Gooseberry ice cream

Gooseberry ice cream

Churning your own frozen dessert is a little effort, but great for using up seasonal fruit

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Difficulty and servings

Moderately easy

Serves 8

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 20 mins

Cook time

Cook 20 mins

plus cooling, churning and freezing

Method

  1. To make the purée, put the gooseberries and sugar in a pan with 4 tbsp water. Heat gently, stirring, then bring to a simmer and cook until the fruit starts to burst. Tip everything into a food processor and whizz until puréed. Push through a sieve to get rid of the pips and skin. Cool.
  2. Put the eggs and sugar and vanilla in a large bowl and whisk until pale. Heat the milk and cream to just below boiling then pour onto the eggs, whisking all the time, until completely mixed.
  3. Clean out the milk pan then pour the custard back in. Heat gently, stirring all the time with a wooden spoon, until the custard thickens and can coat the back of the spoon. Cool and chill.
  4. Mix the gooseberry purée with the custard then churn in an ice-cream maker until thickened. Put into a freezerproof container and freeze until needed.

PER SERVING

380 kcalories, protein 3.8g, carbohydrate 22g, fat 30.8 g, saturated fat 18.1g, fibre 2g, sugar 21.9g, salt 0.1 g

Recipe from bbcgoodfood.com, June 2012.

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  • 11 July 2012

    JOOLES commented on this recipe

    what if you dont have an ice-cream maker such as myself. Would stirring it now and then to break up any ice-crystals work....

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  • 11 July 2012

    Alison rated and commented on this recipe

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    Easy and a great result - tart and sweet at the same time! I cooled the custard in the saucepan in the freezer before mixing in the sieved gooseberries and churning it in an icecream maker. It tasted great with rhubarb crumble. I think it would be nice with some elderflower cordial added to the mix too.

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Difficulty and servings

Moderately easy

Serves 8

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 20 mins

Cook time

Cook 20 mins

plus cooling, churning and freezing

Ingredients

  • 4 egg yolks
  • 100g caster sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 400ml double cream
  • 200ml whole milk

GOOSEBERRY PUREE

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PER SERVING

380 kcalories, protein 3.8g, carbohydrate 22g, fat 30.8 g, saturated fat 18.1g, fibre 2g, sugar 21.9g, salt 0.1 g

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