Homemade Ice Cream and Sorbets

Homemade frozen treats mean you control exactly what goes in: no stabilisers or dyes, just cream, fruit and a little patience. This collection covers rich custard ice creams, fruit sorbets you can make without a machine, and Italian semifreddo that needs no churning.

Banana Smoothie with Strawberries and Ice Cream

This milkshake-style smoothie is simple enough for a child to make; in fact, in the magazine the author's grandchildren…

Apricot Mille-Feuille with Tea Granita

Mille-feuille is a play of contrasts: crisp thin wafers, airy whipped cream, juicy apricots, and an icy tea granita…

Frozen Mojito Dessert with Lemon Sorbet

A frozen reincarnation of the classic Cuban mojito cocktail: the same trio of lime, mint, and rum, only in scoopable…

Vegan Blueberry Cheesecake with Apricot Sorbet

This cheesecake contains no animal products at all, so it suits vegans and raw-food eaters, yet even committed meat…

Seasonal Berry Crumble with Ice Cream

Crumble is one of the fastest homemade desserts: juicy summer berries under a golden, crisp topping, finished with a…

Sea Buckthorn Sorbet

Bright orange sea buckthorn sorbet is a sharp, sweet-and-sour finish to a winter lunch that refreshes the palate after…

Homemade Berry Ice Cream Duet (Raspberry Sorbet and Strawberry Ice Cream)

The whole appeal of this duet lies in the contrast of two textures in a single bowl. A clear raspberry sorbet with pure…

Hibiscus and Berry Sorbet

Sorbet is fruit ice with no milk or cream, so the pure flavor of the berries takes center stage here, sharpened by an…

Orange and Grapefruit Granita

Granita is a Sicilian semi-frozen dessert with a characteristic icy crumb, achieved not with an ice cream machine but…

Coffee Cocktail with Ice Cream

Hot coffee slowly melting a scoop of ice cream over a layer of sweet jam or vanilla syrup is a homemade version of the…

Tomato Sorbet

This is the kind of recipe where a single attempt can expand your home cooking repertoire: a savory vegetable ice…