Makes One Gallon

Harvest and pit 3# of local pie cherries when ripe.

Blend half of these cherries with some cream and sugar from the recipe.

Retain half of these cherries for mixing in later.

Mix together: 2 quarts of heavy whipping cream, 1 quart half and half, two cups

organic sugar or honey, and 4 eggs (previously warmed to 165 degrees), the

blended cream, sugar and pie cherries above, and the rest of the pitted unblended

pie cherries above.

Put mixture into one gallon hand cranked ice cream freezer.

Turn freezer in an ice and salt mixture until ice cream is frozen.

Store ice cream in the freezer until eaten.