second graham cracker half.
17
PRESS DOWN top graham cracker gently to secure.
18
SERVE immediately.
