Who doesn’t love ice cream? We do in The Mad House and my favourite flavour is Pistachio and with this weeks cooking with kids ingredient being N for nuts we decided to have a go at no churn easy pistachio ice cream and wow, we were very impressed.
No churn ice cream is a great way to discuss the science of freezing with kids and we used our single serve Zoku ice cream maker (UK link/US Link) which we had been sent to review ()they are around £15 to buy).
How to make No Churn Easy Pistachio Ice Cream
Ingredients
50g shelled pistachios
75ml milk
500g golden caster sugar
150ml double cream
150ml ready-made custard
½ tsp almond extract
Method
Finely grind the pistachios in a food processor.
ip into a pan with the milk and sugar, and bring gently to the boil, stirring to dissolve the sugar.
Remove from the heat, leave to cool, then chill.
Whip the cream to soft peaks.
Fold in the custard, then the nut milk until evenly mixed.
Making the ice cream
As I said we have a Zoku Ice Cream Maker and it is fab for children. You pop the stainless steel inner bowl in to the freezer for at least 12 hours and then all you have to do is pour around 150ml of your ice cream base into the bowl and stir and scrape the sides using the spatula supplied. In ten minutes you will have soft serve ice cream.
You can then churn in an ice cream maker or put the bowl in the freezer until the mixture is set 5cm in from the edges. Remove and whisk to break down the large ice crystals. Freeze and whisk again, then transfer to a rigid container and freeze completely until firm.
Ingredients
- 50g shelled pistachios
- 75ml milk
- 500g golden caster sugar
- 150ml double cream
- 150ml ready-made custard
- ½ tsp almond extract
Instructions
- Finley grind the pistachios in a food processor.
- Tip into a pan with the milk and sugar, and bring gently to the boil, stirring to dissolve the sugar.
- Remove from the heat, leave to cool, then chill.
- Whip the cream to soft peaks.
- Fold in the custard, then the nut milk until evenly mixed.
- We then used our Zoku single serve icecream maker and this amount makes three batches.
More N is for Nuts Recipes
Take a look at what my cooking with kids co-hosts have come up with for this weeks series:
Pecan Pralines from Slugs, Snails and Puppy Dog Tails
We are looking forward to making Ferraro Rocher Icecream by Mummy Barrow
Nutella Almond Muffins by Still playing school
Honey Roasted Peanuts and Popcorn by Sugar Aunts
Chocolate and nut cookies for kids by Rainy Day Mum
See our other cooking with kids recipes here
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This looks so good and right up my street! Thanks for sharing!
We have a ZOKU too – I must try your recipe!
This looks so good. I love Pistachio ice cream x
I luuuuurve pistachio ice-cream – it’s one of my fave flavours. Definitely pinning this to make over the summer!
Oh Jen this look so amazing! I love Pistachio ice cream, I’m going to have to make this x
this sounds yummy! I need to get an ice cream maker
I’ve never tried pistachio ice cream before. I’d like to though and this sounds like great recipe for a first try.
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ooh that looks yummy. I haven’t ever made icecream before.
ooohh this looks so so yummy. I have never been brave enough to make my own ice cream but want to give this a go
Really? That simple? I shall have to give it a go.
This looks amazing and just what I need in this Washington heat
I have never tried to make my own ice cream, must try though as looks delicious
Ohh I adore the sound of this – I have to admit I have a thing for Pistachios!
I love that you can make this without the churning as that puts me off trying to make ice cream.
What a nfty little gadget that ice cream maker it, it looks yummy. Mich x
Oh it looks like such a super fun recipe to make with the kids. Looks yummy too, my mum and dad used to run an ice cream shop when I was a child and just the look of it, brings back some lovely memories
This looks AMAZING!
oh this looks and sounds delightful i would definitely try this
I have the Ben n Jerrys recipe book – this has inspired me to make some! Delicious x
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I love pistachios, but have never tried that flavour of ice cream. I never realised it could be so easy to make ice cream at home.
This looks utterly scrumptious. I could so eat a bowlful right now!
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