How To Make Pistachio Ice Cream,

Chocolate ice cream, pistachio ice cream or any ice cream with nuts has always been my favorite. I stopped buying pistachio ice cream because I was disappointed after trying a variety of brands. It’s not the same as the ones which we get in India. Finally I found that the Indian grocery stores carry it (at least here in Canada) in small tubs which tasted exactly like the one I used to have in India. Ever since I have wondered how to make pistachio ice cream at home, I didn’t have an ice cream maker then and had always thought that making homemade pistachio ice-cream, or any other ice cream for that matter was not possible without an ice cream maker.

That thought changed when I tried the eggless banana ice cream at home without an ice cream maker. It was easy to make it and tasted awesome too. But still I was hesitant to make pistachio cream at home without an ice cream maker. So just kept postponing that thought. The summer I got the machine we were moving from US to Canada, so I didn’t even open the package it came in. Then there was settling in the new place and within a couple of weeks I went to India. I tried the mango ice cream recipe with fresh mangoes which was just awesome.

I couldn’t believe that making ice cream at home with a machine could be so easy. The recipe book has a couple of eggless ice cream recipes including vanilla, chocolate, strawberry to name a few. But with my love for the Indian style pista ice cream, I just wanted to try that first and couldn’t have been more happy with that decision because the eggless pistachio ice cream I made was AWESOME, DELICIOUS and DECADENT! I know that I’m going to make this again and again and get rave reviews from everybody. I think much of the flavor for the pista ice cream came from the pista milk essence I used. I don’t know how many of you have heard about this. This essence comes in a small plastic container.

You just add a couple of drops of it and sugar to the milk for pistachio flavored milk. Similarly you can make almond flavored milk and rose milk too. I got these from India but I’m sure that you should be able to find it in the Indian grocery stores here too. I’m pretty sure that you can make this easy pistachio ice cream recipe at home without an ice cream maker following the banana ice cream procedure. 1. In a medium mixing bowl combine together all the ingredients except the pistachios and pour into the freezer bowl and follow the manufacturer’s directions to make the ice cream. 2. Mine took about 25 minutes to thicken. Add the pistachios then and let the machine run for another 5 minutes.