Raspberry Compote with Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream

This recipe combination is every end-of-summer/family birthday party memory from my childhood. My grandparents and parents had hand-cranked ice cream makers, and it was part of the party to take turns cranking while everyone gathered and chatted … ”You don’t get ice cream unless you’ve taken a turn cranking” was the rule. If you don’t have a hand-crank ice cream maker, don’t worry, it will work in small batches in a countertop ice cream maker. The raspberry compote is a classic that I remember from the Rothschild Farm & Gourmet Foods Raspberry Festival in my hometown of Urbana, OH. Try classic red raspberries from Sand Hill Berries or luscious black raspberries from Swopes Berries and Bees

What is Compote?

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Compote is what happens when fruit gets the royal treatment; gently simmered in sugar (and sometimes a splash of wine, citrus juice, or warm spices) until it turns soft, saucy, and spoonable. Unlike jam, there’s no pectin, no need to preserve it for winter, just simple, fresh fruit transformed into a luscious topping.

Serve it warm over pancakes, chilled with yogurt, or drizzled on cake or ice cream. It’s rustic, elegant, and endlessly customizable.

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An aerial shot of Raspberry Compote with Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream in a glass bowl. Three bowls of berries sit nearby.

Raspberry Compote with Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream


  • Author: Lauren Bohl White

Description

combination is every end-of-summer/family birthday party memory from my childhood.


Ingredients

Scale

Berry Compote

Vanilla Ice Cream Base


Instructions

Tips:

For hand-crank ice cream makers, use 5 parts ice to 1 part rock salt. Add ice and salt in layers around canister. If using a countertop ice cream maker, make the ice cream in small batches and freeze.

You can use frozen raspberries for the compote but they tend to break apart quickly and lose shape and create more of a sauce texture. 

  • Category: Desserts

Story by Lauren Bohl White, Local Provisions
Styling by Keith Recker
Photography by Dave Bryce

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