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Honey ice cream

This fantastic ice cream offers a good excuse to indulge. It only takes a few minutes of actual working time - just don't tell people how simple it is!

Ingredients

  • One third (or more) of a 340g jar of Traidcraft Honey
  • Quarter pint whole milk
  • Half pint double cream
  • 1 dessertspoon vanilla extract

Makes 1 pint of ice cream.

Method

  1. Stir the milk, double cream and vanilla extract together in a saucepan.
  2. Warm but do not boil, then very thoroughly stir in the honey.
  3. Leave to cool.
  4. Pour into a basin and stir well again.
  5. Freeze. For the first four hours, whisk the mixture well for a couple of minutes on the hour.
  6. Freeze until frozen.
  7. Before serving, remove from the freezer for a few minutes.

Thanks to Susan Butt, a Traidcraft Fair Trader, for this recipe.