Five homemade ice-cream recipes for International Ice-Cream day

I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice-cream

Keep cool with these gorgeous homemade ice-cream recipes

Pineapple and mango yoghurt pops

recipe by:Michelle Darmody

Cool down with these quick and easy fruity ice pops

Servings

6

Preparation Time

 10 mins

Total Time

 10 mins

Course

 Dessert

Ingredients

• 1/2 a medium-sized pineapple, skin and fibrous centre removed, chopped into chunks

• 2 small mangos, peeled, de-stoned and chopped

• 120mls tinned coconut milk

Method

1. Blitz the mango and pineapple to a pulp. Add in the coconut milk until combined.

2. Scoop the mixture into ice pop moulds and put a stick in each one.

3. Freeze until frozen through and them remove from the freezer about ten minutes before serving.

Ice cream cookie sandwiches

When the weather is warm and you fancy a low-key dessert then these ice cream sandwiches are the ultimate treat

Servings

4

Preparation Time

 15 mins

Cooking Time

 12 mins

Total Time

 27 mins

Course

 Dessert

Ingredients

• 250g plain flour

• 150g soft brown

• 100g caster sugar

• 1 tsp baking soda

• 2 level tsp cornflour

• ½ tsp salt

• 150g butter

• 1 egg and 1 egg yolk

• 2 tsp vanilla bean paste

• 150g chocolate chips

• 1 tub best quality favourite flavour ice cream

Method

1. Combine all the dry ingredients in a bowl  -  the flour, sugars, baking soda, salt and corn flour.

2. Crack the egg and egg yolk into a bowl and whisk lightly with the vanilla.

3. Melt the butter and sugar together until it is fully dissolved.

4. Combine the wet and dry ingredients and fold in 100g of chocolate chips.

5. Wrap in cling film, pop in the fridge to chill for about 2 hours or up to 3 days.

6. Preheat the oven to 180℃ and line a baking tray with parchment paper.

7. Roll the dough into small balls, space them well out and bake for 12 minutes. Allow them to continue to cook on the tray in the residue heat when they come out of the oven for another 10 minutes.

8. Move to a wire rack to cool a little, then scoop in some ice-cream into the centre of two cookies. Then dot a few extra chocolate chips around the edge.