Red White and Blue Ice Cream

This festive Red, White, and Blue Ice Cream is made with real fruit, making it the perfect refreshing treat for your 4th of July celebrations!

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword 4th of July, ice cream

Prep Time 20

Freezing Time 6

Total Time 6 20

Servings

Calories 456kcal

Author Stacey aka the Soccer Mom

Cost $12

Prepare each of your fruit purees separately (cherry, blueberry, lemon-lime). To make each puree, blend 1 cup of fruit with 1-2 TB of water until smooth.
Strain to remove bits of fruit skin for a silkier texture.
Add a few drops of red food coloring to the cherry puree and blue food coloring to the blueberry puree to enhance their color, if desired.

In a large mixing bowl, whisk the heavy cream until it starts to make whipped cream. Add the sugar, milk, sweetened condensed milk, and vanilla extract until well combined.
Divide the ice cream base evenly among three bowls, or pour an even amount directly into each bowl of fruit puree.

Stir the blueberry puree into the second bowl of ice cream mixture (this will be your blue layer).
Stir the lemon-lime puree into the third bowl of ice cream base (this will be your white layer).
Stir the cherry puree into one bowl of ice cream base (this will be your red layer).
Place these bowls on a baking sheet and into the freezer for 3-4 hours, until they are firm, but NOT frozen solid.

Line a standard loaf pan with parchment paper.
Alternate dropping scoops of each color of ice cream mixture into the loaf pan. Do not mix after each scoop, until the pan is full.
Give the ice cream a quick swirl and return to the freezer until completely frozen.

Nutrition information is provided as an estimate only.

Prep Tips

- Food Coloring - We used plant-based blue and red food coloring to brighten the ice cream colors. This is completely optional and you'll still have nice pastel colors without any added dyes.
- Fruit - You can use either fresh or frozen fruit for this recipe, depending on what you have. If using frozen fruit, you may want to allow them to thaw a bit, for a smoother puree. Be sure to remove any cherry pits before making the puree!
- Variations - Banana puree could be used instead of lemon-lime puree for the white layer. Strawberries or raspberries could be used for the red layer.
- Storage - Keep leftovers in an airtight container in the freezer for up to 1-2 weeks. When the ice cream starts to crystalize, it is past its prime.