Make lemon ice cream yourself
The summery ice refreshment with only 4 ingredients
Delicious lemon ice cream: simply delicious on a sunny day!
Lemon ice cream is a wonderful refreshment in summer, so we’ll show you how you can make delicious lemon ice cream yourself – with and without an ice cream maker.
Make lemon ice cream yourself: the ingredients
- Juice of 3 lemons (approx. 150 ml)
- 100 g sugar (or powdered sugar)
- 400 grams of yoghurt
- 3 egg whites
Lemon ice cream with 4 ingredients: step-by-step preparation
- For the lemon ice cream, first halve and squeeze the lemons.
- Put the lemon juice in a bowl with the yoghurt and half the sugar and beat until creamy. Chill in the fridge for at least an hour.
- Separate the eggs and beat the remaining sugar with the egg white until stiff.
- Fold the beaten egg whites into the yoghurt mixture and put the lemon ice cream in the ice cream maker.
Prepare lemon ice cream without an ice cream maker
Alternatively, you can freeze the lemon ice cream in the freezer. For that you should Plan at least 5 hours and stir the ice cream every half hour to prevent ice crystals from forming. It is best to use a large bowl and a whisk or a large spoon. The constant stirring is time-consuming, but your efforts will be worth it rewarded with creamy lemon ice cream!
This is how you can refine your lemon ice cream
Lemon and mint are an unbeatable combo! You can a handful of mint leaves take it, chop it finely and finally stir it into the ice cream mixture. Mint is also suitable as a pretty decoration on the ice cream balls.
You can also use lemon ice cream instead of yoghurt with buttermilk and crème fraîche manufacture. You can find the right recipe here: Buttermilk Lemon Ice Cream.
If you like it even more summery, you can Add strawberries to the ice cream. Let yourself be inspired by our recipes for the strawberry-lemon sundae and lemon ice cream with strawberries!
Here you will find further instructions if you want to make ice cream yourself, for example for banana ice cream, pistachio ice cream or the ice cream trend Rolled Ice Cream. We also explain how you can make milk ice cream yourself and how you can make water ice cream yourself.