Cheat's Pistachio Ice Cream

Prep: 10 min8 servingsmediumMiddle Eastern
Cheat's Pistachio Ice Cream

No-churn pistachio ice cream made by folding finely and roughly chopped pistachios into softened vanilla ice cream. Ready in one hour of freezing. A simple method that requires no ice cream maker or cooking.

Ingredients

8 servings
  • 3 ½ oz pistachios, raw
    roasted salted pistachios1:1flavor

    intensifies pistachio taste

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  • 4 cups vanilla ice cream, softened
    salted caramel ice cream1:1flavor

    matches texture and method

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Instructions

  1. 1

    Whizz half the pistachios in a food processor until very finely chopped

  2. 2

    Roughly chop the remaining pistachios

  3. 3

    Stir the finely and roughly chopped pistachios together

  4. 4

    Fold the pistachio mixture through the softened ice cream

  5. 5

    Return to the tub and freeze for 1 hour

Good to Know

Storage

Freezer up to 2 weeks in airtight container

Make Ahead

Prepare fully and freeze up to 2 weeks

Serve With

Serve directly from freezer

Common Mistakes

Watch

Do not overmix pistachios into ice cream to avoid breaking down texture from finely chopped pieces

Substitutions

vanilla ice cream
salted caramel ice cream1:1flavor

matches texture and method

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pistachios
roasted salted pistachios1:1flavor

intensifies pistachio taste

Full guide →
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