Key Lime Ice Cream

With just a handful of ingredients — sugar, eggs, lime, half-and-half — this key lime ice cream recipe creates a refreshing summertime sweet treat.

• Preparation Time: 5 mins
• Cooking Time: 10 mins
• Total Time: 15 mins
• Calories: 260 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon lemon zest
• 2 large eggs
• 4 egg yolks
• 1.25 cups white sugar
• 2.25 cups half-and-half cream
• 0.75 cup lime juice

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Whisk sugar, lime juice, eggs, egg yolks, and lemon zest together in a medium saucepan over medium heat until well blended; continually stir with a wooden spoon until thickened enough to coat the back of the spoon, 7 to 8 minutes.

Step 2

Off heat, stir in half-and-half until smooth. Strain through a fine-mesh sieve set over a clean bowl. Cover the bowl; chill in the refrigerator until cool, stirring occasionally, about 1 hour.

Step 3

Pour chilled mixture into an ice cream maker and freeze according to the manufacturer's directions until it reaches "soft-serve" consistency. Transfer ice cream to a 1- or 2-quart lidded plastic container; cover the surface with plastic wrap and seal. Freeze 2 hours to overnight.