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Cream cheese & red fruits ice cream / Red fruits popsicle with whipped cream

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CREAM CHEESE &  RED FRUITS

I found this recipe on  www.myrecipes.com    . I did it and I have to say is delicious , creamy and perfumed. I only add red fruits and put the mixture in popsicle molds. Enjoy!

Ingredients:

3 cups half-and-half
1 1/4 cups powdered sugar
2 egg yolks $
1 (8-oz.) package cream cheese, cubed and softened $
2 teaspoons vanilla bean paste or vanilla extract
Method:

1. Whisk together first 3 ingredients in a large heavy saucepan. Cook over medium heat, whisking constantly, 8 to 10 minutes or until mixture thickens slightly. Remove from heat, and whisk in cream cheese and vanilla bean paste until cheese is melted. Cool completely (about 1 hour), stirring occasionally. Place plastic wrap directly on mixture (to prevent a film from forming), and chill 8 to 24 hours.

2. Pour mixture into freezer container of a 1 1/2-qt. electric ice-cream maker, and freeze according to manufacturer’s instructions. (Instructions and times may vary.) At this point add the red fruits  in the molds.Transfer ice cream into popsicle molds and freeze for about 3 – 4 hours

BLACKBERRIES-RASPBERRIES-GOOSEBERRIES PURE PULP ICE CREAM

Ingredients for 4 popsicles:

Red fruits 200gr

sugar 100 gr

whipped cream 50 gr

Method:

1. Blend fruits and sugar for 30 sec

2. Put in the popsicle molds but don’t fill them.Must leave a little space for the whipped cream Freeze for about 3-4 hours

3. When mix is solid ,  whip the cream until stiff and put it over ice cream.

4. Freeze again for 2 hours. Enjoy!

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Red fruits & Fruyo vanilla “Tiramisù”

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A very  quick , easy and healthy dessert  rich in folic acid , Vit A, C , potassium , antioxidants ( anthocyanins , lycopene)  mineral salts , calcium . magnesium.

Ingredients for 2 persons : 6 savoiardi cookies (ladyfingers)

200 gr red fruits ( gooseberries , currant berries , bluebberies, blackberries , raspberries , cherries, strawberries)

1 Fruyo fat free vanilla greek yogurt (Fage)

Method: 1.Blend the fruits all together

2. Arrange cookies on the bottom of a glass

3. Sprinkle the fruit mix over cookies so they are well saturated

4. Add Fruyo

5. Repeat if you want with another layer of  savoiardi – fruit mix – yogurt

6..Complete the top layer with fresh fruits. Bon appétit !

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Blackberries / Raspberries Ice cream

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Ingredients: 250 gr blackberries , 250 raspberries , 200 ml whipped cream , 100 gr sugar or honey

Method:

1. Blend the fruits for 30 sec

2. Whip the cream.

3. Add the fruit purèe and stir well.

4.Pour into popsicle molds. Just for beauty you can add – at the base of the mold – some edible flowers (violets, blue borage, lavender, lilac) and/or herbs (rosemary, thyme , sage etc).  Freeze for 4+ hours or until mixture starts to solidify enough to hold a popsicle stick upright. To release popsicles, run hot water on the outside of popsicle molds for a 5-6 seconds. Bon appétit !1-CUCINA 211