A Basic No Churn Condensed Milk Ice Cream With Jam
No-Churn! I love that word. Not because I am lazy. I can churn like a machine, even by hand. But because it means the recipe is more accessible, might get done quickly and I might get away without bringing my ice cream maker out from the depths of the spare closet exploding with a million props and appliances. Okay, I might be a tad lazy.
So, back to this fabulous no-churn ice cream. This is essentially a 4-ingredient no-brainer ice cream that doesn't require cooking and doesn't require churning. The idea for this ice cream came when I was shooting lifestyle shots for the extra pages of my cookbook. I had bought a dozen or so Bonne Maman jam jars in every imaginable flavour (they now do a delightful caramel spread. Did you know?) for the shoot.
After giving away a few, I decided to use them in fun ways. One of them was making ice cream. It was really a basic condensed milk ice cream recipe that I have followed over the years with a touch of jam. The beauty of this recipe is that you could use your favourite spread (brand and flavour) and it would instantly be a new gorgeous dessert recipe that you won't be able to live without. This ice cream has a solid homemade feel to it and the consistency of a slab ice cream despite being ridiculously creamy. None of that airy fluff here! Just the way I like it (very occasionally).
Although we are officially into autumn in Australia, we still are being graced with some warm days. I wanted to get this recipe up before we lost that last bit of sunshine. This recipe first appeared in ELLE Magazine's February 2014 issue where I served it alongside an Asian Chop Chop Salad and Brown Fried Rice with Roast Duck.
Recipe
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NO-CHURN CONDENSED MILK AND JAM ICE CREAM
Ingredients
- 600 ml thickened cream
- 1 X 395g can condensed milk
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup strawberry jam
- Fresh cherries to serve, optional
Instructions
- Place cream in a large bowl. Whisk with an electric beater until fluffy and frothy. Add condensed milk and vanilla extract. Beat for two to three minutes until creamy and combined.
- Pour in a shallow metal dish (I used a 16x21x4 cm enamel pie dish). Drop dollops of strawberry jam in the cream mixture. Using a bamboo skewer gently swirl the ice cream through the cream twice. Cover with cling wrap and freeze in the freezer for at least 6 hours.
- To serve, remove from freezer and stand at room temperature for 5 minutes. Scoop into mini latte cups and top with fresh cherries.
Hi! This looks awesome and I can't wait to try it. Just have one question -- by "thickened cream", do you mean heavy cream? And by any chance do you know if evaporated milk could work? Thanks so much!
you could use heavy cream. Evaporated milk instead of condensed milk? That wouldn't work as it isn't sweet or thick enough. Cheers!
Any variation of this ice cream recipe would be delicious. I've been a fan of rhubarb ice cream for while now myself.
yummy I come from work everyday so I am tired and this is easy and quick thank you
Wonderful idea, jam in ice cream... instant flavour! But why oh why is food depicted so messily nowadays. We aren't children being let loose in the kitchen and I think most of us would be quite precise and not slop food everywhere. Just an observation. Love your work btw, thanks 🙂
We've always called plain evaporated milk condensed milk, and the sweet evaporated milk sweetened condensed milk. So, when I read this I think it should be unsweetened, but people's comments seem to indicate it's sweetened. Which is it, please? Thx!
Rachel, it is sweetened condensed milk. x
Ooo this is so pretty and it looks tasty! And your photos are beautiful. Pinning!
What a delicious ice cream that sounds pretty easy to make!
So easy and so good! Great recipe and gorgeous photos, Sneh
Yum yum yum, too delicious! The whole can of condensed milk just sounds decadent. 😛
Thank you so much. We live off the grid. Finding good ice cream recipes that don't require electricity (our freeze is gas) is rare. Can't wait to try this 🙂
Could we add peanut butter to this, to make a "peanut butter and jelly" ice cream?
This is the world's easiest and most delicious homemade ice cream recipe.
I have been struggling for years to get the creaminess just right, like the store brands, without realizing they use chemicals or professional-grade equipment to aerate their ice cream.
With this recipe, I get the perfect creaminess with very little effort and feel good about feeding it to my family, because I know only the good stuff's in it.
This looks amazing! That jam is my absolutely favourite! I'm wondering if because it has jam if that makes it appropriate breakfast food?
Love is definitely sweet and hopefully doesn't becomes sour. Beautiful photos! 🙂
I love this definitely will try. I have made this before but used instant coffee and slithered almonds...and I absolutely loved it so I know I will love strawberry jam thank you for sharing with your beautiful pictures.....
Oooh, this looks creamy and delish, it's hard to believe that it wasn't made with an ice cream machine!
I love this with the strawberry jam. I make something similar with evaporated milk, a recipe from Mr Glam's childhood. Have to try it with the Bonne Maman jam. Love your photos, really beautiful. GG
Oh yum! Love is Sweet - I love it. Thank you for sharing this great recipe.
I have two jars of Bonne Maman blueberry jam. I can see this no churn ice cream in my future - my very near future.
Oh, wonderful! This lazy ice cream must taste wonderful.
Cheers,
Rosa
My grandmother used to make ice cream this way. Your recipe brings back memories.
What a delicious idea, a perfect way to profile jam!
Simply divine! Thank you for sharing.