Recipe Juniper berry ice cream

[Hemulen]

Juniper berry ice cream

Preparation time: 10-15 minutes
Freezing time: 6 hours

400 g sweetened, condensed milk
4 dl double cream
1 teaspoon of juniper berries, crushed in mortar
zest of 2 limes
2 tablespoons of lemon liqueur (Limoncello)
a pinch of salt

Ha-ha. I added a few juniper berries + citrus flavours and a pinch of salt to my easy ice cream recipe just for the challenge. The more the merrier.

Keep the empty container in the freezer before you start. Use cooled ingredients. Froth the condensed milk and double cream in a bowl with a mixer. Add the rest of the ingredients, pour into the container (e.g. a rectangle cake tin), cover tightly with gladwrap to prevent crystallization and freeze. Let set for 6 hours. No need to mix in the middle.

 

[The Late Night Gourmet]

I've never made ice cream without eggs. But, now that I look, I am seeing more recipes without them. Does it make it feel lighter? Is it less rich?

But, as for the ingredients: those are some bold flavors! Very intense, not unlike your Ceviche propio de Hemulen.

 

[Hemulen]

Juniper ice cream is no novelty in Finland. Here ("Katajanmarjajäätelö" = Juniper ice cream) is one recipe with egg yolk. Ice cream with no eggs (one recipe here; consisting of only condensed milk and double cream) tastes a bit bland, maybe. Naturally it's not as fluffy as ice cream with frothed egg whites or as rich as ice cream made with egg yolk. The pros are quick preparation and no need to blend/mix during freezing. The condensed milk has enough solidity, binding properties and sweetness to skip a few ingredients like egg white, egg yolks, caster sugar and/or iced sugar.

Many Finns like juniper berries, bitter almond, salty liquorice (salmiak; flavored with ammonium chloride), citric acid, bitter almond, sour berries, spirit vinegar and other bold flavors.

 

[Morning Glory]

The pros are quick preparation and no need to blend/mix during freezing.

I do a no-churn recipe for ice cream which has no condensed milk (I find condensed milk too sweet for me and has mega calories!). I was already thinking I could adapt that to contain juniper.

No churn recipe is here: Recipe - Tonka Bean and Bamboo Charcoal Ice-cream (no churn)