Spumoni is a labor of love to make at home, but the quality can't be beaten. We’ve made the recipe a little easier for you by incorporating a store-bought chocolate ice cream and a semi-homemade cherry ice cream. There’s no replacing the decadent pistachio frozen custard, so that's best made from scratch…trust us, it’s worth it!
Churn the pistachio ice cream. Then using the instructions on your ice cream maker, add the pistachio mixture to your freezer bowl and run for 20-25 minutes. The ice cream should be the consistency of soft serve. In the final 5 minutes of churning your ice cream, add in reserved chopped pistachios. Assemble the spumoni ice cream.
In a saucepan, heat the cherries, cornstarch, lemon juice, and sugar on high heat while stirring until it thickens. Allow the mixture to cool, then fold it into the softened ice cream until it mixes perfectly. Put it in the freezer to harden until you’re ready to assemble the spumoni.
The three flavors in classic spumoni ice cream are pistachio ice cream, cherry ice cream and either chocolate or vanilla ice cream. When made with vanilla ice cream, the three colors – green, red and white – represent the Italian flag. I’ve included the ingredients you’ll need for the three varieties of ice cream.