summer indulgence..blackberry coconut ice cream

The heat is brutal but you gotta give it to the fruits when it comes to summer. My ice cream machine has been working harder than anything else in the store. We have been making ice cream all day everyday. The most popular has been all the dairy free coconut ice cream flavors that I made. These blackberries are from Austin Farmers' Market. You can still get them but I don't think they will last much longer.

The recipe is super easy and you will get your ice cream in no time at all.

1/2 cup blackberries
2 cups coconut cream (you can buy coconut cream or you can scoop the top part of the coconut milk before shaking it. You can use the whole can of coconut milk but coconut cream will give you a better texture. Coconut milk will make the ice cream icier)
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon lemon juice or more to taste
1/2 teaspoon salt

You can make this ice cream two ways. You can bring everything to a boil and simmer until all sugar is dissolved and put the mixture in a blender. Or you can bring everything but blackberries to a boil and then add blackberries to the mixture and blend. Either way, you will end up with this irresistible rich colored ice cream. Enjoy your summer.

a short trip to Boggy Creek

I had a 15 minute visit to Boggy Creek Farm this morning. I knew they had some figs and I wanted to make fig ice cream. I got my figs, gave Carol Ann a big hug and left. These are the sweetest, softest, most juicy figs I have had in a long time. Go get them at Boggy Creek Farm Stand on Wednesday and Saturday mornings from 9 am - 1 pm. Or not? So there is more for me. I love figs and I hope these figs will make it to my ice cream if only I can stop eating them.