No Churn Coffee Ice Cream and Other Flavored Ice Creams (A BREEZE TO MAKE)

Picture is of a fresh cut up pear and some no churn coffee/chocolate ice cream

YES!!!!  You can also make Lemon and Orange and vanilla and  ????????

Makes almost 2 Pints

Thanks go to NPR and to hearing Nigella Lawson, fabulous Italian cook and author of cook books, talk about her recipe for this ice cream.  Well, I love coffee flavored goodies and I LOVE ice cream; so, this recipe was just up my alley.  I couldn’t wait to look it up on the net.  I couldn’t wait to get all of the proper ingredients to make it.  I couldn’t wait to get it in the freezer.  And that wasn’t till a late PM so guess what I had for breakfast–  So, now, just in case you are not in the “know” I wanted to share her recipe with you.  I hope you’ll enjoy it as much as I have (oh dear, I hate to get on the scales in the morning because honestly there are a TON of calories here), however, as Nigella says, she’s never without it and I know why.  I haven’t priced this out; however, I do think that it is cheaper than buying a good coffee ice cream and certainly it is better.  I can’t wager how good it’s for the waist line though—sorry.

Ingredients:

1. 2/3 C. SWEETENED CONDENSED milk
2. 2 Tblsp. instant espresso powder (I couldn’t find this here so I bought instant espresso coffee which I now keep in the freezer and mixed 2 Tblsp. of the granules with 2 Tsp. boiling water)
3. 2 Tblsp. of some sort of coffee liqueur
4. 1 ¼ C. HEAVY cream
5. Two one-pint airtight containers

Directions:

1. Put the condensed milk in a bowl and stir in the espresso powder or the substitute I’ve listed and the liqueur.
2. In a separate bowl beat the cream until it reaches soft peaks.
3. Fold the cream into the condensed milk mixture and pour into your airtight containers.
4. Freeze for 6 hours at least or overnight. I found that I had to do it overnight for it to reach its properly frozen state.
5. Delicious and you can serve the coffee flavor  with melted chocolate.  Or I was thinking that you could even swirl melted chocolate in the coffee flavor which I’m going to try next time I make that flavor. For a great vanilla, I put 1-2 Tblsp. good vanilla flavoring (taste to see you don’t have too much vanilla) and a splash of vodka for a bit of kick.  You won’t taste the vodka but I think that it makes it a bit richer.

OK–now you want to make another flavor?  Today, 2/23/13, I made Lemon Ice Cream substituting 2 Tblsp. Crystal Light Natural Lemonade Drink Mix Powder and 2 Tblsp. lemon flavored vodka for the coffee recipe ingredients.  I bought that airplane size vodka bottle for $1.50.  I also added some lemon zest/peel in the mixture.  Delicious.  I can’t wait to make orange, berry and you name it.  So much more economical than buying and also so much better.