Real food watermelon ice cream is a fun summer treat!
Organic watermelons, jujubes and cucumbers growing in our yard.
Naturally sweetened, creamy, real food watermelon ice cream is so delicious!
Grab some watermelon before the summer is over and make some real food watermelon ice cream!
Creamy Real Food Watermelon Ice Cream
Creamy Real Food Watermelon Ice Cream
Yield 1 quart
Creamy Real Food Watermelon Ice Cream is the perfect summer treat! This refreshing ice cream is naturally sweetened and simply delicious.
Ingredients
- ½ cup freshly juiced organic watermelon
- 1 teaspoon gluten free organic vanilla extract
- 1 cup raw or organic whole milk or full-fat coconut milk
- 1 cup raw or organic cream {optional, if you don’t have cream, just sub with whole milk}
- ¼ cup light colored raw honey {I use local raw clover creamed honey}
Instructions
- Wash watermelon. Cut in half. With a spoon, scoop out chunks of watermelon and juice them in a juicer until you have ½ cup of juice.
- Add watermelon juice, vanilla, milk, cream, and honey to blender.
- Blend on a lower setting just until smooth and combined, about 5 seconds. Be careful not to blend too long, you don’t want a lot of air in the mixture. If any foam forms on the top, remove this with a spoon.
- Pour mixture into ice cream maker.
- Turn machine on and mix according to your ice cream maker’s instructions.
- Ice cream will start to have a “soft serve” texture when it is done. This is my family’s favorite way to eat it. If you prefer it to be a little firmer or need to serve it later, place in the freezer to harden.
Notes
YOU WILL NEED: Juicer, Blender, Ice Cream Maker
Dairy-Free Option: Substitute full-fat coconut milk for the dairy. I use this brand ... it's organic, non-GMO + it's BPA free.
- I haven’t made this without a ice cream maker. If you freeze it in a container, it won’t set exactly the same or produce the same soft consistency, but you can try and freeze it and the put it into a food processor to soften it up a bit. You’ll probably need to set it out at room temperature first for about 15 minutes to let it soften a bit.
- I have not tried using vodka, but I have heard that alcohol does really help keep the texture softer when frozen.
- I’ve had success using gelatin (<-- this is the only brand I use and love), whisked into 1/4 cup boiling water, in the ice cream mixture. Like alcohol, it helps keep ice cream from getting rock hard.
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Yummy and unique ice cream! Thanks for sharing!
@ Our Italian Kitchen, thanks 🙂
This is beautiful! I’d love to try this.
@ Abby, thanks! I hope you enjoy it 🙂 We just made some more today and it’s SO good!
Seriously, that looks MEGA yum. I am so jealous of your family that they got to eat it!!! Thanks for stopping by and linking up.
My girls would love this! I’ve got to get an ice cream machine. Bookmarking this recipe, thanks!
Rebekah
@ Stay at Home Babe, thanks, it was MEGA yum 😉 Thanks for hosting, I love reading your blog.
@ Rebekahdawn, I hope your girls will love it. I’ve found that I get a lot of use out of the ice cream machine, it’s certainly paid for itself with the amount I’ve used it. I’ve also had it for 10 years and it’s still working great. I hope you find a great one 🙂
We’ve made strawberry with the coconut milkfat and loved it. Question: can you get a nice thick ice cream when you substitute raw milk for the cream? It seems it would be thinner somehow! Thanks! I’m over at deeprootsathome.com
@ Jacqueline, the strawberry coconut sounds great. Yes, it won’t be as thick as “conventional” ice cream. It also depends on the milk you use. The raw milk I get is pure Jersey milk, so it has a higher fat content. It also has cream on the top, so when you shake it, cream is mixed into the milk. I usually make my ice cream with just the raw whole milk and the consistency is still great, it’s more like soft serve. The cream will just make it more like a “conventional” ice cream consistency.
Just happened upon your blog – I love it – great recipes, keep ’em coming!
Caitlyn
@ Kicka, thank you! Glad you found it, hope you enjoy 🙂
Your little one is just precious with that melon. The color of the ice cream is beautiful, and we love watermelon, so we would love this ice cream.Hope you have a great week end and thanks for sharing with Full Plate Thursday!
Come back soon,
Miz Helen
@ Miz Helen, thank you so much, she was so excited about her watermelon, it’s the only thing she requested to grow this year, so it was a proud moment for her (her first harvest). I hope you enjoy it if you get a chance to make it. Thanks again for hosting Full Plate Thursday!
Yum! A friend brought some watermelon ice cream to a baby shower a few weeks ago and I loved it! It was so fresh tasting!!
Thank you so much for sharing this at Recipe Sharing Monday. The new party is now up and I’d love for you to link up again 🙂
@ Kirstin, I bet it was so good 🙂
@ Ali, thanks so much for hosting! I’ll head over right now, thanks 🙂
yum!!! Thank you for linking up to Tasty Tuesday at Nap-Time Creations. I really hope you can come back and link up again this week!
@ Emily, thanks! I look forward to it 🙂 Thanks again for hosting.
THANK YOU for posting this and linking to the Barn Hop! I love watermelon and have my own milk…but I wasn’t sure if the combo would work. Now I’m going to have to give it a go…it’s beautiful!
Oh, does that look delicious. And my girlies would LOVE the color.
Hi Jenny, thanks for visiting! The combo is SO yummy, you’re going to love it. That’s so wonderful that you have your own milk too!
@ pathsofwrighteousness, thanks! I bet your girls will love it 🙂 Thanks for visiting.
Yum! I love watermelon!Thank you for your submission on Nourishing Treasure’s Whole Health Weekend Link-Up. Check back tomorrow when the new link-up is running to see if you were one of the top 3 featured posts! 🙂
@ NaturalFamLea, thanks 🙂
just happened across your blog needing recipes for watermelon. I made it and my daughter and husband loved it. this is the first homemade icecream my husband has ever had. I added chocolate chips to it. So good!!!! thank you so much for the recipe
I’m so happy to hear that, thank you so much for sharing! The chocolate chips sound so yummy too, I bet it was delicious. 🙂
Can this be made without an ice cream machine?
I’ve never made it without one. I am guessing that you need an ice cream maker of some sort in order to make it. I’m sure you could make it into popsicles, but it won’t have the same “ice cream” texture.
This is delicious! Usually when I make ice-cream there’s a cup of sugar, and 4 or more egg yolks. So it’s healthier and simpler to make as well! It has opened up so many possibilities… Next time I might change the juice/milk/cream/honey ratios slightly to make it more watermelony. All in all, a fantastic recipe! Thank you!
Thanks Sandy, it’s a favorite in my home. 🙂