Black-Zaftig-Cherry Ice-Cream (Sous-Vide)
The inspiration for this recipe came from none other than my daughter Sophie aka Sophinator. She's been asking me to make Cherry Ice-Cream for a few months now. Even before Cherries were in season. Simple Cherry Ice-Cream is not my style, so I had to kick it up a bit, which is what I am presenting to you now. Along the way, I ran into a few bumps, but I worked it all out. Even my Ice-Cream "Bumps" tasted excellent, and no one complained. One issue I ran into was the lack of Cherry flavor. The addition of the Chocolate paste diluted the character of the Cherries. A simple fix you might think is to increase the Cherries or reduce or even eliminate the Chocolate paste entirely. I wasn't about to remove the Chocolate, and if I increased the percentage of Cherry concentrate, I would throw off the balance of the Ice-Cream. The other stumbling block I ran into was the texture. The Ice-Cream had a crazy chewy texture, and it was stretchy too. Although this batch was ...