Cherry Almond Ice Cream

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups very ripe sweet cherries (i used frozen black cherries)
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 1/4 cup water
• 1 large egg (or 1/4 c egg substitute(don't leave this out, as the texture will suffer)
• 1 cup half-and-half
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 3 cups heavy cream
• 3/4 cup sliced almonds (optional)

Recipe

• 1 place cherries, sugar and water in top of double boiler.
• 2 cook over med heat for around ten minutes, allowing the fruit to soften and sugar to dissolve.
• 3 take out 1/2 of the cherries and drain juices back into pan.
• 4 puree the rest of the mixture.
• 5 roughly chop the 1/2 cup of cherries and mix back into puree.
• 6 chill thoroughly.
• 7 add half and half and egg to a blender and blend till smooth.
• 8 whisk in chilled cherry mixture.
• 9 add heavy cream and almond extract.
• 10 blend well, and chill.
• 11 transfer mixture to ice cream maker and freeze according to your machine's instructions.
• 12 add almonds, if desired, near end of cycle, when the ice cream is thick enough to prevent all the almonds to sink to the bottom of the mix.