Plum Lemon Buttermilk Ice Cream
This plum lemon buttermilk ice cream is a relatively low fat ice cream (emphasis on "relatively" and keep in mind the industry serving size 😉) that still packs complimentary flavors together for a rewarding and cooling summer treat.
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Plum Lemon Buttermilk Ice Cream
- Prep Time: 20 m
- Cook Time: 1 h 15 m
- Freeze Time: 2 h
- Total Time: 3 h 35 m
- Servings: 16
Ingredients
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 cup buttermilk
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 lemon zest and juice
- 1½ cups diced plums
- 2 tablespoons sugar
Instructions
- Combine the heavy cream, buttermilk, ½ cup of sugar, and lemon juice in a medium saucepan. Simmer until the sugar has dissolved. Add the lemon zest and chill for at least 4 hours.
- Place the plums and 2 tablespoons of sugar in a small saucepan. Cook over low heat, bringing the mixture to a boil slowly. Stir to dissolve the sugar. Once boiling, reduce the heat and simmer for 5 minutes until the plums start to soften and are tender but not mushy. Remove the saucepan from the heat and let the plums come to room temperature. Refrigerate until you are ready to use.
- When the buttermilk mixture has completely cooled, pour it into an ice cream maker. Churn the mixture according to the manufacturer’s instructions.
Add the plum mixture to the soft churned ice cream. You can stir the plum mixture into the buttermilk ice cream, or let your ice cream maker churn for just a few more cycles to mix it in.
- Serve soft serve style or transfer to a container and freeze for at least 2 hours for a harder, scoopable texture.
Nutrition Facts
Plum Lemon Buttermilk Ice Cream
Amount Per Serving
Calories 100
Calories from Fat 54
% Daily Value*
Fat 6g9%
Saturated Fat 4g20%
Cholesterol 22mg7%
Sodium 22mg1%
Potassium 65mg2%
Carbohydrates 11g4%
Fiber 1g4%
Sugar 10g11%
Protein 1g2%
Vitamin A 295IU6%
Vitamin C 5.1mg6%
Calcium 30mg3%
Iron 0.1mg1%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Thank you for these amazing recipes ! Working full time these recipes help make a meal quick and efficient and delish (family approves dishes I have served . Thank you for your dedication to the home cook
I’m probably missing this in the recipe, but when do you mix the plumbers with the buttermilk mix
Thanks, Kathy. I’ve fixed the recipe to show you when to add the plums.
ML
Thanks for the plum ice cream recipe. The directions don’t state when to add the cooled plum mixture to the ice cream maker. Is it with the buttermilk/cream mixture or at the end. Looking at your photo, it seems probably at the end as the fruit mix seems to be swirled! Thanks in advance for your response….
Thanks, Elizabeth. Sorry for the oversight. I’ve fixed the recipe now.
ML
Do you cook the plums in water and if so how much water.I did not see this in the recipe.Thank you for all your recipes.
Hi Gail. No, the plums are not cooked in water. Dice the plums and put them right into the saucepan with the sugar. They will release their juices and you’ll end up with a plum compote of sorts that you stir into the buttermilk ice cream.
This is delicious, even without the plum sauce that I swirled in. The recipe is easily doubled, which I did, and will definitely make it again. It would be fabulous with strawberry jam, or raspberry jam swirled in. The lemon makes it universal. I did not miss the vanilla typically used to make ice cream.
I would really love a cookbook (with all the master base recipes you have come up with for things like gelato, as an example ) and all these on your page ! Please make it a spiral bound book so it lays flat while one is actually in the process and possibly has sticky or gooey little fingers helping you 😉 . Some if us are on fixed incomes so buying the new ice cream machine is not an option for us but the recipes I assume will work in other machines. I hope you will seriously consider this request 😎♥️😋
All of the ice cream recipes on the website can be made in any brand of ice cream maker.
Another winner! This was so delicious. Very refreshing. I can’t wait to make it again.
I think blueberry would be so good, would using frozen make any difference?
You could use fresh or frozen blueberries in place of the plums.