Nutrient-Dense Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream Recipe
YES! Ice cream can be healthy! By using high quality ingredients and taking advantage of the amazing nutrients in pastured egg yolks and raw grass-fed milk, you can make a nutrient-dense homemade vanilla ice cream recipe that you feel great about feeding to your kids.
Equipment
- Mixing bowl
Ingredients
- 1 cup grass fed raw (or grass-fed) heavy cream
- 1/2 cup grass fed raw (or grass-fed) whole milk
- 6 pasture raised egg yolks
- ¼ to ⅓ cup pure maple syrup based on preference
- 1 tbsp organic vanilla extract
- 1/3 cup mini dark or semi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Mix ingredients (everything but the chocolate chips) in a bowl and set to chill in the fridge for an hour or so.
- Prepare your ice cream maker, make sure that the inside carton has sat in the freezer overnight.
- Pour the ingredients in the ice cream maker and let churn for around 20 minutes. About 1 minute before churning is done, pour in the chocolate chips.
- At this point the ice cream is ready to eat, if you like soft serve.
- If you would like it a little harder, set in the fridge for an hour or two.
- Enjoy.
Notes
Using Raw Egg Yolks
We are comfortable using raw pastured raised egg yolks without cooking them, but if you’d prefer to cook your egg yolks first, you can make a custard. Our favorite custard ice cream recipe is by the New York Times, so we’ve adapted their instructions below:
In a small sauce pan, combine raw heavy cream, raw milk, maple syrup, and salt until heated through. In a separate bowl, whisk yolks until light yellow. Temper the mixture by slowly adding about ¼ cup of the cream mixture to the eggs, whisking constantly. Then, mix the yolk mixture into the remaining cream mixture. Return pot to medium-low heat and gently cook, stirring constantly, until the mixture is thick enough to coat the back of a spoon. Remove from heat and add vanilla. Allow to cool before placing in the refrigerator for three to four hours, preferably overnight.
Ice Cream Makers
We use this Cuisinart ice cream maker once or twice a week, and it has served us well!! This is a cheaper model of the ice cream maker we have, and we believe it will work just as well but without the automatic timer! Shopping List/Recommended Brands!
We use this Cuisinart ice cream maker once or twice a week, and it has served us well!! This is a cheaper model of the ice cream maker we have, and we believe it will work just as well but without the automatic timer! Shopping List/Recommended Brands!
- Grass-Fed Heavy Cream
- Local Raw Grass-Fed Heavy Cream
- Raw Farm Heavy Raw Cream
- Alexandre Family Farm Organic A2/A2 Heavy Cream
- Grass-Fed Whole Milk
- Local Raw Grass-Fed Milk
- Raw Farm Raw Whole Milk
- Maple Hill 100% Grassfed Organic Milk
- Alexandre Farms Organic Regenerative A2/A2 Milk
- Organic Valley Grassmilk Organic Whole Milk
- Dark Chocolate Mini Chips
- Vanilla extract
- Organic Maple Syrup
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