Sweet Cherry Pie Ice Cream

Yield: 1 quart

Ingredients

• 3 cups heavy cream
• 1 cup milk
• 5 egg yolks
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• Salt
• 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
• 1 (16 ounce) jar chopped maraschino cherries, drained
• 1 1/2 cups cinnamon Graham crackers, broken into 1-inch pieces

Instructions

1. Heat cream and milk to just below the boil.
2. Whisk egg yolks, 1/2 cup granulated sugar and a pinch of salt until just blended.
3. Strain hot cream onto egg yolk mixture, whisking constantly.
4. Return to saucepan and cook slowly, stirring constantly, until it coats the spoon.
5. Strain, add almond extract and cherries. Cool completely.
6. Freeze in ice cream machine according to manufacturer's directions.
7. Fold in Graham crackers.
8. Freeze until firm.

Notes

Recipe and photo used with permission from: National Cherry Growers Foundation.