Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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  4               cups  fresh blackberries
  1                cup  water
                        sugar
  2 1/2           cups  whipping cream
                        blackberries for garnish
                        mint leaves for garnish

Preparation:

Line strainer with two layers of dampened cheesecloth. Set over large bowl. Combine berries * and water in medium saucepan. Slowly bring to boil. Reduce heat and simmer gently until soft, about 10 minutes. Pour into cheesecloth-lined strainer. Let stand until juice has drained into bowl, about 30 minutes. Gently squeeze pulp to extract remaining juice. Measure berry juice into heavy medium saucepan. Add 1 cup sugar for each cup juice. Cook over low heat, swirling pan occasionally, until sugar dissolves. Increase heat and boil syrup 2 minutes. Cool completely. Mix 2 1/2 cups syrup with cream. Refrigerate until well chilled. Process blackberry mixture in ice cream maker according to manufacturer's instructions, ice cream will be soft. Freeze in covered container several hours to mellow flavors. Garnish with fresh berries and mint leaves. *Can substitute unsweetened frozen blackberries, thawe

Nutritional Information:

2051 Calories (kcal); 220g Total Fat; (94% calories from fat); 12g Protein; 17g Carbohydrate; 816mg Cholesterol; 231mg Sodium