Blueberry Ice Cream

That's right, raw ice cream and it's yummy. The best thing about this recipe is that unlike many other raw ice creams, this doesn't lose the consistency of regular ice cream. Most raw ice creams will freeze solid, that's why it's usually best to eat it all at once, fresh out of the maker. Not that that's a bad thing, eating a whole dish of fruit is never bad. But if you don't have room for it all, or you're the kind of person who likes to make it ahead of time, then you'll have to let raw ice cream thaw for at 20 minutes before it's ready to scoop. Even then you wont have the consistency you had when it first comes out of the ice cream maker. But this recipe does, and the only reason I can find is the cashews. I've used fruit and agave before and it freezes solid, but I think the cashews give this recipe what it needs to remain soft. In fact I would recommend you make this ahead of time and freeze it at least one hour before serving. When we first had it out of the ice cream maker it was a little softer than soft serve. Still good, just really soft. But when we had left overs the next day it had the texture of actual ice cream(see photos).
The recipe is an adaptation from "Vice Cream" by Jeff Rogers. All these recipes need are an ice cream maker and a blender, some require a juicer but I think with many of those recipes you can just blend up the fruit, especially if you have a good blender.

Blueberry Ice Cream
-2 cups blueberries
-1 cup chopped blueberries
-3 TBS Cocao Nibs(optional)
-1 cup raw cashews
-1/2 cup Agave (or 1 cup pure maple syrup)
-1 TBS vanilla
-1/8 tsp Almond Flavor (optional)

Place all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth. About 1 minute
Set blender in refrigerator for at least 1 hour to over night, or in freezer for 40 minutes to 1 hour, to chill.
Pour mix into ice cream maker and freeze according to the manufacturers instructions.
When there is five minutes left to freeze in ice cream maker add the the chopped blueberries and optional Cocao nibs.
If ice cream does not have desired consistency after freezing in ice cream maker then pour ice cream into a freezer safe container and place in freezer again for about 1 hour to overnight.
As stated earlier this ice cream maintains it's consistency so it's a great dessert to make ahead of time so that after dinner you scoop it up right away and enjoy.