Lemon Buttermilk Ice Cream Recipes

LEMON BUTTERMILK ICE

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, whisk together the buttermilk, cream, sugar, lemon zest and juice, and salt until the sugar is completely dissolved. Pour into a 9x13-inch pan. Cover and freeze for at least 4 hours, scraping with a fork several times during freezing. When fully frozen and ready to serve, scrape one more time right before serving. (If the scraping gets away from you and the mixture freezes solid, scoop into a food processor in batches and process until smooth, adding a little more buttermilk if necessary.)

LEMON-BUTTERMILK ICE CREAM

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, combine lemon juice and 1/4 cup of sugar. Place over medium-low heat, and stir until dissolved. Remove from heat, and allow to cool.
• In a medium, heavy-bottomed saucepan, combine the milk, buttermilk, heavy cream, and 1/4 cup of sugar. Place over medium-low heat until steam rises from the surface. Remove from heat.
• In a medium mixing bowl, combine egg yolks with remaining 1/4 cup sugar. Whisk to blend. While continuing to whisk yolks, slowly drizzle about a cup of the hot milk mixture into them, to gradually warm them. Add yolk mixture to saucepan. Return saucepan to medium-low heat, and stir with a wooden spoon until mixture has thickened enough to coat the back of the spoon.
• Strain mixture into a bowl, and place in a bowl of ice water to cool. Add lemon syrup and stir well. Freeze in an ice cream maker, according to the manufacturer's instructions.

LEMON BUTTERMILK ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Place sugar in a medium-size bowl.
• Grate the zest (colored part of the peel) of two to three lemons to produce 2 teaspoons of zest.
• Juice as many lemons as needed to get 1/2 cup lemon juice.
• Add zest and juice to sugar.
• Mix well.
• Add buttermilk and salt.
• Stir until sugar dissolves.
• Chill 4 hours or overnight.
• Freeze in an ice cream maker according to manufacturer's instructions.

LEMON VERBENA ICE CREAM

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan, warm the lemon verbena leaves with the milk, 1/2 cup (125ml) of the cream, the sugar, and a pinch of salt.
• Once warm, remove from heat, cover, and let steep for one hour.
• To make the ice cream custard, pour the remaining cream into a large bowl set in a larger bowl of ice water, and put a mesh strainer on top.
• Use a strainer or slotted spoon to skim the lemon verbena from the cream & milk mixture and squeeze the leaves to extract as much liquid as possible back into the saucepan, then discard them. Rewarm the lemon verbena-infused cream & milk, then
• In a separate bowl, whisk the eggs together in a small bowl and slowly pour in the warm infusion, whisking constantly.
• Scrape the warmed egg yolks back into the saucepan and cook, stirring continuously with a heatproof spatula, until the custard leaves a trail on the spatula when you drag your finger across it. (If using a thermometer, it should read about 175ºF, or 79ºC.)
• Immediately strain the custard into the bowl of cream. Stir until cool.
• Chill thoroughly, then freeze in your ice cream maker according to the manufacturer's instructions. When done, crumble a dried verbena leaf in the ice cream, or finely-chop a fresh leaf and stir that in.

LEMON BUTTERMILK ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Put the sugar in a medium size bowl. Grate the zest of 2 or 3 lemons so that you have 2 tablespoons of grated zest. Juice as many lemons as needed to get 1/2 cup lemon juice. Add the zest and juice to the sugar in the bowl and mix well. Add the buttermilk and 1/8 teaspoon salt. Stir until the sugar has dissolved. Chill 4 hours or overnight. Freeze in an ice cream maker according to the manufacturer's instructions.