There are few people in the world who do not like ice cream - especially in the summer heat. Although there is a large variety of ice creams available in stores everywhere nowadays, you can easily make ice cream at home too.
Try to make a healthy and delicious watermelon and or melon ice cream that will refresh you on hot days and give you an unique range of fruit flavors.
How to make watermelon or melon ice cream
Most often, an iced fruit treat is made from only watermelon or only melon. It is prepared in an easy way: the pulp of the fruit after removing the seeds is blended with a blender, beaten very well with sugar or honey to taste, then poured into molds and frozen in the freezer.
But you can also make your own ice cream with cream, milk, a combination of fruits, nuts and more. What ingredients can be added to the ice treat:
- Dairy and sour milk products: milk, cottage cheese, yogurt, cream;
- Berries, seasonal fruits;
- Nuts, dried fruits;
- Vanilla, cocoa, etc.
The prepared mixture for watermelon or melon ice cream is frozen at home in 2-3 stages. Each stage lasts from 30 to 40 minutes. As soon as a thin crust of ice begins to appear on the surface of the form, the mass is beaten again or stirred intensively with a spoon. The icy sweet temptation is then placed back into the freezer. Why is this done? If the fruit mass is left until completely solidified, instead of an ethereal delicate consistency, a thick lump of ice will be obtained.
Before putting the watermelon ice cream for the final freezing, it is placed in special molds. Some people use an ice cream scoop to scoop the treat into balls. To do this, it is better to freeze the fruit mass in a plastic container that is tightly closed with a lid.
Note! Homemade watermelon or melon ice cream should not be stored in an open container. This degrades its taste and texture.
Diet fruit sorbet from watermelon or melon
The easiest recipe which you can get a refreshing light ice cream with. Those who follow a diet and watch their figure will especially like this fruit ice cream, because 100 grams of the delicacy contains only about 60 calories.
Ingredients:
- 500 g of watermelon or melon pulp;
- Juice of half a lemon;
- Fresh mint.
Blend the pulp of watermelon or melon with a blender, add lemon juice. If desired, you can add a few tablespoons of powdered sugar. The mass is placed in the freezer to harden. To make watermelon or melon sorbet softer and more tender, with the appearance of a crust, the mass is blended again, then placed in molds. The finished ice cream is served with fresh mint leaves.
Easy recipe for creamy ice cream with watermelon or melon
How to make ice cream from cream and watermelon? This recipe is very simple, even a novice can handle it. You only need the pulp of the fruit (400 g), a glass of thick cream, a few tablespoons of powdered sugar.
Cut the watermelon (melon) in half, scoop out the pulp with a spoon. Cut it into cubes, put it in a large container, blend with a blender.
Pour the cream into a separate container, beat until it thickens. Add powdered sugar, beat well again.
Note! For the preparation of the delicacy, cream with at least 30% fat content is used. Whipping cream is also suitable.
Combine the whipped cream with watermelon mass, blend with a mixer. You don't need to blend for too long, otherwise the ice cream will not turn out to be airy.
Put the creamy watermelon mass in the freezer and wait until an ice crust begins to form on the surface. This will take 30-60 minutes. Take the mass out of the freezer, beat thoroughly, distribute in molds, place in the freezer.
Dietary ice cream from watermelon or melon with yogurt
Ingredients:
Yogurt - 400 g;
Watermelon or melon pulp - 400 g;
Powdered sugar - 4 tbsp.
Put the yogurt in a container, pour the powdered sugar, beat for a few minutes. Blend the pieces of watermelon (melon) separately, add the fruit puree to the yogurt. Blend the mass with a blender as long as possible.
Put the mass in the freezer to harden until an ice crust forms, stir with a spoon or beat, put it in the freezer to harden again. When a crust of ice appears on the surface, take out the melon ice cream, beat it again, put it in molds.
Ice cream with watermelon or melon, banana and nuts
Soak a cup of cashews or other nuts in cold water and leave them overnight. In the morning, strain the water, grind the nuts to a pulp. Peel 3 ripe bananas, cut the flesh into small circles, freeze. Mash the frozen bananas, add to the chopped nuts, mix. Put the watermelon or melon puree in the mass, beat everything well. Powdered sugar can be added to taste. You can also add pieces of chopped nuts. Freeze in a few stages as in previous recipes. Finally, put it in molds or put it in the freezer in a plastic container if the finished vegan ice cream will be served in scoops.
See how to make:
- Real Gelato.
