No churn elderflower ice cream with lime is light, refreshing, a delicious change from standard ice cream flavours and doesn’t need an ice cream machine.Â
Summer means ice cream season; a single scoop of homemade ice cream is a delicious way of giving a full stop to a meal without overindulgence, particularly if it’s a home made ice cream like this lovely no churn elderflower ice cream with lime.
No churn ice creams mean that you can enjoy all the benefits of home made ice cream: knowing the ingredients that have gone into the final dish, being able to experiment with your own flavours, and tuning the level of sweetness to your own palate, without the disadvantages of having to have an ice cream machine taking space in the cupboard or freezer.
We made this ice cream using our homemade elderflower cordial, but it works equally well with a ready made bottle. Serve with some fresh raspberries and crushed up ginger biscuits.
If you are feeling the heat and need to cool down in this gloriously hot spell we are having then I highly recommend my no churn elderflower and lime ice cream – which does not need a fancy machine – just an electric whisk to make. It is my debut recipe for UKTV’s Good Food Channel, who also interviewed me in their favourite bloggers series.  If you want to know more my interview is here and I am in great blogging company with many of my favourite sites also featured.
For more elderflower inspiration try my homemade elderflower cordial, cream cupcakes, or my elderflower vodka
No churn elderflower ice cream with lime
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cups heavy (double) cream (300ml)
- 1/4 cup elderflower cordial (60ml)
- 2/3 cup condensed milk (150ml)
- 1 tbsp no fat Greek yoghurt
- 1 lime zest
Instructions
- Whip the cream and cordial to soft peaks. Check the flavour and add more cordial if needed.
- Check the flavour and add more cordial if needed.
- Gently whip in the condensed milk, yogurt and lime zest. Spoon into a container, cover and freeze for 24 hours.
Notes
Made With Pink
Helen, this sounds utterly scrumptious! I’ve started to become quite a big fan of elderflower since moving to the UK, and combining it with lime just sounds amazing! Although I do have an ice cream maker our freezer is usually too full to be able to freeze the bottom part of the maker for the 24hrs it requires, so your no churn option is a definite “yes” in my books. With the summer heat I’m definitely making this. Can you recommend an elderflower cordial and advise on where I can get it?
Helen
Tricky question Andrea as I nearly always make my own cordial, but I think Bottle Green or Belvoir are both good and widely available. I also really like Five Valleys (Ocado) – although not sure if they have an elderflower – but any summery flavour will work well.
laura@howtocookgoodfood
Just my sort of flavours and the photo is fantastic. I also make elderflower cordial and always have plenty to use in recipes. Love it in ice cream too :)
Kerry @ Kerry Cooks
Elderflower and Lime ice cream sounds delicious! Off to read your interview now :)
Helen
Thank you Kerry,
Very adaptable too – just use any cordial to flavour.