Lemon Curd Ice Cream

NB Before starting this recipe, first make a batch of lemon curd, and prepare the ice cream machine by putting the freezer bowl in the freezer. Turn up the freezer to the right number.  

If you are making this mixture with all refrigerated ingredients, you can go straight to the freezing stage without delay. If any of the ingredients are warm, or if the weather is very warm and the bowl was warm, put the mixture in the fridge for a few hours before using the ice cream machine.  

 

Ingredients: 

• 300 ml double cream (half a large pot)
• 150 ml natural yogurt 
• 200g lemon curd 
• Grated zest of one lemon

Method 

1. Mix the ingredients (perhaps with an electric whisk) in a large mixing bowl. 
2. Chill the mixture if required. 
3. Decant into a jug for pouring into the ice cream machine. 
4. Freeze the mixture in the ice cream maker in accordance with the instructions for the machine.  

 

Ideally, drizzle some more lemon curd into the machine at the stage where you can add ripple effect sauces. This seems to be tricky to judge (use the instruction manual). 

 

 

 

Ice cream Mint choc chip

250 ml double cream

250 ml full fat milk

100 g sugar

2 cups of fresh mint leaves

Some chocolate or chocolate chips.

Warm the cream in a pan and submerge the mint leaves in it. Leave to steep for at least an hour. 

Meanwhile put the milk and sugar in a pan and warm, stirring, just enough for the sugar to dissolve. Remove from the heat and leave to cool.

After an hour or more has passed, whizz up the minty mixture with a handheld liquidiser (this is optional). 

Strain the mint mixture, discard the mint leaves and pour the minty cream into the milk mixture. Chill in the fridge for a few hours or overnight.

Put mixture in pre-prepared ice cream maker and let it start churning. When it starts thickening, add in chocolate chips or chocolate chopped into teeny chunks.

Ice cream Fior di Latte

250 ml double cream

250 ml full fat milk

100 g sugar

A few drops of vanilla essence

A generous pinch of salt

Put all ingredients in pan and heat gently until sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat and cool in fridge for at least a few hours. 

Put into prepared ice cream maker and let it do its thing.

Ice cream

(Traditional Rowett childhood recipe)

Ingredients

Juice of 1 orange
Juice of half a lemon
1 mashed banana
1 cup of sugar
1 cup of cream (unspecified)
Colouring (unspecified) optional

Method

1. Put all the ingredients in a bowl
2. Whisk with a rotary whisk
3. Pour into a plastic tub
4. Freeze in the freezer or freezie bit of your fridge
5. Optional, remove during freezing a whisk again (this is not in the recipe, but then nothing is except step 2).
6. Eat on a hot day :)