4th of July Popsicles
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Serves: 8
 
Vanilla ice cream, a raspberry-strawberry puree and blueberries unite to make some patriotic Popsicles, perfect for your 4th of July celebrations.
Ingredients
French Vanilla Ice Cream
  • 3 eggs
  • 2 cups milk (or half and half)
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 cups heavy cream
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
Raspberry-Strawberry Puree
  • 1 cup frozen strawberries
  • 1 cup frozen raspberries
  • ½ – 1 cup Passion-Orange-Guava juice
Popsicles
  • 1 cup frozen blueberries
  • Popsicle molds or paper cups
Instructions
French Vanilla Ice Cream
  1. In a large saucepan, beat the eggs, milk and sugar until well blended.
  2. Cook the egg mixture over low heat, stirring constantly, until thickened. It will take about 10 minutes and should smoothly coat the back of a wooden spoon.
  3. Let the mixture cool.
  4. Add the heavy cream and the vanilla.
  5. Stir until blended and refrigerate the mixture until it is completely chilled, for several hours or up to overnight.
  6. Following the instructions of your ice cream maker, pour the chilled mixture into your machine and stir it until the ice cream forms. It will typically be more like soft-serve when you first make it.
  7. If you want firmer ice cream, transfer it to a sealed container and let it freeze for several hours until it hardens.
Raspberry-Strawberry Puree
  1. Blend the ingredients until a smooth juice forms.
  2. Leave some chunks of fruit if desired.
Popsicles
  1. Working with one Popsicle mold at a time, pour the raspberry-strawberry puree in to half of the mold.
  2. Stir in a few frozen blueberries.
  3. Insert the Popsicle sticks and place the molds in the freezer for an hour or until the puree starts to harden.
  4. Remove the Popsicle sticks and pour softened vanilla ice cream into the rest of the Popsicle mold.
  5. Stir in a few frozen blueberries.
  6. Insert the Popsicle sticks and place the molds back in the freezer.
  7. Let the Popsicles freeze for several hours or until they are completely frozen.
Recipe by Itsy Bitsy Foodies at http://itsybitsyfoodies.com/4th-of-july-popsicles/