Sometimes idea's come from the need to use ingredients so they don't spoil, hence this recipe. I had some delicious full fat buttermilk that I needed to use along with some heavy cream, ice cream was my first thought. I also had made a syrup for drinks using gorgeous Methley plums, they are one of my favorites, dark almost black skin and crimson flesh, so sweet and delicious, playing around with flavors I added some juniper berries and the flavor combination is wonderful, it would make fantastic jam also. The resulting recipe is really nice, creamy, a little tangy actually it almost tastes like cheesecake ice cream. The plum juniper swirl goes perfectly with the buttermilk ice cream. I used my basic recipe for the custard and tweaked to incorporate the buttermilk.

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