Simple alkaline ice cream recipes
The days are getting longer, the sun is shining, it's getting warm and we suddenly feel like gelato! Traditional ice cream is made with cane sugar and milk ice cream is, as the name suggests, made from cow's milk. However, you can also make delicious ice cream yourself using alkaline ingredients - here's how...!
Sorbets in the mixer
You can easily create alkaline sorbets by cutting up the desired fruit flavour, freezing it and then pureeing the frozen pieces of fruit. Depending on the type of fruit, you may want to add a little sweetness and/or acidity.
For example, for a creamy Mango sorbet you can blend 600g of frozen mango with the juice of two limes and 4-5 tablespoons of agave or maple syrup until it becomes creamy. You can then serve it immediately or freeze it in a container. If you have a very ripe pineapple, however, you can also blend the chunks pure and serve as a Pineapple sorbet enjoy.
If you sweeten, only use sweeteners that are green-labelled according to Wacker. This includes dried fruit, e.g. dates; maple and date syrup; agave, apple and pear syrup; and coconut blossom sugar. Honey and rice syrup also get the "yellow light" for alkaline nutrition in everyday life. See what you have and what could harmonise in terms of flavour.
Bananas make the ice cream a little creamier and add sweetness
If you want something creamier, you can mix in bananas. This is because bananas remain somewhat softer in consistency than fruit containing more water after freezing. To do this, first cut the banana into slices, freeze them and then put them in the blender with the other ingredients (frozen fruit, possibly citrus juice and possibly sweetener). If the mixture is already quite soft after blending, place it in a container in the freezer again before serving.
Plant milk can also be added, firstly to make blending easier and secondly to achieve a slightly milkier or creamier texture. If you add plant milk or another liquid to the blender, it is also advisable to freeze the mixture briefly in a container after blending before serving so that the ice cream is not too runny when you serve it.
A delicious Strawberry ice cream can be made from 2 bananas and 500ml strawberries, for example. Optionally, you can add dates for sweetening and 50-100ml plant milk. After blending, freeze everything again until it has the desired consistency for serving! A very simple Banana ice cream can be blended from the frozen slices of a banana and half a cup of plant-based milk, optionally sweetened with dates and flavoured with vanilla, then frozen and enjoyed!
Coconut milk for a richer, creamier ice cream
For even creamier and richer ice cream flavours, we recommend using coconut milk. For example Nut ice cream delicious. Mix with coconut milk, Nut butterthe sweetness of your choice and vanilla; and freeze it before serving. Alternatively, replace the nut butter with the raw nut of your choice. You can make delicious pistachio ice cream from coconut milk, pistachios, maple syrup, vanilla extract, almond extract, a pinch of Salt and - optionally - a touch of spirulina for a stronger colour.
Coconut milk is also good for fruit ice cream. You can add coconut milk to sorbet recipes, for example to the strawberry ice cream recipe and the mango ice cream would work very well. As you freeze the mixture after blending with coconut milk before serving, you can also mix pieces of unfrozen fruit with the coconut milk.
A visually very beautiful way, Lemon ice cream The easiest way to make a lemon "cup" is to hollow out the lemons (i.e. remove the flesh), freeze the lemon halves and the flesh, and then blend the lemon flesh with coconut milk, maple syrup and possibly more lemon juice. Pour the finished mixture into the frozen lemon "cups", freeze again and enjoy!
I like to experiment with the flavours. For example, I also have a recipe for a savoury Pumpkin ice cream I've seen frozen banana chunks combined with cooked pumpkin, dates, vanilla, cinnamon and other warming spices to make it taste a bit like gingerbread - very tasty and still appropriate in autumn!
The soft freezing properties of bananas can also be used for other frozen snacks, for example by using frozen Banana bites makes: Nut butter, alkaline jam or crushed, frozen berries between two slices of banana, freeze and enjoy later.
We hope we have inspired you with these recipes and wish you a great summer!
