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Looking for a sweet and memorable dessert to serve at your next cookout, picnic, party, or barbecue? This July marks the 25th anniversary of National Ice Cream Month, a month we’ve decided to celebrate by sharing 40 delicious gourmet ice cream recipes that you can enjoy throughout the year.
If you’re a fan of freshly made, creamy, gourmet ice cream, you’ll probably want to bookmark this page so when you’re in the mood to make and eat gourmet ice cream, you’ll be able to easily find the inspiration you need to create ice cream flavors that are far more interesting and delicious than the generic, cookie cutter ice creams you find at the supermarket.
There are many ways to make gourmet ice cream. You can use such popular tools as an electric ice cream maker (one method which will enable you to make ice cream without having to churn it yourself) or you can use a handheld mixer or KitchenAid type stand mixer.
But there’s something special about making homemade ice cream that naturally encourages culinary experimentation and innovation.
Some unusual ways to make homemade ice cream include using liquid nitrogen to speed up the ice cream freezing process (a method popular with science teachers and fans of molecular gastronomy), making impromptu ice cream desserts in a jar or a Ziploc, or you can toss around a special ice cream making ball.
(Warning: as the ice cream begins to freeze, you’ll find the ice cream ball gets heavier and heavier to throw.)
Whatever you do, if you ever try making your own ice cream using liquid nitrogen, don’t attempt to do it in a blender like these guys did in this hilarious video.
Believe it or not, you can even make an ice cream like treat in a hurry using fresh, clean snow if you live somewhere that enjoys true winter weather. (Definitely not Charleston, SC.)
You can find out how to make homemade snow ice cream in the short video below:
If you’re thinking about purchasing an electric ice cream maker, you won’t want to miss this page by ice cream cookbook author David Lebovitz, Ice Cream Makers: Buying An Ice Cream Machine. Don’t own or plan to buy an electric ice cream maker? Lebovitz also has a good page which shares how to make ice cream without a machine.
One of the best things about making homemade ice cream is that once you make one flavor you’ll find yourself wanting to explore other flavor combinations, mix-ins, toppings and techniques. And that’s okay. Life is an adventure…just keep stirring!
- Tin Roof Ice Cream Recipe from Brown Eyed Baker (Pictured)
- Espresso Ice Cream Recipe from Baking Obsession (Pictured)
- Homemade Oreo Ice Cream Recipe from Amanda’s Cookin (Pictured)
- Home-Made Rhubarb Ice Cream Recipe from Nami-Nami (Pictured)
- Lavender Ice Cream Recipe from About.Com: Cooking for Two
Enjoy!
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(Photo Credits: Tin Roof Ice Cream Recipe by Brown Eyed Baker, Espresso Ice Cream by Baking Obsession, Homemade Oreo Ice Cream Recipe from Amanda’s Cookin.)
July 20th, 2009 at 8:53 am
YUM! Great post..can’t wait to try these out to help beat the heat and of course we won’t forget to try some of these flavors out as “fried”! Thanks again, Doug!
July 20th, 2009 at 12:38 pm
Holy cow, it’s a veritable ice cream smorgasbord.
July 20th, 2009 at 2:41 pm
This should keep us busy for the entire summer! I’ve also heard of a special Kitchen Aide attachment, an ice cream bowl with a special lining. It is the only reason I want the mixer as I am not a baker!
July 20th, 2009 at 4:21 pm
What a great collection of ice cream recipes! Thanks so much for including (and featuring) my Tin Roof Ice Cream!
July 20th, 2009 at 7:43 pm
YUM. thank you!
July 21st, 2009 at 11:13 am
I have never seen so much ice cream in one place! Yum! We actually featured ice cream in this month’s Monthly Mouthful. You can see what all sorts of food bloggers picked as their favorite ice cream recipe here.
July 24th, 2009 at 10:58 am
oh my. fig ice cream. swoon!
August 1st, 2009 at 7:55 am
In Turkey, we make this kind of ice cream and its called “karsambach”
August 3rd, 2009 at 9:44 pm
Thanks for the shout out! That peanut butter ice cream is one of our favorite recipes to make at home. And I see some other great-sounding flavors that I’ll have to give a try.