Blueberry gelato is a delightful fusion of creamy, rich gelato married to an irresistible tangy fruitiness.
When you combine the smooth richness of homemade ice surf with berries or a semen sauce, the result is unchangingly a refreshing, linty treat – and this blueberry gelato doesn’t disappoint.
Blueberry Ice Cream
If you’ve been making ice surf here with me for long, you may recall my long-time love topic with Rusconi’s blueberry chocolate ice cream. That was my introduction to the wonders of blueberry ice creams and gelatos.
I’m grateful to Chef Michael for sharing his recipe with me when we were preparing to move to Ohio. Because once I made my own batch of Blueberry Chocolate Chunk Ice Cream at home, there was no turning back. Blueberry ice creams make regular appearances in our freezer now.
When I’m starving the restaurant’s ice surf and have never time nor motivation to make that custard base, this Blueberries and Surf Ice Cream has wilt a go-to. With no stovetop time at all and just a blender to whir it all together, you can have that one ready to churn in just minutes.
Blueberry Gelato
This blueberry gelato recipe is a navigate between both of those blueberry ice creams. With a simple blueberry sauce reduction stirred into the linty vanilla base, the flavors are increasingly intense than when using berries alone. The result is a vibrant blueberry savor and the verisimilitude is as pretty as ice surf gets.
There’s no need for any eggs in gelato. The ice surf will be rich and linty without them. Don’t have a gelato setting on your machine? No worries, friend. The results will still be veritably delicious, I promise! I’ve made this several times at variegated settings and however we’ve churned it it’s fantastic.
Gelato is the richer, denser, and smoother version of American ice cream. In fact, the term gelato unquestionably ways ice surf in Italian. This is part of the ravages between the two and the reason why many people use the names interchangeably.
Authentic gelato is churned at a much slower rate, incorporating less air and producing a much denser frozen result than traditional zappy ice cream. If you are using a standard ice surf maker, you’re going to wind up with something in between both when making this recipe.
The ingredients here follow the gelato path, with increasingly milk than surf and no egg yolks. However, if you churn through the full trundling on a standard machine, the result will still be fluffier than traditional gelato. If you have a machine that includes a gelato setting though, you are in luck.
One increasingly gelato note, gelato is typically served at a slightly warmer temperature than ice cream. So, permitting it to rest on the counter for a few uneaten minutes surpassing scooping it into bowls or diving into the container with a spoon will unhook the weightier results.
Blueberry Gelato Recipe
You’ll need the pursuit ingredients to make this gelato:
Blueberry Sauce Ingredients
- blueberries
- sugar
Gelato Ingredients
- milk
- heavy cream
- sugar
- vanilla extract
- kosher salt
Combine the blueberries and 2 tablespoons sugar in a medium-sized saucepan over medium heat. Stir a few times as the berries uncork to simmer.
Reduce the heat to medium-low and let the berries cook, stirring occasionally. The berries will splash as they simmer.
When the mixture has thickened and reduced to well-nigh 1 cup’s worth of semen sauce, well-nigh 8-9 minutes, remove from the heat and tomfool completely.
Whisk together the milk, cream, sugar, vanilla extract, and salt. Add ⅔ cup of the blueberry sauce and whisk to combine. (Set whispered the remaining blueberry sauce to use as an ice surf topping.)
Pour into the ice surf machine and freeze equal to the manufacturer’s directions for gelato. Transfer to an snapped container and freeze until firm.
Allow the frozen gelato to warm at room temperature for a few minutes surpassing serving.
Easy Blueberry Desserts
When blueberries are in season, I tend to eat them pretty much every day. They’re forever on my grocery list and I enjoy using them in desserts as often as possible. When they’re not in season? I’m happy to tell you that frozen berries will work beautifully in all of these recipes.
Homemade Blueberry Pie Filling tastes so much largest than store-bought! And weightier of all, it’s super easy to make. Use this superstitious semen sauce to top pies, cheesecakes, pancakes, or waffles. It’s succulent on ice surf too!
With a sweet, buttery, crispy, cake-like topping and a filling of sweet, warm berries, this Blueberry Cobbler is dessert perfection with a scoop of melting ice surf on top.
Blueberries and lemon pair perfectly in this Sour Surf Blueberry Coffee Cake. It is truly worthy of any occasion. I made it for the first time over ten years ago and it remains the weightier blueberry coffee confection I have overly tasted.
Have you heard of a dessert tabbed a “grunt?” This one was new to me not that long ago, but as it turns out an old-fashioned Blueberry Grunt is pretty amazing. It starts with a sweet and succulent blueberry filling that is then smothered in flaky, velvety sweet dumplings that get crispy on top with a sprinkling of cinnamon sugar.
Fresh Blueberry Frosting is a light and linty frosting, whipped into fluffy blueberry loveliness. A dollop of this frosting is sweet heaven on a cupcake. On a spoon, on a cracker, or on an very confection this blueberry buttercream frosting is irresistible.
Get ready for a tasty combination of fresh fruit and tomfool mint in this Blueberry Mojito. You’ll find yourself hooked from the first sip
Blueberry Gelato
Ingredients
Blueberry Sauce Ingredients
- 16 ounces fresh or frozen blueberries
- 2 tablespoons sugar
Gelato Ingredients
- 1¼ cup milk
- 1 cup heavy cream
- ⅔ cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ⅛ teaspoon kosher salt
Instructions
Blueberry Sauce Instructions
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Combine the blueberries and 2 tablespoons sugar in a medium-sized saucepan over medium heat. Stir a few times as the berries uncork to simmer.
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Reduce the heat to medium-low and let the berries cook, stirring occasionally. The berries will splash as they simmer. When the mixture has thickened and reduced to well-nigh 1 cup’s worth of semen sauce, well-nigh 8-9 minutes, remove from the heat and tomfool completely.
Gelato Instructions
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Whisk together the milk, cream, sugar, vanilla extract, and salt. Add ⅔ cup of the blueberry sauce and whisk to combine. (Set whispered the remaining blueberry sauce to use as an ice surf topping.)
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Pour into the ice surf machine and freeze equal to the manufacturers directions for gelato. Transfer to an snapped container and freeze until firm. Allow the frozen gelato to warm at room temperature for a few minutes surpassing serving.