Melon Ice Cream is an easy recipe that is made without an ice cream machine; it is egg free, fruity, and so refreshing. Also, it's got just the right amount of sweet and tangy hints that taste exquisitely unique when combined with heavy cream.
So, if you're searching for what ice cream flavour to whip up in your kitchen, you'd be surprised with melon ice cream's sweet yet subtle flavour and the recipe calls only for 4 ingredients.
For more no churn ice cream recipes check Homemade Biscoff Ice Cream Recipe (No Churn).
What is Melon Ice Cream?
This blog will show you the best way to utilize some fresh melon fruit you may have lying around in your home's kitchen. With just a few ingredients and basic kitchen equipment, we'll turn melon into a juicy puree.
The puree, whisked with some heavy cream, would then be frozen to become Melon Ice Cream. Doesn't it sound easy? Keep reading to decipher the details behind this easy Melon Ice Cream Recipe.
Why this recipe?
- This is a good way to use any melon you have in the fridge.
- It is creamy, smooth, fresh and delicious.
- This is an easy melon ice cream recipe without an ice cream maker
- This no-churn recipe calls for only 4 ingredients.
- A delicious dessert that can be served any time of the day.
Melon Ice Cream Ingredients
- Heavy cream: The creamiest quality you can find
- Granulated sugar: because it dissolves easily
- Muskmelon or cantaloupe: Absolutely ripe, fresh from the supermarket
- Lemon juice: preferably freshly squeezed
How to make this Easy Melon Ice Cream?
Before starting, we suggest you remove all the ingredients and line them up on the counter.
Prepping the melon
The very first thing we're going to do, is prepare the hero of your dish: the melon. You may be habitual of working with melons. But just in case you are not, keep reading to find out how.
Take the melon (which has a very thick skin), and slice it right down the centre. Now, you'll be exposed to a ton of seeds in both the semi-spheres of melon in front of you. Scoop out all the seeds in a bowl, and set them aside. (Refer to Top Tips to learn what you can do with them)
Now, slice these two semi-sphere shapes into wedges. Since melons have natural lines on them, if you follow the lines, you'll end up cutting perfect wedges.
Once the melons are sliced into wedges, it's much easier to chop them up into cubes or any other shape. Just take a knife, and strip the melon right off the peel. Chop this piece of melon up into smaller chunks. Repeat the same with every wedge of melon.
Begin combining the ingredients
Take a mixing bowl, and whisk in heavy cream and sugar until stiff peak forms and the sugar dissolves completely. Set this mixture aside for later.
In the food processor, add the cubed melon and lemon juice. Run the food processor until the melon chunks and lemon juice turn into a sweet puree.
Now pour this melon puree into the bowl we had set aside earlier. Stir until the melon puree, and heavy cream mixture has combined well.
This mixture can now be called "ice cream". Scoop the ice cream into a container that you can store in the fridge.
Place the container in the freezer until it is as nice and hard as you would prefer it to be.
And there you go. Wasn't preparing this Melon Ice Cream recipe a piece of cake?
Top Tips
- You know the melon seeds you had scooped out and set aside during preparation? You can clean, dry and store them and enjoy them as a healthy snack. You can also include them in other recipes to get an extra dose of vitamins and minerals.
- Don't use too many melons. It may result in an icy ice cream. That's why you don't need to worry about the excess juice dripping while slicing the melon into chunks.
Recipe Variations
- For a vegan version, swap out the heavy cream for some coconut cream, and you will have a vegan melon ice cream. Also, coconut cream will add a flavour of coconut that's extra refreshing!
- Feel free to drop in fruit toppings of your choice, such as blueberries, bananas or cherries.
- Add in your favourite nuts to make this Melon Ice Cream extra rich. We suggest cashews, raisins or pistachios.
- Whatever you do, don't swap out the sugar for any other sweetening agent. As there are only 4 ingredients, it will affect the creaminess of the ice cream. Instead, you can drizzle some honey for some extra sweet flavour.
- A few drops of vanilla essence of vanilla extract can help bind all the ingredients together.
Serving Suggestions
As we already mentioned, this homemade treat is the most underrated ice cream flavour of all time. The way you serve it totally depends on you. If you're a dessert lover, you can have this as a bulky topping on some dry cake. If you love fruits, relish this Melon ice cream with bananas or raw melon.
And, of course if you're an ice cream lover (which you probably are), scoop some on top of some good-old crunchy cones. Enjoy!
Storage
Make ahead of time: You can make this creamy mixture ahead of time and let it sit in the freezer. It'll stay fresh for up to one week. Alternatively, you can slice up the melon chunks and store them in a zip lock bag along with heavy cream and lemon juice in the fridge. That would do for some quick preparation whenever you'd like to serve.
Store: Since it is ice cream, it's best preserved in the freezer!
Freeze: Since this ice cream is made of fresh ingredients, it's best stored in the freezer for up to a 1 or 2 max. It can be stored for more, but it wouldn't be preferred if you'd like to enjoy its original flavour and taste.
Recipe FAQs
All melons are made with varying consistencies of water. What we mean is that some melons are more watery than others. And watery melons may make ice cream that is more icy than creamy. While this recipe may work fine with cantaloupes, it may not work well with watermelons. Honestly, we haven't tried it with watermelons, so we really can't say. If you do try this recipe with any other type of melon, be sure to leave a comment down below. We, as well as other readers, would love to know how it went!
Yes, of course! In fact, thanks for the wonderful idea. Why didn't we think of that? Once you've mixed all the ingredients together, you can pour them into some popsicle moulds with sticks. Store the popsicle moulds in the freezer, and voila, relish some fun creamy popsicles. I'm sure kids would love this the most.
That's nothing to worry about. You can still partake in making this recipe with the help of a hand-blender. Don't have a hand blender? Just use a fork to mash up the melon well and whisk it up with lemon juice. It'll take some time and hand power.
Nonetheless, it is possible. Plus, if you leave some undissolved chunks of melon, they taste superb in the final ice cream. They act like tiny pieces of delightful surprises. Guests would compliment you, and they'd never know it wasn't done on purpose.
Whole milk is the best as it gives a rich and creamy flavour to the ice cream; however, you can also use skimmed or non-dairy milk in making ice cream.
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Easy Melon Ice Cream Recipe
Ingredients
- 300 g heavy cream
- 1 cup sugar
- 600 g cantaloupe , very ripe, chopped into small chunks
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl, whisk heavy cream and sugar until stiff peak forms and the sugar is dissolved.
- In the food processor, add the cubed melon and lemon juice, and beat until puree and smooth.
- Now, stir the melon puree into the heavy cream mixture until combined.
- Scoop the ice cream into a container and put int the freezer until it is hard to your liking.
Notes
- You know the melon seeds you had scooped out and set aside during preparation? You can clean, dry and store them and enjoy them as a healthy snack. You can also include them in other recipes to get an extra dose of vitamins and minerals.
- Don't use too many melons. It may result in an icy ice cream. That's why you don't need to worry about the excess juice dripping while slicing the melon into chunks.
Variations
- Swap out the heavy cream for some coconut cream. Not only will it make your ice cream vegan, but it will add a flavour of coconut that's extra refreshing!
- Feel free to drop in fruit toppings of your choice, such as blueberries, bananas or cherries.
- Add in your favourite nuts to make this Melon Ice Cream extra rich. We suggest cashews, raisins or pistachios.
- Whatever you do, don't swap out the sugar for any other sweetening agent. As there are only 4 ingredients, it will affect the creaminess of the ice cream. Instead, you can drizzle some honey for some extra sweet flavour.
- A few drops of vanilla essence of vanilla extract can help bind all the ingredients together.
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