
Dill Pickle
Sweet cream ice cream with a salty, sour kick of dill pickle brine and tiny pickle pieces. Tastes like a frozen pickle cheesecake, and it works.
- Hands-on
- 10 min
- Freeze
- 24 h
- Program
- Ice Cream
- Makes
- 4 servings6 servings
Good forWild flavors
Nutrition
Per 100 g, estimatedPer serving (¼ of a 473 ml16 oz tubpint, about 121 g), estimated
Whole tubpint: 990 kcal, 10 g protein1485 kcal, 15 g protein (709 ml24 oz). Contains: Milk.
Ingredients
6 ingredientsTap an ingredient when it is in the bowl
452 of 473 ml677 of 709 ml
In the tubpintScale reads
Put the empty tubpint (or your pan) on the kitchen scale and press zero. Add each ingredient until the scale shows the number on the right.
Mix everything in one big bowl, then divide it evenly between 2 tubspints.
Steps
- Microwave 30 g full-fat cream cheese2 tbsp full-fat cream cheese2 tbsp cream cheese45 g full-fat cream cheese45 g full-fat cream cheese1½ oz cream cheese in a large bowl for 10 seconds to soften it.
- Whisk in 70 g caster or granulated sugar85 ml caster or granulated sugar⅓ cup granulated sugar105 g caster or granulated sugar120 ml caster or granulated sugar½ cup granulated sugar for about 1 minute, until it looks like frosting.
- Slowly whisk in 160 ml whipping cream160 ml whipping cream⅔ cup heavy cream240 ml whipping cream240 ml whipping cream1 cup heavy cream and 110 ml whole milk110 ml whole milk⅓ cup + 2 tbsp whole milk165 ml whole milk170 ml whole milk⅔ cup whole milk until the sugar has dissolved.
- Pulse 50 g dill pickles or gherkins in brine85 ml dill pickles or gherkins in brine⅓ cup dill pickles75 g dill pickles or gherkins in brine130 ml dill pickles or gherkins in brine½ cup dill pickles and 60 ml dill pickle brine60 ml dill pickle brine¼ cup dill pickle brine90 ml dill pickle brine90 ml dill pickle brine¼ cup + 2 tbsp dill pickle brine a few times with a stick blender, until the pickles are in tiny pieces. Whisk them into the cream.
- Pour the base into an empty tubpint, up to the max fill line. Put the lid on and freeze on a level shelf for 24 hours.
- Take the lid off, set the tubpint in the outer bowl and lock it into the machine. Run Ice Cream.
- If it looks crumbly or powdery, add 15 ml whole milk1 tbsp whole milk1 tbsp whole milk25 ml whole milk1½ tbsp whole milk1½ tbsp whole milk and run Re-spin.
To serve: Top each scoop with a thin pickle slice and a small sprig of dill.
My notes
Tips
- Use dill pickles in brine, never sweet bread-and-butter pickles. In Europe, look for salt-brined or dill gherkins, not the sweet and sour kind.
- For a greener color and a fresh, herby edge, pulse 1 tbsp chopped fresh dill with the pickles.
- Brines differ in saltiness, so taste the base before freezing. It should taste sweet first, then salty and sour. If it mostly tastes of salt, whisk in 1 tbsp more sugar.
Why it works
The salt and vinegar in the brine lower the freezing point, so the tubpint spins soft and scoopable. Cream cheese adds body and a cheesecake tang that ties the sweet cream to the sour pickle.
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