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No-Churn Pear Ice Cream

Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Freeze Time6 hours
Total Time6 hours 20 minutes
Course: Dessert

Ingredients

  • 4 cups diced and peeled pears (about 5 whole pears)
  • juice of half a lemon
  • 1 tbsp cinnamon
  • ½ tsp nutmeg
  • cup honey
  • 1 pint heavy whipping cream
  • 1, 14 ounce can of sweetened condense milk
  • 2 tsp vanilla

Instructions

  • Wash, peel, core and dice pears. Add the fruit to a bowl along with the lemon juice, cinnamon, nutmeg and honey. Stir to combine.
  • Pour the pears into a medium-sized skillet and heat over medium heat until the pears are soft and their juices have released. Pour the cooked pears into a glass bowl and refrigerate until completely cooled, about one hour.
  • When the pears have cooled, make the ice cream base. Whip one pint of heavy whipping cream until very thick. Stir in one can of sweetened condense milk and the vanilla until well combined.
  • Fold in the cooked pears, leaving large swooping swirls in the ice cream.
  • Spoon the ice cream into two 9x3" metal loaf pans and cover with plastic. Freeze for 6 hours or until firm. Enjoy!