The other day, I had a hankering for gelato. Blackberry gelato. I love berries, but blackberries are the best ones. Whole Foods had a special on them, so I bought a whole bunch with the intention of making gelato. But I couldn't find a decent recipe for it.
I found a strawberry gelato recipe on Epicurious and decided to use that as a jumping off point:
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Fresh-Strawberry-Gelato-352676
To the left you see the milk, cream, sugar, cornstarch mixture (heated and cooling over an ice bath). To the right are my pureed blackberries. I was just going to mix the two together and get on with it, but decided to live up to my Boozy Baker reputation and add some Pinot Noir that I had opened from night before.
Once mixed together, the mixture started to resemble something close to heaven. Really, isn't that so pretty? I put it into the ice cream maker to get things churning. Decided that it still needed a little something else, so I added a few handful of mini chocolate chips. The whole thing ended up pretty good. I think the ice cream maker wasn't fully cooled so the gelato didn't firm up enough before I put it in the freezer, so the texture isn't where I want it to be. But the taste is!
So I wanted to wait to post this blog until I had taken a picture of the final product. Well, I've eaten all the gelato so there's no way to take a picture of it. But believe me when I tell you, it was beautiful.
NOTE TO MY BLOGGER SELF - take pictures of food before you eat it all! I'm such a pig.
Sounds yummy!
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