Blackberry Ice Cream

/ Ice Cream / January 28, 2026
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Living in the Northwest, we buy flats of blackberries every week in the summertime. They are delicious plain, but they also making wonderful ice cream.

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Blackberry Ice Cream

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Servings: 8 cups
Ingredients Instructions Notes

Ingredients
  

Blackberry Flavor
  • 2 ½ cup Fresh or frozen blackberries (=386 g)
  • ¼ cup Sugar (=48 g)
  • ¼ tsp Citric acid (=1 g)
Tahitian Vanilla
  • ¾ tsp Tahitian Vanilla (=3.3 g)
Ice Cream Base Mix
  • 1 cup Whole milk (=240 g)
  • 2 Whole pasteurized eggs (Large eggs)
  • 3/4 cup Sugar (=144 g)
  • Dash Salt
  • 2 cups Heavy whipping cream (=444 g, add later )

Instructions
 

Blackberry Flavor
  1. If using frozen blackberries, thaw them slightly in microwave. Don't puree the blackberries, just mash them with a potato masher. Add the rest of the Blackberry Flavor ingredients, mix well, put in fridge for several hours.
  2. Use strainer and rubber spatula or metal spoon to separate berry juice from pulp. Set pulp aside.
Tahitian Vanilla
  1. Measure Tahitian Vanilla
Ice Cream Base Mix
  1. Put base mix ingredients except whipping cream in blender.
  2. Add strained Blackberry Flavor ingredients but not blackberry pulp.
  3. Add Tahitian Vanilla.
  4. Blend on High for 1 minute.
  5. Add whipping cream. Blend on Medium setting for 30 seconds.
  6. Freeze in ice cream machine.
Combine
  1. Add berry pulp to ice cream freezer during last minute of freezing.

Notes

The Tahitian Vanilla adds a wonderful floral flavor and aroma to the blackberry ice cream.

For more information see Pasteurized Eggs Instruction Sheet

For more information see Adding Fruit to Ice Cream

Nielsen Massey Tahitian Pure Vanilla Extract is available on Amazon or from King Arthur Baking

Thaw berries if frozen. Weigh berries, add sugar and citric acid
Mash with a potato masher. Put in fridge for several hours
Use strainer and large spoon to separate juice from pulp and seeds
Set pulp and seeds aside
Pour strained blackberry juice into blender with rest of Ice Cream Base Mix ingredients
Put in ice cream machine and freeze
After the ice cream is frozen, mix in the blackberry pulp and seeds
Finished blackberry ice cream

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