One of the consequences of the long, hot summer has been a lot of ice cream consumption in the H is for Home household. It’s all been home-made to boot. Despite blogging last summer about wanting a Cuisineart ice cream maker I’m yet to become a proud owner of one.
Said ice cream maker has now been scrubbed from my wish list as I’ve discovered the EASIEST method for making no churn ice cream without one. I’ve appropriated & adjusted Nigella’s coffee ice cream recipe to make all manner of flavours.
To make this rum & raisin version, I soaked 25 grams of raisins overnight in just enough rum to completely cover them. The next day I simply whisked together a 300ml container of double cream, half a tin of condensed milk and the leftover soaking rum on the highest speed until stiff peaks were formed. I then folded in the strained, soaked raisins and decanted it all into a 1 litre plastic container before popping it into the freezer. That is all!
Other flavours I’ve experimented with successfully include: • ginger – simply substitute the rum & raisins for 1tbsp diced stem ginger in sugar syrup and 2 capfuls of ginger wine • double chocolate chip – 2tbsp cocoa powder (dissolved in a little boiling water to make a thick paste) and 25g dark chocolate chips • gin & elderflower – 2 capfuls of gin and 75ml of elderflower cordial – it tastes just like the soursop ice cream I used to eat as a child!
Oooooh, I love your old Kenwood mixer. How gorgeous! My Mum had one like that but in white. Thanks so much for linking up to Thriving on Thursdays. Who doesn’t love a no churn ice cream recipe? I’ll be featuring this at tomorrow’s party. Thanks for coming!
Anne xx