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Recipe from a Gluten-Free Kitchen Allergen-Free Ice Cream for Dinner

by Tiffany Hinton

National Ice Cream Month may that only the guests at the king’s table were officially be held in July, but served one plate of white strawberries the GF Mom Certified famand one plate of iced cream. All the other ily celebrates delicious ice cream all guests had to watch and marvel at the summer long. The traditional recipe for exquisite treats being eaten. ice cream includes heavy cream mixed Ice cream was enjoyed at the 1904 St. with egg yolks to create a custard-like Louis World’s Fair and later was a symbol mixture which is then frozen using a salt of morale for U.S. troops during World and ice technique—once considered a War II—Italian dictator Benito Muschemist’s party trick. Newer ice cream solini banned its sale for a time to avoid makers now use a frozen bucket turned the association. Packaged ice cream was by an electric motor to churn the creamy first sold in grocery stores in the 1930s, mixture into ice cream in approximately yet home ice cream makers still remained 25 minutes. popular until the 1970s.

Ice cream was served at a banquet for Food allergies affect about 4.2 the feast of St. George at Windsor Castle million children in the U.S., and two in 1671. It was such a rare and exotic dish of the main ingredients for ice cream are among the top eight allergens for children—eggs and milk. Milk is the second-most common allergen for children followed by peanuts. This creates a unique challenge when creating ice cream at home, causing many to avoid it and choose alternative cool treats like popsicles. In celebration of all things ice cream, let’s take a look at simple alternatives to traditional ingredients.

Canned coconut milk has a similar fat content to heavy whipping cream, making it a great alternative and substitute in homemade ice cream. This is best used by refrigerating the canned coconut milk overnight before using.

Cashew milk is a great substitute for the milk or half-and-half many ice cream recipes include. The cashew milk is thicker and heavier than rice, almond or oat milks. Non-dairy coffee creamers on the market can be used for this purpose, as well.

Pina Colada Ice Cream

Yields: About 3 cups

1 16-oz can coconut milk ½ cup pineapple, pureed in blender ¼ cup maple syrup ½ tsp rum extract

Mix together and follow instructions included with the ice cream maker.

See the blog post at GFMomCertified.com/ summer-ice-cream-memories-with-thehinton-family for additional ice cream recipes. Recipes courtesy of Tiffany Hinton, GF Mom Certified. Connect on social media @GFMomCertified.