Fresh Lemon Ice Cream Food

SUPER LEMON ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Combine heavy cream, half and half, sugar, and lemon zest in a saucepan; bring to a simmer over low heat. Cook and stir until sugar is dissolved, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat. Cover saucepan and allow the mixture to steep for 10 minutes.
• Uncover pan and bring back to a simmer over low heat. Beat the egg yolks in a bowl. Gradually stir one cup of the hot cream mixture into the eggs, several tablespoons at a time. This will help to bring the eggs up to temperature without scrambling them. Stir the egg mixture back into the cream mixture in the saucepan. Cook and stir over low heat until the mixture just coats the back of a spoon, 5 to 10 minutes. Transfer to a large bowl; cover. Refrigerate overnight.
• Stir the lemon juice into the cold ice cream mixture. Freeze in a 4 to 5 quart ice cream maker according to manufacturer's directions. Transfer ice cream to a lidded freezer container, and freeze for 4 hours to ripen flavors before serving.

FRESH LEMON ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Mix the cream, milk, and sugar together and stir until the sugar is completely dissolved.
• Add the food coloring if you are going to use it.
• Make sure your mixture and your lemon juice are cold, and when you are just about to add the cream to your ice cream maker, add the lemon juice and extract. Pour into the machine and process according to the instructions. On the basic Cuisinart machine it takes about 20 minutes.
• You can eat it soft right from the machine, or freeze it longer for a firmer scoop.

SIMPLE LEMON ICE CREAM

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, heat milk to 175°; stir in sugar until dissolved. Cool completely. Stir in lemon juice. , In a large bowl, beat cream until stiff; fold in vanilla and cooled milk mixture. Pour into a 9-in. square dish. Freeze for 4 hours or until firm, stirring at least once. Remove from the freezer 10 minutes before serving.

FRESH MINT, LEMON & YOGHURT ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Place the sugar and 2 cups (500ml) of cold water in a saucepan over a medium heat and cook, stirring constantly, until the sugar has completely dissolved. Stop stirring, then increase the heat to medium-high and bring the syrup to the boil.
• Return the heat to medium and simmer for 12 minutes, occasionally using a brush dipped in cold water to brush down the sides of the pan and to remove any sugar crystals (they are otherwise likely to make the syrup cloudy).
• Remove from the heat and leave to cool, then pour the mixture into a container and chill.
• Place the chilled syrup in a blender with mint and lemon juice. Blend at a high speed until the mint is very finely chopped.
• Place the yoghurt in a large bowl and whisk well until it is smooth, then fold in the whipped cream. Add the syrup and whisk to combine.
• If you have an ice cream maker, churn the mixture in it. Otherwise, pour it into a large, stainless-steel bowl and freeze for about 3 hours or until frozen 5cm (2 inches) from the edge.
• Remove the bowl from the freezer and use a whisk or hand-held beaters to give the ice cream a really good whisk, breaking up ice crystals and smoothing it out.
• Repeat these freezing and whisking steps once more. (For an even smoother texture, repeat these steps a few more times).
• Pack the ice cream into a container, cover it tightly and freeze it at least overnight or until it is firm.
• Serve the ice cream with extra mint.

QUICK & EASY LEMON ICE CREAM

Steps:

• In large bowl, combine cream and sugar.
• Stir until sugar dissolves.
• Blend in lemon zest and lemon juice.
• Pour into shallow pan.
• Freeze until firm, about 4 hours.
• Spoon into dessert glasses or ice cream cones.
• Garnish with mint and berries or lemon, if desired.
• Note: Use Mint leaves and any type of berries or very fine thin slices of lemon coated with granulated sugar for garnish.

FREEZER TRAY FRESH LEMON ICE CREAM

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the lemon zest, lemon juice, and sugar and stir to combine well.
• Gradually add the cream, salt, and, if desired, the food coloring, stirring constantly. Continue to stir until sugar is dissolved.
• Pour the mixture into ice cube trays with the dividers removed or into an 8 x 8 inch METAL baking pan. Cover tightly with foil and freeze until the mixture is solid around the edges and mushy in the middle. Stir well with a wooden spoon, cover with foil, and continue to freeze until completely firm. Serves 2.
• Dori Sanders' Country Cooking.