Cream Cheese Ice Cream

Total Time: 4 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 4 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 5 cups half-and-half or 5 cups light cream
• 2 1/2 cups sugar
• 4 beaten eggs
• 3 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese (neufchatel) or 3 (8 ounce) packages low-fat cream cheese, softened (neufchatel)
• 1 teaspoon finely shredded lemon, rind of
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• fresh blueberries (optional) or nectarines (optional) or dark sweet cherry (optional)

Recipe

• 1 in a large saucepan combine 3 cups of the half-and-half or light cream, the sugar, and eggs.
• 2 cook and stir over medium heat just till boiling.
• 3 in a large mixing bowl beat cream cheese with an electric mixer till smooth, gradually beat in hot mixture.
• 4 cover and chill thoroughly.
• 5 stir in remaining half-and-half, lemon peel, lemon juice, and vanilla.
• 6 freeze in a 4- or 5-quart ice cream freezer according to the directions.
• 7 let freeze for 4 hours.
• 8 garnish each serving with choice of fresh fruit, if desired.