7/23/12

Easiest Ice Cream Recipe EVER: Mango & Nectarine Ice Cream. Thank you, David Lebovitz.

I've made different types of ice cream ever since my friend Erica gave me her ice cream maker. Most turned out amazing, but all required quite a bit of work.

They were worth it though.

This Mango & Nectarine Ice Cream is THE EASIEST ice cream recipe I've ever made. Of course if you are one of those people who loves bananas, and make ice cream from frozen bananas, this recipe will not be the easiest for you ;)

While reading Washington Post's Food Chat, I saw that Bonnie Benwick posted a recipe for David Lebovitz's Peach Ice Cream from The Perfect Scoop. At first I thought that maybe Bonnie left out some of the ingredients or directions because the recipe seemed too good to be true. No eggs, no corn syrup, no complicated procedures.

I decided to give it a try. I just did not want to use peaches. When I tweeted out what I should use instead, @gourmetdiva1 suggested I use mangoes. DUH! Why didn't I think of that? In the end, I decided to use a combination of mangoes and nectarines.


Mango & Nectarine Ice Cream
Recipe only slightly adapted from David Lebovitz's The Perfect Scoop

Ingredients
2 mangoes, peeled, pit removed and chopped
2 nectarines, peeled, pit removed and chopped
1/2 cup water
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup sour cream
1 cup heavy cream
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
a few drops of freshly squeezed lemon juice


Directions
1. In a nonreactive saucepan cook mangoes, peaches and water over medium heat, covered, for about 10 minutes, stirring once or twice.
2. Remove the saucepan from the heat, stir in the sugar, and allow the mixture to cool to room temperature.
3. Puree the cooked fruit and any liquid that was in the saucepan with sour cream, heavy cream, vanilla, and lemon juice.
4. Chill the mixture in the refrigerator and then freeze in your ice cream maker according to directions.


The texture of the ice cream came out smooth and silky and I liked that it wasn't overly sweet.


I'm going to have to figure out other fruit combinations to use in this recipe. Suggestions?

10 comments:

  1. Anna BermanJuly 23, 2012

    That looks great! It'd be cool to add chunks of fruit next time and for some reason I feel like crystalized ginger would go really well with that combination.

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  2. ellenbcookeryJuly 23, 2012

    There's nothing better than homemade ice-cream. YUM!

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  3. Belinda @zomppaJuly 23, 2012

    Oh my goodness - two amazing flavors in one!!

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  4. LeslieJuly 23, 2012

    Ohhh wow..that IS an easy recipe! Looks divine!

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  5. Olga @ MangoTomatoJuly 23, 2012

    told you so :)

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  6. DeliciousDishJuly 23, 2012

    This must be amazing. I've made a strawberry ice cream with similar ingredients and love how easy it is.

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  7. Ann MahJuly 25, 2012

    In the past, my homemade ice cream experiments have resulted in scrambled eggs from careless custard cookery. I can't try this recipe -- I just need to buy a new ice cream maker! What kind do you use?

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  8. chezsasha.comJuly 25, 2012

    I bet ginger would be really comfortable in the company of these ingredients.

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  9. Olga @ MangoTomatoJuly 25, 2012

    for sure! My twin suggested the same thing, but i've done something similar with a frozen yogurt before.  :)

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  10. discojingJuly 26, 2012

    buuu - no ice cream makers here!

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