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Watermelon Ice Cream

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There really is such a thing as creamy watermelon ice cream! Using basic ice cream skills you can get deliciously smooth ice cream full of watermelon flavor.

What is the number one summer fruit? I’d probably say watermelon. And I love watermelon, so juicy, so tasty, so light. Perfect for summer.

Last summer (yeah, I know, better late than never right?) we had a ton of watermelon that I wanted to use up and I really wanted to make ice cream.

Of course looking online I couldn’t find any actual watermelon ice cream recipes. Everything was for watermelon bombes. Not what I wanted.

Three scoops of watermelon ice cream in a glass bowl

I did find a recipe once upon a time which is from Emeril Lagasse. It’s a bit of work, but is so worth it! I changed it up a bit and took out the chocolate chips that he added and didn’t carve out a watermelon to put it in it (seriously who has time for all that?).

Ingredients you need:

  • watermelon
  • heavy cream
  • sugar
  • egg yolks

How to make watermelon ice cream

  1. Using a large spoon, remove the fruit from half a watermelon. Using your hands and a knife, remove all seeds from watermelon and discard.
  2. Dice watermelon into 2 inch pieces and put in a large bowl. In a large saucepan over medium heat, combine heavy cream and sugar. Bring the mixture to a simmer and remove from the heat.
  3. Whisk the egg yolks until smooth and slowly add a few spoonfuls of the hot cream mixture to the egg yolks as you whisk. If you stop whisking or add in too much hot cream it will curdle the eggs. Go slowly!
  4. Once the eggs have been tempered, whisk the egg mixture into the hot cream mixture. Cook the egg mixture for four minutes. Remove from the heat. Pour hot cream mixture over watermelon pieces and mix thoroughly. Cool to room temperature.
  5. Using a hand held blender puree the mixture until smooth and strain.
  6. Add the ice cream mixture to the your ice cream machine and follow the ice cream machine directions.

I used my trusty old ice cream maker that gets tons of use during the summer! This is an absolute must each summer and is so unique due to the creamy watermelon taste. It truly is watermelon ice cream and is so good!

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Watermelon Ice Cream

Watermelon Ice Cream
Yield: 8 servings

Watermelon Ice Cream

Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes

There really is such a thing as creamy watermelon ice cream!  Using basic ice cream skills you can get deliciously smooth ice cream full of watermelon flavor.

Ingredients

  • 4 cups watermelon, cut into pieces
  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 2 egg yolks

Instructions

  1. Split the watermelon in half, reserving the other half for a later use. Using a large spoon, remove the fruit from the halved watermelon. Using your hands and knife, remove all seeds from watermelon and discard.
  2. Dice watermelon into 2 inch pieces and put in a large bowl with the juice. In a large saucepan over medium heat, combine heavy cream and sugar. Bring the mixture up to a simmer.
  3. Whisk the egg yolks until smooth and temper into the hot cream mixture. To temper, slowly add a few spoonfuls of the hot cream mixture to the egg yolks as you whisk. If you stop whisking or add in too much hot cream it will curdle the eggs. Go slowly!
  4. Cook the egg mixture for four minutes. Remove from the heat. Pour hot cream mixture over watermelon pieces and mix thoroughly. Cool to room temperature.
  5. Using a hand held blender puree the mixture until smooth and strain.
  6. Add the ice cream mixture to the your ice cream machine and follow the ice cream machine directions.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

8
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 188Saturated Fat: 7gCholesterol: 89mgSodium: 14mgCarbohydrates: 19gSugar: 17gProtein: 1g
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Cuisine: American / Category: Desserts

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    1. Yes, if you make the custard the night before that will help a lot when it comes to actually making the ice cream set faster. You can add the watermelon to it as well and chill it over night!

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  3. Oh, my goodness! Who knew that you could make watermelon ice cream. It was delicious. And, I just finished using the rind for pickles.

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    1. The best way is to use an ice cream mixer but you could also use the old school method. You would need to make only 1/4 of the recipe. Place 1 cup of the mix in a quart size freezer ziploc bag. Seal the bag shut tightly. Place the quart bag in a gallon ziploc bag and fill the gallon bag with lots of ice and ice cream salt. Seal that bag shut tightly. Then shake for 10-15 minutes until ice cream has set. Good luck!

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  10. This sounds wonderful. I love ice-cream, especially homemade. I am pinning. Thanks for sharing & linking up at the Tasty Tuesday linkup

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  11. My family is a big watermelon AND ice cream eaters. I pinned this to try since I haven’t used my ice cream maker in some time. Thanks for sharing on Merry Monday.

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    1. Yeah, I really need to revisit this one and pair it down for a normal sized ice cream maker. Thank goodness summer is just around the corner! I’ll let you know when I do update it. 🙂

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  15. I love the way you serve this! So summer-y.

    Thanks for sharing on Hump Day Happenings!

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