Fresh Peach Ice Cream With Rainier Cherries

Fresh Peach Ice Cream With Rainier Cherries

Ingredients:
2 Tablespoon Butter
1 1/4 Cup Sugar
2 Pound Fresh peaches; peeled, pitted, and sliced
1 Quart Heavy cream
6 Egg yolks; beaten
1/2 Pound Rainier cherries

Directions:
Dark rum; to taste
2 Dozen butter cookies
In a large saute pan, over medium heat, melt the butter. Stir in 3/4 cup of
the sugar until it dissolves. Add the peaches and saute for 3 to 4 minutes,
or until the peaches soften. Remove from the heat and cool completely. In a
food processor, fitted with a metal blade, puree the peach mixture until
smooth. In a medium saucepan, over medium heat, combine the peach mixture
and heavy cream. Bring the mixture up to a gentle boil. Add 1 cup of the hot
cream mixture to the beaten yolks and whisk well. Add the yolk mixture back
to the cream mixture and whisk well. Continue to cook for 4 to 6 minutes, or
until the mixture can coat the back of a spoon. Remove from the heat, and
pour into a glass bowl. Press a piece of plastic wrap to the cream mixture
(this will prevent a film from forming) and cool completely. Pour the cream
mixture into a frozen ice−cream cylinder and process according to
manufacturers directions. In a medium sized bowl, combine the cherries,
remaining 1/2 cup sugar, and rum (to taste ). Mix well and allow to sit for
10 minutes. To serve, place a couple scoops of ice cream in each serving
bowl. Spoon the cherries over the ice cream and serve with the butter
cookies.
Yield: 6 to 8 servings
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