Larder Love

The best preserving recipes plus easy cooking and baking too

  • ALL RECIPES
    • PRESERVES & LARDER
    • COOKING & BAKING
    • COLLECTIONS & CUISINES
  • TIPS & TRICKS
    • HOME HINTS
  • MY COOKBOOKS
  • ABOUT
    • CONTACT ME
    • PRIVACY
Home » Delightful Desserts » Homemade Fresh Lemon Ice-Cream with Limoncello

Homemade Fresh Lemon Ice-Cream with Limoncello

Author: Karon Grieve Published : August 2012

Recipe

Mixing a favourite liqueur (limoncello) with a favourite dessert (ice-cream) is always going to be a winner. This deliciously light and creamy homemade fresh lemon ice-cream with limoncello is a summertime special that can be made all year round.

lemon and limoncello ice-creram in tall glass

Why you’ll love this dessert recipe

  • Because this ice-cream is just packed with the most amazing lip-puckering lemon flavour.
  • Homemade lemon ice-cream is nothing like anything you can buy in the shops so if you are making this for a supper party friends will be SO impressed!
  • This is a super easy ice-cream recipe, you don’t need to make a custard base or anything complicated.

I love ice-cream, the sweetness, the softness, the whole throw you back to childhood, summer sunshine happiness of the stuff.

It tickles the tastebuds and skips with memories, for me it has to be classed as Happy Food. Maybe not a neccessity in life, but certainly one of life’s real pleasures.

As children growing up in Musselburgh we had access to two wonderful ice-cream shops with lots of exciting flavours.Of course we had to try them all, over and over again, the start of a true obsession with ice-cream was born.

While I adore rich creamy ice-cream like a chocolate with walnuts, something with real depth and powerful flavour, I also like lighter fruity types, strawberry or maybe banana, good old vanilla is a classic of course. But for some kick start summer sunshine I like lemon ice-cream.

two lemons in blue bowl

Ingredients for Lemon Ice-cream

  • 500ml double cream
  • 500ml milk
  • Lemon peel for 1 large lemon
  • handful of fresh lemon balm
  • 75g caster sugar
  • 2 tablespoons lemoncello liqueur (optional)

Ingredient notes

I’ve used my own homemade limoncello for this lemon ice-creram recipe. This is purely optional of course.

Here is how to make your own limoncello liqueur (+video!)

Lemon balm – this is a herb that is actually part of the mint family whose formal name is Melissa officionalis. It has a delilghtfully stronge lemon flavour and scent. Again, this is an optional ingredient.

how to make your lemon ice-cream

  • Add the lemon peel to a pan along with the cream, milk, sugar and handful of lemon balm leaves.
  • Slowly warm up to dissolve sugar and let this simmer (Do not boil) for 20 minutes.
  • Cool completely and remove the solids.
  • Set aside in the fridge for at least 4 hours (or overnight) to let the flavours develop.
  • Add the liqueur if you are using. and run this through your ice-cream maker.
  • Freeze.

Enjoy sunshine!

larder links

Looking for more delicious homemade ice-cream recipes to try? Then check these out before you go;

Blueberry ice-cream with bourbon and basil

Homemade strawberry ice-cream with basil

Spicy yellow plum ice-cream

Homemade mint ice-cream with real mint

Old fashioned rosemary and honey ice-cream

Finally, if you do try this recipe don’t forget to leave a comment/star rating below as I just love to hear from readers. Want more Larder Love? Then follow me on Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest and Twitter and sign up for my newsletter too of course.

Photos And Tips AboveMost of my recipes have step by step photos and useful tips plus videos too, see above.
lemon and limoncello ice-creram in tall glass

Homemade fresh lemon ice-cream with limoncello

Karon Grieve
This deliciously tangy homemade lemon ice-cream is like sunshine in a glass
5 from 1 vote
Print Recipe Comment Bookmark Saved! Pin Recipe
Prep Time 10 minutes mins
Cook Time 20 minutes mins
Total Time 30 minutes mins
Course desserts
Cuisine Italian
Servings 6 people
Calories 406 kcal

Ingredients
 

  • 500 ml double cream heavy cream
  • 500 ml milk
  • 1 lemon peel
  • 2 tbsp lemon balm leaves finely chopped – optional
  • 75 g caster sugar
  • 2 tbsp limoncello liqueur optional
Metric – US Customary

Instructions
 

  • Heat the milk and cream along with the lemon peel, sugar and lemon balm (if using). Let the sugar dissolve and just simmer (do not boil) for 20 minutes.
  • Cool the milk mixture completely and sieve out the solids
  • Chill in the fridge for at least 4 hours, better still overnight to let the flavours really develop
  • Add the liqueur (if using) and churn in ice-cream maker then freeze

Notes

Limoncello is optional but a lovely addition to this lemon ice-cream
The lemon balm herb is also optional.
Your homemade lemon ice-cream will keep for up to 3 months in the freezer.

Nutrition

Calories: 406kcalCarbohydrates: 21gProtein: 4gFat: 34gSaturated Fat: 21gCholesterol: 123mgSodium: 68mgPotassium: 184mgFiber: 1gSugar: 19gVitamin A: 1431IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 154mgIron: 1mg
My Top Tips*Always read the full recipe first. *Assemble all your ingredients and everything you need before you start. *For baking check the size of tins I’m using as this makes a big difference to your cakes. * I use medium sized eggs unless otherwise stated. * I use extra virgin olive oil unless otherwise stated. * I use unsalted butter unless otherwise stated. * Check out My Preserving Kit!
Tried this recipe?Mention @LarderLove or tag #LarderLove

Filed Under: ALL RECIPES, Delightful Desserts, Summer

« Lemon Balm The Natural Wood Polish
Ginger Thyme Tea Natural Cold Remedy »

Comments

  1. Pots and Pins says

    August 15, 2012 at 3:11 pm

    Ha! You hang up your trainers and then you make ice cream! Got to love that! In honor of you quitting running, I went for my morning walk and found myself thinking about you and Attila…and I started to run, actually, more of a jog and not terribly fast, but I jogged for 3/4 of a mile! That’s the longest I’ve ever been able to run! I had to stop and have a mini heart attack/catch my breath…and then today I get up and now can barely move! So…now I’ve given up running…but for one brief little bit I was in my own Chariots of Fire movie! Love the lemon ice cream idea – sounds so good!

    Reply
  2. Karon says

    August 16, 2012 at 8:16 am

    Well done you Nan, running at last. Okay it was a short career but what the heck you did it and survived. glad Attila and I were your inspiration. Pity he got eaten by a shark.
    K x

    Reply
5 from 1 vote (1 rating without comment)

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe Rating




This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Karon Grieve

SEARCH MY SITE

Follow Larder Love

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Trending Now

elderflower jelly
wild garlic salt
homemade dandelion liqueur
gentlemans relish on toast with jar behind
rich and creamy mushroom soup
quick and easy simple scones recipe by larderlove

Summer Recipes

raspberry jam
chocolate scones on plate
dandelion and walnut pesto
smoked salmon muffins
chicken fajita traybake
red pepper chutney in jar with sandwich
blackcurrant jelly with coffee
nasturtium caper in jar

See more Summer recipes...

BUY MY BOOKS

Karon Grieve books
my foodgawker gallery

Follow Larder Love

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Privacy Policy & Disclaimers

 

[footer_backtotop]

Copyright Karon Grieve - Larder Love © 2018. All Rights Reserved.

  • 1

Rate This Recipe

Your vote:




A rating is required
A name is required
An email is required

Recipe Ratings without Comment

Something went wrong. Please try again.