Low FODMAP No-Churn Vanilla Ice Cream with Chocolate Covered Almonds
Yeah you read that right… Low FODMAP No-Churn Vanilla Ice Cream with Chocolate Covered Almonds. A vanilla ice cream base studded with chopped chocolate covered almonds in a no-churn base - no ice cream machine needed! Based on lactose-free dairy.
Low FODMAP Serving Size Info: Makes about 5 cups (1 kg); 10 servings; serving size 1/2 cup (100 g)
Ingredients:
- 2 cups (480 ml) lactose-free heavy cream, chilled
- ½ cup (99 g) sugar; use superfine if you have it
- 1 vanilla bean, split
- 1 tablespoon whiskey
- Pinch salt
- ½ cup (90 g) dark chocolate covered almonds (about 22 nuts), chopped
Preparation:
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Place chilled cream and sugar in a large mixing bowl or bowl of stand mixer. Scrape the vanilla bean seeds into the mixture. (You can bury the pod in a container of sugar to make vanilla-sugar). Add whiskey and pinch of salt and whip with electric mixer or balloon whisk attachment of stand mixer until soft peaks form. You want to take care not to over-beat it. At this point I finish off by hand and whisk with a balloon whisk just until firm peaks form. Fold in chopped dark chocolate covered almonds.
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Scrape into an airtight container and freeze until firm, preferably overnight. Allow to sit for a few minutes at room temperature, or maybe for about 10 minutes in the fridge, until it reaches a good scooping texture. Serve!
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FODMAP Information
Our recipes are based on Monash University and FODMAP Friendly science.
Almonds: Both Monash University and FODMAP Friendly have lab tested whole almonds, and their results vary from one another. Monash says that a Green Light low FODMAP portions is 10 whole almonds at 12 g, but a high FODMAP portion is 20 whole almonds at 24 g. FODMAP Friendly gives them a “Pass” at 30 g or ¼ cup.
Chocolate: Monash University has lab tested dark, milk and white chocolate all have low FODMAP amounts: 85% dark at 20 g; dark at 30 g; milk at 20 g; white at 25 g.
Sugar: Monash University and FODMAP Friendly have both lab tested white, granulated sugar. Monash states that a Green Light low FODMAP serving size of white sugar is 1/4 cup (50 g). FODMAP Friendly simply states that they have tested 1 tablespoon and that it is low FODMAP. Regular granulated white sugar is sucrose, which is a disaccharide made up of equal parts glucose and fructose. Sucrose is broken down and absorbed efficiently in the small intestine.
Please always refer to the Monash University & FODMAP Friendly smartphone apps for the most up-to-date lab tested information. As always, your tolerance is what counts; please eat accordingly. The ultimate goal of the low FODMAP diet is to eat as broadly as possible, without triggering symptoms, for the healthiest microbiome.