It’s peach season! With peaches on my backyard tree, and peaches delivered in my CSA farm box, I needed to whip up something quick. Since Howard is watching his sugar intake, I’ve been wanting to experiment with sugar substitutes. This is low-cal peach ice cream is my first try. Two impartial judges loved it. I even got a marriage proposal from the one that wasn’t already my husband! In addition to using the sugar substitute Zero, I used whole milk instead of half-and-half. It worked wonderfully.
All the photos were shot with my Samsung NX300 camera and 30mm pancake lens.
Ingredients
9 small peaches (with a drought in California, our backyard fruit is small this year)
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp almond extract
1/2 cup Wholesome Sweeteners Zero (0 calories, 0 glycemic index, all natural erythritol)
1 1/2 whole milk (half-and-half or non-fat if you prefer)
Step-by-step with with photos
Wash the peaches
Remove the stones, cut into large pieces, and place into Cusinart. As you can see, I left the peach skins on.
Puree the peaches. I left the puree slightly chunky, and got 2 cups of peach puree from 9 peaches. Add the extracts and the half the Zero. Taste the puree and decide if you want to increase the Zero. It’s easier to add more Zero, than more peaches! Add the milk (or half-and-half if you prefer).
Put the puree in a container and place in freezer for 30 minutes to an hour to chill.
Place fruit puree mixture in your ice cream maker for 30 to 45 minutes.
Makes six servings, approximately 47 calories each.
Here are more succinct instructions.
Instructions
1) Wash the peaches. Remove the stones, and cut into large pieces. I left the skins on.
2) Puree the peaches.
3) Add the extracts and the half the Zero. Taste the puree and decide if you want to increase the Zero. It’s easier to add more Zero, than more peaches!
4) Add the milk (or half-and-half) as you prefer.
5) Put in small container and place in freezer for 30 minutes to an hour to chill.
6) Place fruit puree mixture in your ice cream maker for 30 to 45 minutes
Makes about 6 servings.
47 Calories per serving.
Scoop and enjoy!
Oooooh, this sounds good, and we are smack dab in the middle of peach season here. I’m going to give it a try.
Let me know what you think!
Sounds yummy. I am very sensitive to artificial sweeteners, they give me a migraine, but I have never heard of Zero. Will have to look into it.
I’m just starting to experiment with them. I’ve never used them before, but with my husband’s sugar-level and his sweet tooth, it’s time for me to learn how to use them. Here’s what Wikipedia says about erythritol: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erythritol