Tangy labneh gives this no-churn ice cream serious Froyo vibes. It’s creamy, lime-y, and maaaybe even healthy?! With the crushed granola, you could almost eat it for breakfast.
Recipe information
Yield
Makes about 2 quarts
Ingredients
½
¾
1
¾
1½
Special Equipment
2
Preparation
Step 1
If using Greek yogurt, set a fine-mesh sieve over a bowl; line with cheesecloth. Place yogurt in sieve and let drain in refrigerator 4 hours (you should have ½ cup); discard drained liquid in bowl.
Step 2
Pulse granola in a food processor to break up a bit. (Or roll up in a kitchen towel and gently crush with a rolling pin.)
Step 3
Whisk labneh (or strained yogurt), condensed milk, lime zest and juice, and salt in a medium bowl until smooth.
Step 4
Using an electric mixer, beat cream in a medium bowl, starting on low speed and gradually increasing to medium-high as it thickens, until billowy and stiff peaks form, about 4 minutes.
Step 5
Add a dollop of whipped cream to labneh mixture and mix in with a rubber spatula (this is just to lighten it so that the next stage—folding—is easier). Add remaining whipped cream and fold in, running spatula down sides and along bottom of bowl, then lifting up through center and over top while rotating bowl to integrate without deflating, until very few streaks of labneh mixture remain. Fold in granola; scrape ice cream base into a loaf pan that’s at least 8½x4½". Cover with plastic wrap or an airtight silicone lid and freeze until solid, at least 8 hours.
Step 6
To serve, transfer loaf pan to refrigerator and let ice cream soften 10 minutes before scooping into bowls.
Step 7
Do ahead: Ice cream can be made 1 week ahead. Keep frozen.
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Reviews (11)
Back to TopDelicious and super easy to make. Didn't need to freeze for 8 hours; 4 hours was fine. Will be making often. Granola made a nice texture contrast. My husband doesn't eat labneh or yoghurt so I didn't tell him that was what was in it; he loved it and went back for seconds.
Anonymous
11/22/2020
Lovely recipe Sarah! we made it into popsicles, it made 18 using the Ikea molds. We used non-fat yogurt (what we had) and draining didn't make a difference, even after 6 hours. We also experimented with the granola given how divisive it was. the 1st 6 popsicles had no granola, the next had only a little at the base (top when loading the molds) and the last 6 had it stirred in. My family voted unanimously for stirred in. Our granola is a homemade honey almond granola. I did pick out the dried fruit in the mix (golden raisins) as I was thinking they would be too hard and chewy when frozen. Next time i'll add even more lime juice and zest, as we like our sour flavors to be truly tart. The texture was fantastic. I appreciated how obviously flexible this recipe was, given that I was mucking with it from the beginning and it still stayed true to its flavor profile. I don't usually rate recipes when I don't follow them more closely, but I felt like my adjustments are probably pretty common ones, so I'm going for it. Make it! leave in the granola!
Anonymous
Denver, CO
8/3/2020
Super Simple and delicious, was so excited to try this because labneh is one of my all time favorites. The ice cream had a wonderfully airy, light texture and the flavors translated similar to that of key lime pie. I used a couple of crushed up nut bars instead of granola. <3
Chef_sadgal
Los Angeles
7/24/2020
this ice cream is super delicious- with a few caveats. I will say that once in the ice cream, the granola tends to soften up so it's basically completely unnecessary as it doesn't provide the crunch you are looking for in otherwise creamy and sweet ice cream. I will also add that it is extremely sweet thanks to the condensed milk, and the flavour of the labneh is obliterated by other competing flavours. all that being said, it's delicious, and super easy. I served w baklava for my dad's birthday and it was a hit.
toronto
6/19/2020
Flavor wise, this was very tasty. It has key lime pie vibes and the granola is a nice textural add. However this is verrrrrry rich. I felt like I was bordeline eating flavored frozen butter. Tasty, but I would serve this in smaller than usual amounts.
wannappetit
6/5/2020