Homemade ice cream without an ice cream maker

• Preparation time: 10 minutes 
• difficulty: low

How to make homemade ice cream without an ice cream maker

Excellent as a snack or afternoon snack and not just in summer, il gelatoIf prepared at home with healthy ingredients, it can also be an excellent substitute for lunch on those days when the temperatures are very high and we don't feel like cooking at all. The important thing is to make up for it at dinner with a healthy and nutritious one-dish meal.

Much loved by children who simply can't say no to ice cream, making it together is not only a fun time to spend with your little ones but also a great opportunity to explain the importance of preparing many of the foods we buy at the supermarket at home: first and foremost for our health and also to save on grocery shopping costs.

Here then How to make great ice cream without using an ice cream maker: all you need is a simple blender to obtain creamy and tasty ice cream.

So run to the market, stock up on seasonal fruit and follow our instructions step by step. to prepare excellent homemade ice cream at home, without an ice cream maker:

Ingredients

• 250 g of liquid cream
• 300 gr of milk
• Fresh seasonal fruit to taste

Necessary

• A blender or food processor
• 6/12 ice cube trays

Preparation

• Pour the milk and cream into ice cube trays and place them in the freezer. This reduces the volume of the milk and cream, making it easier to blend once they've frozen.
• Wash the fruit, remove any stems and cores; if it's organic, keep the peel. Blend the fruit and place it in a container.
• After an hour, check whether the milk and cream are frozen; if so, blend them. Place part of the milk and cream mixture in a bowl and mix the rest with the fruit.
• This way you will have obtained two flavors: fior di latte and fruit ice cream.

An advice

According to your taste, enrich the fior di latte ice cream with chocolate chips, dried fruit or blueberries.

And that's not all. Let's see now. How to make homemade ice cream in many different flavors, from strawberry to pistachio, also in a vegan version:

Lemon ice cream

Let's start with one of the iconic summer flavors: lemon. To make this ice cream even tastier, more nutritious, and healthier, use lemons grown in your own garden without the use of pesticides.

Cream ice-cream

Truly delicious, this cream ice cream, even in a vegan version, is ideal for a tasty snack.

Vegan strawberry ice cream

And how about a vegan version of strawberry ice cream? It's perfect for those following a diet free of animal products and derivatives and for those who are lactose intolerant.

Strawberry ice cream

And after the vegan version, here's the classic strawberry ice cream recipe.

Chocolate Ice Cream

Without a doubt, children's favorite flavor, have fun preparing it together.

Banana ice cream

A perfect recipe for not wasting ripe fruit and making it even tastier by adding berries.

Pistachio ice cream

It's impossible to find someone who doesn't love pistachio ice cream. Truly delicious, it's also easy to make. Here's the vegan version.

Yogurt and blueberry ice cream

A truly delicious recipe to prepare with children and a great trick to convince them to eat fruit.

Biscuit ice cream

A true delight, this biscuit ice cream is truly impossible to resist. Here are lots of tasty ideas.

The recipe for reusing leftover ice cream

It's rare to have leftover ice cream, especially if you have guests for lunch or dinner, but if you happen to forget the tub out of the freezer and find yourself with completely melted ice cream, don't throw it all away but reuse the ice cream as an ingredient in a delicious pudding.

Ice cream wafers

And once the ice cream is ready, you can't help but prepare the waffles to enjoy it with, from cones to cups. The key is to have a waffle iron at home.

Hazelnut wafers

Ideal for making ice cream even tastier, hazelnut wafers are also simple to make and are perfect for those following a vegan diet.

How to make popsicles at home

And again: here it is now a collection of tasty recipes to make lots of delicious ice lollies at home:

Yogurt popsicles

It only takes a few minutes to make delicious yogurt popsicles at home, perfect for a healthy and nutritious snack for children.

Fruit popsicles

Choose the fruit whichever you like best and use it to make these delicious ice lollies at home.

Nutella ice lollies

The recipe is really very simple and quick to prepare: the important thing is to have popsicle molds at home.

Ice pops with pulp from the centrifuged juice

Have you made homemade fruit juices and don't want to throw away the leftover pulp? Reuse it to make these delicious popsicles.

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