Strawberry ice cream

I was planning to bake a loaf for this week’s Cakes & Bakes post, but it’s been sooooooo hot that I couldn’t bear the thought of having a hot oven on for hours! I’ve returned to one of my hot summer favourites – no churn ice cream – this time one I’ve not made before, strawberry ice cream.

It may be mid-June and a fortnight before Wimbledon begins, but none of the strawberries in our garden have even begun to ripen yet. That meant that I had to use shop bought ones… but I may make another batch when ours are ready!

I’ve used both fresh and tinned strawberries in my recipe – and the result knocks spots off many shop bought brands. I think the secret is in reducing by half the liquid the tinned strawberries are in and adding it to the mix. It really intensifies the strawberry flavour and the sweetness.

Strawberry is one of the best summer flavours, but what is your favourite ice cream?

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Strawberry ice cream

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Ingredients

1 tin strawberries in syrup
600 ml/21fl oz double cream
1 397g/14oz tin condensed milk
300 g/10½oz fresh strawberries finely chopped

Instructions

Strain the tinned strawberries, putting the liquid into a small saucepan
Simmer the syrup until it's reduced by half. Set aside and allow to cool
Purée the tinned strawberries
In an electric mixer using the whisk attachment, whip the double cream, condensed milk and strawberry purée on high for 5–7 minutes until the mixture thickens
Gently fold in all but a couple of tablespoons of the chopped strawberries until evenly mixed through
Decant into a 2-litre lidded container (or two 1-litre containers) and sprinkle the reserved, chopped strawberries evenly over the top
Freeze for at least 4 hours - better still, overnight

Once fully frozen, remove from the freezer 20 minutes before scooping & serving

No churn pistachio ice cream

Remember last week, when I failed to use the bag of pistachios in my store cupboard? Well I’ve used them this week… well most of them, anyway.

I’ve puréed them and whipped up a batch of pistachio ice cream adapting my basic no-churn ice cream recipe originally borrowed from Nigella.

It tastes nothing like the pistachio ice cream you can buy in a supermarket (in a good way).

It looks nothing like it either – but if you like it like that, by all means add a couple of drops of green food colouring to the mix.

Finish with a generous sprinkling of chopped pistachios and you’ve got yourself a quick, simple summertime dessert to enjoy on it’s own, in a cone or as an accompaniment to a hot fruit pie or brownie.

Pistachio ice cream

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Course Dessert

Ingredients

100 ml/3½ fl oz milk
30 g/1oz pistachios shells off weight
300 ml/10½ fl oz double cream
½ tin condensed milk approx. 200g
2 tsp vodka
20 pistachios roughly chopped

Instructions

In a small saucepan, heat the milk and 30g of pistachios. Turn off the heat just before it begins to simmer. Allow to cool
Put the double cream, condensed milk, vodka and puréed pistachios into an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment. Beat on a high speed until firm (about 2 minutes)
Decant the mixture into a 1-litre lidded tub/container, sprinkle the chopped pistachios over the top and freeze for at least 4 hours - preferably overnight.

Keyword ice cream, no churn ice cream, pistachios

Redcurrant ice cream

This week, Justin spent a few hours on our allotment picking kilos of redcurrants. When he got home, they immediately got decanted into plastic tubs and put into the freezer until I decided what I was going to do with them. In past years, our redcurrant haul has been turned into tarts, jelly, cordial and relish.

Seeing as the UK is in the midst of a mini-heatwave, there was only one thing for it – redcurrant ice cream.

Redcurrants make the most bright, beautiful pink swirly ripple ice cream with a sweet, tangy taste.

And best of all, you don’t need an ice cream maker and it’s only 3 ingredients! If you don’t have access to redcurrants, most other berries can be used in their place – strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, blackcurrants… or a mixture of all of the above. The recipe below makes about 1 litre.

Redcurrant ice cream

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Cuisine British

Servings 1 litre

Ingredients

500 g/17½oz redcurrants
100 g/3½oz caster sugar
300 ml/10½fl oz whipping cream

Instructions

Pre-chill a clean, dry plastic container in the freezer
Put the redcurrants in a colander/strainer, rinse under water and pat dry
In a medium-sized saucepan on a medium heat, cook the redcurrants until they have burst (about 5-10 minutes)
Strain the redcurrants through a fine sieve and combine with sugar to taste. Refrigerate
Whisk the whipping cream until it forms stiff peaks
Gently fold the whipped cream into the cooled redcurrant concentrate trying not to loose too much of the air
Pour into the pre-chilled container, cover and freeze until firm

Keyword ice cream, no churn ice cream, redcurrants

Elderflower ice cream

We picked a carrier bagful of elderflowers last week and made a batch of cordial. We’ve had a few hot, summery days since then and have enjoyed drinking it mixed with sparkling water and lots of ice – very refreshing.

I’ve been meaning to try my hand at making some no-churn elderflower ice cream, and I’m really happy with the result.

The taste reminded me of soursop ice cream that I used to have as a child growing up in Trinidad. Very distinctive – fragrant, floral and heavenly on a hot day.

Elderflower ice cream

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Prep Time 10

Course Dessert

Cuisine British

Ingredients

600 ml double cream
½ tin condensed milk about 200g
3 tbs elderflower cordial
1 tbs gin

Instructions

Combine the cream and condensed milk with an electric mixer
Add the cordial and gin and whip on high until the mixture thickens
Pour into a 1L lidded container and freeze for at least 4 hours before serving

Keyword ice cream, no churn ice cream

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