Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Place the blueberries, rhubarb and ¼ cup of sugar in a pie plate or baking pan and toss together to combine. Roast the fruit for about 30 minutes or until the juices start to evaporate, the fruit is broken down, and the mixture starts to thicken. Remove from the oven and let cool. It will continue to thicken as it cools, so don't let it get too thick in the oven.
Mix together cornstarch and 2-3 tablespoons of the milk in a small bowl and set aside.
When the fruit has cooled a bit, stir in 1 tablespoon of the cream cheese that has been cut into very small pieces. Swirl to let the cream cheese melt a bit, but leave some solid pieces.
Place the remainder of milk, cream, remaining ½ cup sugar, and corn syrup in a medium sauce pan, stir to dissolve sugar, and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to medium-low, add in the cornstarch and milk mixture and stir to combine, and let cream-milk mixture simmer for 4 minutes.
While the cream is simmering, mix salt with remaining 3 tablespoons of softened cream cheese in a small bowl.
Remove the cream from heat. Add 2 tablespoons of hot cream into the cream cheese-salt and stir to combine, and then add this back into the hot cream. Add vanilla to the cream.
Transfer the cream mixture to a ziploc bag, or airtight container, and the fruit to another bag or container. Refrigerate both containers until cold, about 2 hours or overnight.
When everything is chilled, pour the base into a frozen canister of an ice cream makes and spin until thick and creamy, about 30 minutes.
When the ice cream base is to desired thickness, add a few spoonfuls of fruit mixture, and spin just once or twice around.
Transfer ⅓ of the base to an airtight container, swirl in half the fruit mixture, continue with the next third of the base, remainder of the fruit, and top with remainder of the base. Run a spoon through the ice cream to swirl the fruit throughout, but not completely mix through.
Press a sheet of parchment paper to the top of the ice cream, cover with the lid, and freeze for at least 4 hours.
Notes
The recipe for the ice cream base was adapted from Jeni's Spendid Ice Creams at Home.