Description
Homemade Vegan Lemon Ice-creams, with homemade lemon curd, vanilla ice cream and a white chocolate shell.
Ingredients
Scale
Ingredients for the lemon curd
- 3 tablespoons of corn flour + 2 tablespoons of water
- 100g of dairy-free butter/margarine
- 100g of caster sugar
- 170ml of lemon juice
- 3 small unwaxed lemons (zest)
- 100g of vegan condensed milk
- Pinch of turmeric (or drop of yellow food gel)
Ingredients for the ice-cream
- 110g of cashew nuts (soaked and drained, see notes)
- 90g of coconut cream (see notes)
- 1/2 tablespoon of vanilla bean paste
- 90g of dairy-free milk
Ingredients for the chocolate shell
- 250g of dairy-free white chocolate
- Yellow food gel
- Mint leaves (decoration)
Instructions
Method (lemon curd)
- In a small bowl, add in the corn flour and water. Stir together into thick paste.
- Add the cornflour paste, dairy-free butter, sugar, lemon juice, lemon zest (if using), vegan condensed milk and a pinch of turmeric or tiny drop of yellow food gel into a medium sized saucepan.
- Place the saucepan on the hob and heat over low to medium, stirring constantly, preferably with a whisk. After around 5-8 minutes the lemon curd will thicken. If the curd isn’t thickening, turn up the heat and constantly whisk.
- Pour curd into a heat proof jar or bowl, cover and place aside to cool down.
- You can either put it in the fridge or keep it at room temperature to cool. Before you use it, give it a good stir as it will thicken.
Method (ice-cream)
- Once the lemon curd is cool, transfer into a piping bag, pipe the curd into ice-cream moulds (refer to video for example). Set aside.
- The cashew nuts will need to be soaked overnight in water. See notes (at the bottom of the recipe card) for more details.
- Add the soaked then drained cashews into a blender along with the coconut cream, vanilla and dairy-free milk. Blend this until smooth and creamy.
- Equally pour the ice-cream mixture into the ice-cream moulds, on-top of the lemon curd. Tap the mould to remove any air bubbles. Add in the ice-cream sticks.
- Place the ice-creams in the freezer and allow to set, appropriately 8 hours or preferably overnight.
Method (chocolate)
- Break up the dairy-free white chocolate into a heat-proof bowl, place the bowl over a saucepan filled 3/4 with water and place on the hob over medium heat to melt the chocolate (this is called a bain-marie. You can microwave on high until melted. Give it a stir every 30 seconds to make sure it doesn’t burn. Stir in a tiny drop of yellow food gel (not a liquid food colour as this will split the chocolate). I’ve linked the gel i recommend here.
- Pour the melted chocolate into a glass or jar, large / deep enough to dunk the ice-creams.
- While the ice-creams are frozen, un-mould and dunk them into the chocolate, allowing any excess to drip off.
- Once coated, lay flat on a baking tray or chopping board lined with baking paper.
- Return to the freezer until the chocolate is set, then remove from the freezer 5-10 minutes before serving.
- Optional: Serve with a mint leaf on top to resemble a lemon.
- Store in the freezer and tuck in!
Notes
Soak the cashews before use – Allow the cashews to soak in a bowl of water for a few hours before using. You could even soak them overnight. This will allow them to blend creamy without bits in the batter.
Store the ice-creams in a air tight container in the freezer. Best enjoyed within
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Category: ice-cream
- Method: No-Bake
- Cuisine: American