Some one commented on another post asking me to share my home made, no churn, ice cream recipe. I have put this on before, but I thought I might as well post it again as I could not find it in the search. It is not the cheapest recipe, but it is gorgeous. Guests, my children and my grand kids love it. This is so creamy that you don’t need a lot and so it is in fact frugal. I often get cartons of double cream discounted if I time going into a supermarket at the end of the day or after a bank holiday. My condensed milk is 99p from Lidl. I like to have ice cream in the freezer as it makes a quick, easy dessert with our weekly compote or fruit salad during the warmer months, or I serve with a hot crumble or chocolate sponge in winter to save me from having to make custard.
The recipe is originally from a Nadia Hussain’s TV programme, and I usually adapt it with different flavourings, though vanilla is also nice. It has an ingredient in it, liquid glucose, that allows you to eat it almost straight out of the freezer. This helps me as I always forget to get it out before a meal. You can make it without the liquid glucose, which I often do to save money. and it is still nice, The liquid glucose just stops ice crystals forming and keeps it smooth, but to be honest we do not notice much difference without.
RECIPE
Carton of double cream (300ml)
Tin condensed milk (397g).
2 tsp of liquid glucose.
1 tsp vanilla essence
METHOD
1. Whisk the cream until it forms soft peaks.
2. Add the condensed milk slowly, and the liquid glucose, and whip to form the peaks again.
3. Add the vanilla essence and whip for 20 seconds.
4.Taste and add more vanilla if needed.
5. Put into a container and leave it in the freezer for 5 or 6 hours before serving for the first time. You don’t need to stir it or anything as you do with some other recipes.
That is the basic recipe but I make different flavours during the summer, depending on what I have. When the raspberries are out I will make a ripple with a few and put it through it. If I have made lemon curd I will ripple a bit through it. Some times I will leave out the vanilla essence and fold some cocoa into half of it and 1/2tsp orange or mint essence into half of it and swirl. Other times I make a mint flavour and grate dark chocolate into it. You can be as creative as you want with this recipe. Mr S like it will rum essence in and some chocolate covered raisins. The grandchildren like their favourite chocolate bars crumbled through it. At Christmas it is nice to swirl in some Baileys or with mince meat mixed through it.
Liquid glucose is available from the baking aisle in Supermarkets. I have seen it in Morrisons, Coop, Sainsbury, and Asda, but probably most big stores will stock it. A tube makes a lot of batches of ice cream.
A lot of ice creams from supermarkets contain cheaper ingredients like palm oil, palm kernel oil, or coconut oil. Very few have dairy fat in, and even those labelled ‘dairy’ ice cream only have to legally have 5% dairy fat in. The majority also have lots of additives. I therefore prefer to make my own ice cream, even if it is more expensive, and I love experimenting with new flavours.
I will take photos and add them as I make different flavours as I can’t seem to find any at the moment. What is your flavoured ice cream?
Thank you so much for posting this for me Toni. Can’t wait to try it.
No worries
Sounds really good.
I’m really pleased to have found your site again. I used to follow you but a year or so my lap top gave up the ghost and I lost so many people I used to follow and enjoy, then you popped up on a site I haven’t been before (on a laptop I’ve been gifted by a dear friend) and clicked on hoping I’d found you – Yay. I now have a lot of catching up to do so may not be seeing anyone or doing housework until I catch up!!!
Aww that is lovely, thanks for your kind words. I have a hidden private FB group under the same name. I intend to open it up to new people for a few days this next week if you are on that platform. I post every day on there and other people add their collective wisdom. It is a really supportive, kind group of individuals.
Look forward to trying this out, if I can manage to find some reduced cream will be great to have in when the family come.
It you don’t get any reduced cream it is still a lot cheaper than these posh ice creams and has less nasties in. I often make mine with just the condensed milk and cream and and then ripple home grown fruit through it.
I have been looking for an ice cream recipe and found this. Yay . A lot of even the posh ice creams have ingredients in them that I am allergic to so i am really pleased to find this recipe.
Aww that is brilliant. I am pleased for you
I just wanted to say thank you for this great recipe.
I made both raspberry ripple ice cream and double choc chip yesterday.
Both tasted absolutely great and were so straightforward.
Made raspberry
Aww glad that you liked it. Thanks for commenting with your lovely feedback