OK I wrote this recipe but I have to add a comment--BE SURE TO USE CHERRY JUICE CONCENTRATE. This is not cherry juice and not frozen concentrate. Rather it is more like cherry syrup. It is in my grocery store in the produce section near several varieties of specialty/organic juices. The kind I buy is made by Brownwood acres but there are other brands out there (and I have seen blueberry and pomegranet concentrate as well--I may have to do more experimenting!!). Tart cherry concentrate is advertised for joint pain--I don't know about that but it tastes great and is super-sour and full of flavor and color!
This was fantastic! Like some of the other reviewers I couldn't find cherry concentrate so I used cherry syrup instead. Also added in a cup of semi-sweet chocolate chips the last five minutes it was in the ice cream maker.
Nice texture, outstanding cherry flavor. I agree w/ another reviewer about the yogurt flavor- next time I will sub 3/4 cup half and half for the yogurt. Also, I did not add the full amount of almond extract- too fake of a flavor in my opinion. And I added 2/3 cup bittersweet chocolate chips- tastes even better then my favorite name brand cherry/chocolate ice cream!
I have made this ice cream twice using pomegranate syrup. If you can not find the syrup yourself get one cup to a cup and a half of 100% juice and boil down to the 1/4 cup needed.
I'd give this recipe 10 stars if I could! I've been making ice cream for many years and this is the absolutely best recipe I've ever tried. Couldn't find the cherry juice concentrate so I used grenadine (as another reviewer suggested). I used Stoneybrook farms organic french vanilla yogurt and added some mini chocolate chips during the last 5 minutes. I followed the recipe exactly and we had the most flavorful creamy ice cream I've ever made. My guests thought it was Ben & Jerry's or Haagen Das!!!!!! They were shocked when I told them it was home-made. It was just as good the next day... no ice crystals. I'm looking forward to experimenting with this same base recipe but different fruits... will try peach as soon as they come in season.
DELICIOUS!!! It tastes like Cherry Garcia without the chocolate. Will try it with chocolate chunks next time. Took slightly longer to freeze in my ice cream maker don't know if it was the yogurt or if I didn't leave my freezer bowl in the freezer long enough. Either way it was still great! Also couldn't find cherry concentrate so I used grenadine yummy!
Good recipe! - I love cherries and if you do too you'll like this recipe for cherry ice cream. I followed the recipe exactly except with these modifications: instead of 1 cup yogurt I used 1/2 cup yogurt and 1/2 cup of half & half - still has a bit of yogurt taste but tastes fine to me; also instead of 1/2 cup of sugar I used only 1/3 cup of sugar - still tastes fine; and instead of 2 tsp of almond extract I only used 1/2 tsp of instead. (Also to be technical instead of fat-free milk I used 1%.) YUM!
This is excellent! The only change I made was to add some semi-sweet chocolate (1 bar--3.5 oz. chopped) and added it the final 5 minutes of the churning.
this was very yummy. i used a maraschino syrup found in the alcohol mixer section of the grocery store and i thought i came out fantastic. made extactly as written.
Odd blend of flavors but it is creamy as promised. I believe the yogurt plays a good part in that - do not leave it out! For the life of me I could not find cherry concentrate ANYWHERE in the grocery store. So that wasted a good part of my time. Ended up just using "juice w/concentrate". I also wasn't willing to buy almond extract - so I used vanilla.
