Very Berry Sodas

Name: Very Berry Sodas
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 1 pint fresh strawberries, hulled and quartered; ¼ cup fresh blueberries; ¼ cup fresh boysenberries, olallieberries, or blackberries; 4 cups cold seltzer water; 1 cup milk; 2 pints (4 cups) fresh or 24 ounces thawed no-sugar-added frozen raspberries; 2 cups heavy (whipping) cream; 1 cup minus 2 tablespoons sugar; 6 tablespoons plus ¼ cup sugar; ½ teaspoon freshly squeezed lemon juice; ¼ teaspoon kosher salt; Large pinch of kosher salt plus ⅛ teaspoon

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

A Passion for Ice Cream

By Emily Luchetti

Published 2006

About

Homemade strawberry ice cream often is icy, but not this one. The trick is to cook the strawberries with sugar to a jamlike consistency. This reduces the moisture in the fruit and allows the sugar to coat the berries. It also increases the berry flavor. This technique can be used with most fruits with a high water content. Check the sweetness of the berries and be careful not to add too much sugar, or you will dilute the berry flavor and make the ice cream too sweet. Also, go easy when you