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homemade no churn roasted ice cream

Homemade No Churn Roasted Almond Ice Cream

This creamy homemade no churn almond ice cream needs just a few simple ingredients. No ice cream maker needed for this easy, rich, and nutty frozen dessert recipe perfect for summer and indulgently delicious.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Chill Time 1 day 12 hours
Course Brunch, Dessert, Ice Cream, Sweet tooth
Servings 12 people

Equipment

  • Mixing bowls
  • Stand mixer/electric beater
  • Spatula
  • Tin (to freeze the ice cream)
  • Cling wrap
  • Chopping board and knife

Ingredients
  

  • 500 ml whipping cream
  • 1 can sweetened condensed milk
  • 45 g mascarpone cream
  • 250 g whole almonds
  • 1 tbsp vanilla extract
  • 1 tsp almond extract
  • 2 tbsp honey
  • 100 ml butterscotch sauce optional

Instructions
 

  • Roast the almonds in a preheated oven at 160 deg C in a baking tray for 10-15 minutes or until deeply browned and there is a nutty smell all through out. Divide them into 200g and 50g. Roughly chop the 50g and set aside.
  • Heat the cream in a heavy bottom sauce pot until it comes to a simmer. Take off the heat.
  • Add the 200g roasted almonds into the hot cream, cover and let this steep for a minimum of 12 hours - I prefer doing this over night or if you have the time, chill it for 24 hours.
  • The next day, strain out half the mixture into a large mixing bowl and transfer the remaining cream with roasted almonds into a blender. Blend the mixture as much as you can until it looks very thick and almost like a pulp.
  • Strain this through a fine mesh strainer to catch the almond bits. Save the almond pulp for other recipes later.
  • Add the vanilla, salt, condensed milk, honey, mascarpone cream into the mixing bowl and using an electric beater, whip until stiff peaks - round 4-6 minutes. You can do this in a stand mixer too.
  • Transfer half the whipped cream mixture into a 9 inch loaf tin, dollop the butterscotch sauce into the cream mixture, layer on the roasted chopped almonds, repeat the process.
  • Cover with cling wrap and place in the freezer for a minimum of 8 hours but I like doing this for 12 hours again to ensure the flavor really develops. Scoop and enjoy.

Notes

  • Instead of the mascarpone you can use cream cheese - the fat here helps make it even more rich and stay creamy.
  • The butterscotch sauce is optional and you can use your favorite one from the store or even a caramel sauce. Or use my salted caramel recipe 
  • Use the almond pulp for many recipes like my granola recipe or the peaches and cream smoothie.