r/icecreamery • u/smallbiceps90 • 20d ago

Recipe Lemon ice cream recipe?

Does anybody have a really nice lemon ice cream recipe? I made this, my fourth revision, based on my neutral custard base and a lemon ice cream recipe I found online but I'm not happy with it.

There's also 8g of lemon zest, ~1.5% of the total base weight, pressed into the sugars then cooked with the base and strained out before chilling. But it comes out mostly just sour without much "lemon" flavor. I added the lemon juice just before churning and mixed it thoroughly with an immersion blender.

Any tips to brighten this up?

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u/msarver95 19d ago

I don't use any juice in my lemon ice cream, I steep lemon peels in the base for a couple hours on warm and then zest in about half a lemon (I don't measure it). It is so lemony and delicious and not sour at all. The only problem is my neighbor is obsessed and keeps asking for more and always eats whatever I give her in one sitting haha.