New Zealand-style ice cream, or “real fruit ice cream,” is a frozen treat growing in popularity all over the world. But what exactly is it? you might ask.
Traditionally, it’s made with a vanilla ice cream base that is then packed with frozen fruit.
“This is done with a special machine that yields a soft serve texture with the fruit (ideally) fully incorporated into the ice cream base,” says a recent article by Bridgetown Bites. “It’s very tasty and refreshing—and yes, it started in NZ.”
The subject of the Bridgetown Bites coverage is a new ice cream stand that’s set to open just in time for summer at Columbia Farms U-Pick on Sauvie Island.
The farm grows “four varieties of strawberries, six varieties of raspberries and around six varieties of blueberries,” plus “marionberries, blackberries, and boysenberries.” Columbia Farms will make a New Zealand-style ice cream that combines whatever berries the farm has in season with a Tillamook vanilla ice cream base.
“You’ll be able to get two sizes of ice cream: a kids size and adult size (though adults can get a kids size if they want), with carrier options of a waffle cone and a cup,” the coverage says. “At one point they may make the waffle cones themselves but they will start with ones pre-made.”
New Zealand-Style Ice Cream at Columbia Farms is expected to open in May.
What Now reached out on Wednesday to Steven Hallstone, one of the partners behind the New Zealand Ice Cream project at Columbia Farms, to ask about plans for the launch. Hallstone was not immediately available for comment.
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