I don’t know how many of you do this – but I love to look at recipe books, love to collect them (my small shelf in our dining room is already overflowing with cookbooks!) and love to borrow books from the local library …and most of all love to glance through the pictures! I don’t necessarily look at all the details of a particular recipe but just looking at the pictures makes me so relaxed and excited at the same time! I mentally ‘pin’ those recipes for making them later. One such recipe was that of a strawberry and chocolate ice cream that I had ‘looked at’ long ago!. Now since I had all this cream cheese sitting in my fridge (remember I told you about my niece and her liking for cream cheese?) this recipe suddenly came to mind. I did not remember the details of the recipe but a berry and cream cheese ice-cream did seem like something my niece and the kids would love. And for some reason my mind kept saying to use blueberries instead of strawberries and so I decided to do a blueberry vanilla instead of a strawberry chocolate. Now that June is almost here I cannot wait until I get my hands on fresh farm picked blueberries. But since I still have to wait about a month, I had to make do with frozen blueberries this time. !:(
So this recipe was totally an experiment since I did not remember any of the recipe proportions but just roughly remembered the ingredients(and did not have time to google for similar recipes! ). But fortunately my experiment was a huge success and I am so glad I had the foresight to note down my experimental recipe ! 🙂 The natural saltiness of the cream cheese and the sweet and tart blueberries made a really enticing combination!
Simple, easy and delicious! Don’t you love that? I am also bringing this easy ‘no-churn’ ice-cream to Fiesta Friday #17 to share with all my blogger friends!
“Blueberry Cream Cheese Ice Cream”
servings=”Makes about 10 servings ” time=”20 minutes plus 10-12 hours freezing time” difficulty=”Easy”
Ingredients:
1 cup blueberries, fresh or frozen(If using frozen, thaw them first)
2 tbsp sugar
8 oz cream cheese softened (You need cream cheese not cream cheese spread)
1 cup heavy cream
1/4 cup sugar (powdered) or use confectioner’s sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
Method:
1. Take the blueberries in a medium size bowl and add 2 tbsp of sugar to it . Puree this adding about 2 tbsp water using a hand blender (or a regular blender)
2. Take another medium size bowl and add the softened cream cheese, the sugar and vanilla. Mix using a hand mixer until smooth and creamy. Then add the heavy cream and whip for another 2-3 minutes until nice and creamy.
3. Take a loaf pan and layer the bottom with plastic wrap such that the ends hang out of the edges of the pan. Add about half of the whipped cream cheese mixture to the bottom of the pan.
4. Blend the remaining cream cheese mixture with the pureed blueberry mixture and pour on top!
Cover with foil and let set in the freezer for at least 12 hours!. I actually forgot all about this until about 4 days later ! 🙂
To serve and slice the ice-cream, take the pan out of the freezer and place on top of a tray with warm water for a couple minutes. Then invert the pan onto a plate and gently remove the plastic wrap. Take a large knife and dip it in hot water before slicing the ice cream into servings of desired size.
Oops, I forgot to take the picture of pureeing the blueberries!
[…] can’t go wrong with these ingredients can you? You may recall that last summer I had made an ice cream with cream cheese and blueberries which had won the hearts of all my family – both immediate and extended family members […]
Yum! It looks delicious and so refreshing! I also share your love for cookbook – I spend way too much time the nose in recipe books and magazines. I am looking forward to following you 🙂
Thanks so much! Aren’t cookbooks so much fun! 🙂 thanks for stopping by so I could discover your lovely blog too! 🙂
It looks great! Is it possible to send it over to Belgium? (a) I’m by the way also a cookbookfreak xD I have so many books and this summer I’ll be working in a bookshop… You know what that means, right 😮
Hi Sarah, yes I wish I could send some over! Oh how how wonderful that you will be working in a bookshop! Happy cookbook browsing! thanks for stopping by! 🙂
Yes thank you 🙂 I already know that a lot of my budget will be spent on new cookbooks 🙂
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Yummy!!
thanks!
This looks great , i love the ingredients !
thanks! yes it was delicious!
How wonderful. 2-in-1.. Weren’t here any crystal formations?
I am certainly trying this.
hi Sonal, no there weren’t any crystal formations. Make sure the blueberries don’t have much water when you puree them.! Do let me know how you make out if you do try it! 🙂
Will do :).
I have most of these ingredients, will try soon and let you know!
thanks apsara. yes do let me know how you make out! 🙂
I made it with the same ingredients except for heavy cream which I did not have. I used thick coconut milk instead. It is heavenly and everyone in my family loves it! Thanks for this easy recipe.
oh wow! that’s so wonderful! And that’s such a great idea to add coconut milk to it! thanks for sharing! 🙂
Indu, it looks absolutely delicious 🙂
thanks Linda! Yes it was absolutely delicious! It was gone very fast!
Hi Indu,
This looks delicious… I love blueberries and cream cheese too.. this is a great combination. .. 😀
Cheers
Arpita
thanks so much arpita and thanks for visiting! 🙂
Woow! Thissound like a bluberry cheesecake in ice crea form. Brilliant, Indu! *two thumbs up* Thank you for bringing this to FF. Have a wonderful day!
PS: Those cookbooks look so good in your shelf! 😉 I could imagine it overflowing! 😀
ha ha! yes it was absolutely delicious Jhuls! And yes the cookbooks do look good in the shelf! 🙂
This is a lovely combination Indu and looks really delicious! Thank you for bringing this to Fiesta Friday…
thanks so much Selma! 🙂
I`m always happy to read new recipes for ice cream that don´t call for an ice cream machine, so thanks for that! But how could you forget the ice cream for 4 days? I´d have constantly checked the freezer if it´s already frozen and finally ready-to eat!
Hi Sabine. Yes I am the same – i don’t have space for an ice cream machine now in my kitchen! So this ‘no churn’ ice cream is great! And LOL about me forgetting about the ice cream for 4 days! – Actually I have some family visiting me and I have been cooking and baking like crazy plus we have been on the road quite a bit too — hence the forgetfulness! 🙂
Sounds like quite a handful of reasons to forget something that sounds so delicious – Otherwise, would´ve been completely unexplainable :-)!
ha ha agree 🙂
This looks wonderful Indu! Wow!
thanks so much Lori!
Every summer I make my own ice cream. I will definitely be trying this lovely concoction.
Yes Lidia Do try this – it was ooh so delicious! And I can’t wait to check your ice cream recipes!
Even though I’m not a huge ice cream fan, I would have this right now. I love the combination of fresh blueberries and cream cheese!
yes Ronit same with me – I am not very crazy about ice cream either but this dessert I could eat a lot of! 🙂
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Delicious 🙂 Want some, plz do send across… 🙂
Aishwarya, Actually I am craving for some too as I finished typing the post! They were done pretty fast! 🙂