July 23, 2011

LEMON-THYME ICE CREAM

What do you do when you're blessed with an abundance of fresh herbs and you're looking to get creative?  You make raw ice cream!  

That's right, incorporating fresh herbs into raw desserts has become one of my latest intrigues.  It's so much fun discovering new flavor infusions.  The possibilities are endless!  This one is a citrus-thyme combo – fragrantly sweet, slightly zesty, and oh so divine! 

Start by making your own homemade thyme infused raw honey... 

Lemon-Thyme Ice Cream

1/3 cup raw honey
2 Tbsp fresh thyme, minced

Stir in fresh, minced thyme into raw honey and allow to infuse overnight.  

1/2 cup cashews (soaked 2 hr)
1 cup water
Juice of 1 lemon
1/4 cup melted coconut oil
Pinch Himalayan salt


Soak cashews to soften, rinse and drain.  Blend all ingredients (expect the thyme infused honey) until smooth and creamy.  Add honey in at the very end and blend on low to incorporate.  Pour into an ice cream maker, following the manufacturer's instructions.  That's it!

*If you don't have an ice cream maker, you can freeze the mixture in a glass container overnight... comes out just as good!


6 comments:

  1. Can't wait to try this. I have honey infusing with thyme right now. :) thanks for posting!

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  2. How perfect! It's a lovely, refreshing recipe, you'll like it ;-)

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  3. I used some lemon thyme that I had growing in my garden. This recipe is divine! :D

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  4. Yay! So happy to hear you enjoyed it ;-)

    xoxo

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  5. Hello Mila, I have try this recipe and it is very fresh and a new taste of icecream. My children are not realy happy. *g* Thanks for sharing your reccipes. ♥-full Greetings
    Netti

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  6. Haha! Yeah, the kids would probably prefer strawberry and vanilla rather than lemon and thyme.. wink!
    ;-)

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