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Gelato
Mix-In
Nut-Free
Vegetarian

Blueberry Cheesecake Gelato

Blueberry and cheesecake in one frozen fusion!

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Item No. REC4402
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By Ninja Test Kitchen
  • Contains Dairy
Total Time
24h 15m
Easy
4
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Ingredients

  • 4 large egg yolks
  • 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 3 tablespoons wild blueberry preserves
  • ⅓ cup heavy cream
  • 1 cup whole milk
  • ¼ cup cream cheese
  • 3-6 drops purple food coloring (adjust color to preference)
  • 2 large graham crackers, broken in 1-inch pieces

Utensils needed

  • Fine-Mesh Strainer
  • Instant-Read Thermometer
  • Rubber Spatula
  • Small Saucepan
  • Whisk

Instructions

Step 1
Place egg yolks, sugar, vanilla extract, and blueberry preserves in a small saucepan and whisk until fully combined and sugar is dissolved.

Step 2
Add heavy cream, milk, and cream cheese to saucepan and stir to combine.

Step 3
Place saucepan on stove over medium heat, stirring constantly with a whisk or rubber spatula. Cook until temperature reaches 165⁰F - 175⁰F on an instant-read thermometer.

Step 4
Remove base from heat and pour through a fine-mesh strainer into an empty CREAMi Pint. Add food coloring and adjust coloring to preference. Place pint into an ice bath. Once cooled, place storage lid on pint and freeze for 24 hours.

Step 5
Remove pint from freezer, remove lid from pint. Please use the Quick Start Guide for bowl assembly and unit interaction information.

Step 6
Select ICE CREAM.

Step 7
With a spoon, create a 1.5” (3.75cm) wide hole that reaches the bottom of the pint. Add 2 graham crackers broken into 1” (2.5cm) pieces to the hole and process again using the MIX-IN program. Serve immediately.

Step 1

Place egg yolks, sugar, vanilla extract, and blueberry preserves in a small saucepan and whisk until fully combined and sugar is dissolved.

Step 2

Add heavy cream, milk, and cream cheese to saucepan and stir to combine.

Step 3

Place saucepan on stove over medium heat, stirring constantly with a whisk or rubber spatula. Cook until temperature reaches 165°F–175°F on an instant-read thermometer.

Step 4

Remove base from heat and pour through a fine-mesh strainer into an empty CREAMi® Breeze™ Pint. Add food coloring and adjust color to preference. Place pint into an ice bath. Once cooled, place storage lid on pint and freeze for 24 hours.

Step 5

Remove pint from freezer, remove storage lid from pint. Please use the quick start guide for assembly and unit interaction information.

Step 6

Select GELATO.

Step 7

With a spoon, create a 1 1/2-inch wide hole that reaches the bottom of the pint. Add 2 graham crackers broken into 1-inch pieces to the hole and process again using the MIX-IN program. Serve immediately.