Melon Ice Cream Food

MELON ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Cut melon to small pieces and put it into the blender. (I suggest you put melon into the fridge one day before use.)
• Add honey, lemon juice, lemon zest rum, vanilla extract and salt and blend them until creamy.
• Add 20 ml cream to the creamy mixture and blend for 1 minute more.
• Make whipped cream from the rest 130 ml cream.
• Add whipped cream to the melon mixture and stir it very gently. Do not break the whipped cream!
• Pour this mixture into your ice cream maker and follow your machine's instructions.
• My machine needs 40 minutes to make a good ice cream.

NO-CHURN WATERMELON ICE CREAM SLICES

Steps:

• Cut a thin slice off the top of the watermelon, just enough to show the pink of the inside flesh. Stand the watermelon upright vertically in a large bowl. Place an immersion blender into the cut part at the top of the watermelon and puree the flesh, moving the blender in and around, following the shape of the inside of the watermelon. Be careful not to cut through the sides or bottom of the watermelon rind.
• Pour out the juice and reserve 1 1/2 cups for the ice cream; save the rest for another use. Using a spoon, scoop out any remaining red watermelon flesh so you have a smooth white interior (this is important so the melon freezes properly). Make sure there is no juice remaining inside and pat dry with a paper towel.
• Freeze the watermelon while you make the ice cream.
• Whisk together the condensed milk, salt and reserved watermelon juice in a large bowl and set aside.
• Whip the heavy cream in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until firm peaks form, about 2 minutes. Fold about one-half of the whipped cream into the condensed milk mixture with a rubber spatula until combined, then fold the lightened mixture into the remaining whipped cream until well blended. Pour the mixture into the frozen watermelon, filling it all the way to the top. Cover with plastic wrap and freeze until solid, 3 hours and up to overnight.
• If frozen overnight, let the watermelon thaw for about 2 hours in the refrigerator before serving. Place the watermelon cut-side down on a cutting board and halve lengthwise with a long chef's knife. Cut each half lengthwise into 3 wedges.

HOMEMADE WATERMELON ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Remove the black seeds from the cubes if needed. Puree the watermelon cubes. Press the watermelon puree through a sieve to remove any chunks or seeds. Add the remaining ingredients and whisk until the sugar is fully incorporated. Put into your ice cream maker and follow manufacturer's instructions.

EASY MELON ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Tip the cream and sugar into a pan. Bring to the boil, stir until the sugar has dissolved, then turn off the heat. Tip the melon into a food processor with the lemon juice, blitz until smooth, then pour the cream onto the melon and blitz again.
• Pour the mix into an ice-cream machine and churn until thick and semi-frozen, then transfer to a freezerproof container and freeze. Serve the ice cream scooped into a bowl with fresh raspberries.

MELON ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Chill the ice cream bowl for at least 24 hours or until solid. You should not hear any water sloshing around when you shake the bowl.
• Add the cantaloupe to a food processor. Blend until smooth.
• Strain the cantaloupe puree with a sieve, reserving the liquid, and discarding the fibrous pulp. Set aside.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together the egg yolks and granulated sugar until smooth and pale yellow in color.
• Add the milk to a saucepan over medium heat. Bring the milk to a simmer and then remove from the heat. Be sure not to boil.
• Add about 1/2 cup of the hot milk to the egg and sugar mixture and whisk constantly until combined.
• Then, add the tempered egg mixture back into the saucepan with the remaining hot milk.
• Heat the saucepan on low. Stirring constantly, heat until the base has thickened enough to coat the back of a spoon. This should take a few minutes.
• Strain the mixture into a bowl to remove any pieces of egg that may have cooked.
• Add the heavy cream and vanilla extract and stir to combine.
• Add in the cantaloupe puree and stir until incorporated.
• Cover the bowl with plastic wrap making sure to have the plastic wrap touching the surface of the ice cream base. This will help keep it from forming a skin while chilling. Refrigerate for at least 3 hours, or until cold.
• Churn the ice cream mixture in the bowl of your ice cream machine according to your manufacturer's instructions (mine took about 20 minutes), until it is thick and the consistency of soft-serve ice cream.
• Spoon the ice cream into a shallow container or a loaf pan. Press plastic wrap or wax paper to the surface of the ice cream. Freeze for at least 4 hours, or until solid. Let sit at room temperature for about 5 minutes before serving.

WATERMELON MINT ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Puree the watermelon chunks in a blender or food processor until smooth; strain the juices from any remaining solids and set aside, discarding the solids.
• Heat 1 cup of heavy cream with the sugar in a saucepan over medium-low heat until warmed. Stir the mint leaves to the warmed cream. Cover the saucepan and remove from heat. Allow the mixture to steep at room temperature for 1 hour. Strain into a bowl; discard the mint leaves.
• Whisk the egg yolks in a bowl until gently beaten. Slowly pour the mint-infused cream into the egg yolks, whisking constantly to prevent cooking the egg; scrape the mixture back into the saucepan and place over medium heat. Stir constantly, scraping the bottom while cooking, until the mixture thickens and coats the spatula; pour the mixture through a strainer into a bowl along with 1 cup heavy cream. Mix the watermelon juice into the cream mixture.
• Pour into an ice cream maker and freeze according to manufacturer's instructions.

WATERMELON ICE

Steps:

• Sprinkle sugar over watermelon cubes.
• Using an ice-cream maker: Puree in blender or food processor.
• Freeze or refrigerate for at least 4 hours.
• Process in ice cream maker according to manufacturer's directions.
• Freeze until ready to serve.
• Using the freezer and food processer: Freeze watermellon cubes for at least 4 hours.
• Using food processor puree cubes (2 cups at a time) until fluffy.
• Freeze until ready to serve.