Lemon ice cream
by Doreen Düe | Food blogger with camper van
This summer will be long and hot!
At least in Portugal, and even though it might be a little shorter and a little less hot in Germany, you need ice cream. Lots of ice cream!
Between you and me, it doesn't really matter how hot or cold it is... whether it's sunny or rainy... even if it's snowing, ice cream is always a good choice!
I always have the best ideas on hot days!
Photographing lemon ice cream, for example. Great when it's 41 degrees! To give the photos that summer feeling, I went into the river next to the blue box. The only question was: what does the ice do first? Melt or float away? It was fun... and no, neither the ice nor the smartphone fell into the water! Yeah!
Rinse the organic lemon in hot water and grate the zest into fine zests.
Squeeze the lemon so that you have 60g of juice. Clockwise: lemon zest; lemon juice and sweet milk; add whipped cream; done.
Whip the cream until stiff.
In the camper van, this works with the electric mixer* or the magic wand*, with a crank mixer* or with a lot of perseverance and the whisk.
Tip: If you use cream from the Tetra Pack, make sure it is really cold before whipping! Otherwise it won't set. I simply put the Tetra Pack in the freezer compartment of the camping fridge for about 1 hour beforehand.
Place the stiff cream in a metal or thin plastic container.
I use an old, rinsed-out ice pack.
Fold the sweetened condensed milk, lemon juice and lemon zest into the cream.
Seal the pack and put it in the freezer compartment of your camping fridge.
After about 3 hours, take out the half-frozen ice cream and stir well with a fork to destroy the ice crystals.
After another 3 hours, it should be almost frozen.
The ice cream now has the perfect creamy consistency in our freezer!
Tips:
- Depending on the cooling capacity of your freezer, your ice needs more or less time. If it is completely frozen, allow it to thaw for about 10 minutes.
- Instead of cakes for coffee, there is ice sandwich! Simply cut 2 thin slices from the jam and marble cake (link), 1 spoon full of ice in between, squeeze a little and enjoy :). You can already prepare this and freeze the cake ice cream packets directly.
