Watermelon ice cream recipe
Refreshing and summery tastes the ice cream with watermelon. It provides a real cooling on hot days. All those who love watermelon and ice cream simply must try the combination of the two! How to make the watermelon ice cream yourself, – also watermelon ice lollies, with or without an ice cream maker – I'll show you in this recipe.
Servings 4
Ingredients
- 400 g watermelon flesh (without peel and seeds)
- 200 g cream
- 60 g sweetened condensed milk
- 1 tbsp lemon juice freshly squeezed
Instructions
- Cut watermelon flesh into cubes, put them in a blender together with lemon juice and puree.
- Whip cream and sweetened condensed milk until creamy.
- Add the cream mixture to the pureed watermelon.
- Without an ice cream maker: Put the ice cream mixture in a sealable container and place it in the freezer for about 8 hours, until firm, stirring vigorously and briskly every 2 hours, for example with a whisk or hand mixer.
- With ice cream maker: Process the ice cream mixture in the ice cream maker.
- Ice lollies: Spread the ice cream mixture onto ice cream molds and place them in the freezer until the watermelon ice cream is firm.
Notes
- You can adjust the amount of sweetened condensed milk to taste, depending on how sweet you like your watermelon ice cream.
- You can also adjust the amount of lemon juice to your liking, or omit lemon juice completely.
- Note the detailed tips and tricks for making the watermelon ice cream at the top of the post.