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10 Homemade Ice-Cream Recipes

  

You haven’t lived until you’ve tried wholesome, homemade ice cream recipes. A well-made home recipe can bring out flavors that mass-market ice creams cannot. Here are several ideas to get you started.

Table of contents:

  1. Peach and pecan ice cream
  2. Key lime ice cream
  3. Huckleberry ice cream
  4. No-cook strawberry ice cream
  5. Mocha ice cream
  6. Butter pecan ice cream
  7. Raspberry cheesecake ice cream
  8. Coffee ice cream
  9. Chèvre ice cream
  10. Coconut caramel dairy-free ice cream

1. Peach and pecan ice cream

Whisk milk and whipping cream together, and add sugar, cornstarch, and salt. Cook over low heat for 15 minutes and watch as the cornstarch makes the mixture thicken gradually.

Add a whisked egg yolk. Dice a peach, cook it in corn syrup for a few minutes and add to the milk mixture. Add toasted pecans and place in an ice cream maker.

2. Key lime ice cream

Blend granular ice cream sweetener and cornstarch into a mixture of reduced-fat milk and half-and-half. Heat over low flame for 10 minutes and add in a whisked egg yolk. Place the mixture in an ice cream maker after it cools. Add key lime juice and zest, and run the machine.

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3. Huckleberry ice cream

Whisk half-and-half, eggs, and sugar together in a saucepan. Place over medium heat and stir as it begins to bubble. Pour into a bowl and whisk in huckleberries and vanilla. Chill in a refrigerator for a few hours and then put in an ice cream maker.

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4. No-cook strawberry ice cream

Add sweetened condensed milk, evaporated milk, sugar, whole milk, and sugar to a bowl and blend well. Blend strawberries with lemon juice in a blender and mix with the milk. Chill in the refrigerator for a few minutes and use in an ice cream maker.

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5. Mocha ice cream

Microwave a package of semisweet chocolate and stir into a cup of strong coffee. Take out a heavy saucepan and add half-and-half, whipping cream, sugar, and coffee granules. Heat the mixture until the sugar dissolves and then add a beaten egg.

Cook the mixture for 10 minutes, and then add in the chocolate-coffee mixture. Chill for a few hours and turn into ice cream in an ice cream maker.

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6. Butter pecan ice cream

In a bowl, mix sugar and milk with an electric mixer. Cook over low heat for 5 minutes. Turn the heat off once the mixture begins to thicken and stir in cream, half-and-half, and vanilla.

Prepare candied pecans by melting sugar in a saucepan and tossing pecans in them. Once the candied pecans harden, add to the ice cream mixture and use in an ice cream maker.

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7. Raspberry cheesecake ice cream

Whisk cream cheese, sugar, raspberry purée, whipping cream, and milk together in a bowl. Chill in the refrigerator and put in an ice cream maker.

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8. Coffee ice cream

Bring milk, sugar, and heavy cream to a boil in a saucepan. Add ground coffee to the mixture and let it stand for a half-hour. Strain the coffee grounds out and add a mixture of cornstarch and milk. Heat until the milk begins to thicken. Whisk in cream cheese and freeze in an ice cream maker.

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9. Chèvre ice cream

Start with a gallon of vanilla ice cream. Allow the ice cream to soften at room temperature for several minutes. Add Fromage blanc cream cheese and crumbled chèvre (French for goat cheese), and then gently stir with a spatula. Leave the mixture in the freezer and freeze for an hour.

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10. Coconut caramel dairy-free ice cream

Mix coconut milk with muscovado sugar and bring to a boil over a medium flame. Turn the flame down and continue to cook for the next 20 minutes until the mixture reduces and darkens to a thick, caramel-like consistency.

Add more coconut milk to the mix and stir it in. Whisk in 6 egg yolks and turn the stove off. Refrigerate the mix for a couple of hours. An ice cream maker should quickly turn your dairy-free mix into ice cream.

If you’re tired of the same old chocolate chip and strawberry flavors, you can do a lot better with recipes like these. The more you experiment with them, the better you’ll get. Do you have any ice cream recipes not mentioned on this list?

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