Peach Ice Cream w/Blackberry and Spicy Peach ribbons

Recipe:

400g Heavy Ceam
200g Whole Milk
115g peach nectar (Jumex) + 2 peaches reduction*
160g sugar
60g skim milk powder
3g salt
4g vanilla extract (1tsp approx)

Stayed up late on Friday to make this one after finding some very nice peaches at a farmer's market earlier in the week. The goal was to have a peachy-colored ice cream with dual ribbons of the lovely purple blackberry syrup and a ruddy orange peach one (with a little heat, see below). Turned out nicely! The peach flavor of the ice cream is subtle, not like a sherbet, but the flavor punch comes from the concentration of the ribbons.

*Peach syrup reduction starts with a full can of Jumex peach nectar and 2 very ripe peaches (skins on) plus maybe 1tbsp of sugar; I kind of eyeballed it. Cooked the whole thing down over the course of an hour or so until it was very syrupy, then strained the syrup and reserved the peach solids for mix-ins. I dropped in a healthy pinch of red pepper flakes and let it sit overnight. It ended up being very spicy when tasted on its own, but down to a pleasant warmth of spice when in the ice cream itself. So if you like heat and spice, I'd suggest leaning more into it than you would if it's a ribbon or something, since that spice will get balanced by all the dairy in the final product.

**blackberry syrup was left over from a blackberry ribbon from last week, basically the same thing: sugar + blackberries, cook down, strain, cook down again, add a pinch of corn starch if you're not getting the consistency you want.

Anyway recipe-wise, just combine everything above, adding about half of the reserved peach solids (I also added another half peach that I'd been eating during the reduction process) to the base and chill overnight. Churn in the morning, mixing in the remaining peach solids (if desires) about 20 minutes into the churn, or whenever you usually add mix-ins.

Layer ice cream + ribbons as desired. I started with a thin ice cream layer, then blackberry, then ice cream, then peach, then ice cream, then blackberry, etc. Topped it off with a mixture of the remaining ribbony goodness.