Mango Ice cream Recipe

One cannot think Summers without relishing on sweet and delicious mangoes. Apart from enjoying them as it is, i make a variety of desserts with this tropical delight .One among them is Mango Ice cream made with fresh fruit pulp . 

Mango Ice Cream can be easily made at home and that too without an ice cream maker. There are many methods and this ice cream can me made using heavy cream or milk maid. But in this post i have stuck to the traditional method, using full cream milk and cream. Have reduced the milk to half its quantity, used little corn flour as a thickener , Fresh cream , mango pulp and sugar. The ice cream came out to be super soft. The color and taste of this mango ice cream depends upon the mango used. I would suggest Alphonso mango for making this recipe.

Ingredients: Measurements 1 cup = 250 ml

• 2 cups of Full cream milk
• 1 tbsp of Corn Flour/ Custard Powder
• 5 tbsp Sugar or as required
• 1/2 cup  Cream
• 1 cup mango- pureed 
• 1 tbsp Pistachio chopped (optional)

Method:

1. Mix the Corn flour in 1/4 cup milk and keep aside.

  2.  Take rest of the milk in a heavy bottom sauce pan and brink it to a boil. Simmer it and allow to reduce to half its original quantity. Add sugar , let it dissolve and the mixture come to a boil. 

  3. When it boils add the corn flour or custard mixture and bring it to a boil again , cook for 1 -2 minutes and put off the flame. Allow it to cool down at room temperature.

  4. In a mixing bowl , take the cream and mango puree and whisk lightly.

  5. Add this cream and mango mixture to the cooled milk mixture. Mix well and transfer to a container with a tight lid.

  6. Freeze till the mixture is almost set .Take out and beat with a hand beater and place back into the freezer.( This step is to avoid crystal formation). After beating , i added some mixture into the ice pop molds and kept the rest in a container with a tight lid. 

  7. Freeze till the ice cream is set. Enjoy this delicious mango Ice Cream with your loved ones !

  I hope you would love to try out this recipe at home. Do not forget to give your valuable feed back. 

  For more mango recipes , do check my posts on

• Amrakhand - Mango Shrikhand
• Soft Mango Bites
• Kairi Panha - Raw Mango Drink
• Raw Mango Chutney
• Spicy Raw Mango Pickle
• Aam Ka Murabba