Turkish Delight Ice Cream (Eggless)

Whether you're looking for a Turkish Delight Ice Cream recipe or Turkish Delight Frozen Yogurt recipe, I've got you covered. This eggless rose ice cream recipe is fool-proof and a really easy way to enjoy the best flavours of Turkish cuisine.

Included in this post are recipes for a creamy rose flavoured ice cream made in the ice cream maker that is shaped into bars and a chocolate and rose frozen yogurt made with only 3 ingredients!

Rose Ice Cream with Chocolate - no egg recipe

Heavenly eggless rose flavoured ice cream is shaped into bars and enrobed in chocolate for an opulent ice cream treat.

Eating ice cream is easy, but making it can be easy too! This recipe has a few easy ingredients but leads to incredible results! I don't think I've ever eaten ice cream this delicious before.

The eggless ice cream base is made with double cream, whole milk and sugar which is churned in the ice cream maker until whipped and airy. Rose syrup delicately perfumes and colours the ice cream emulating both Levantine cuisine and a traditional English rose garden.

You can optionally add pieces of turkish delight into the ice cream for texture and an extra boost of flavour. I do recommend adding them as the surprise texture and burst of flavouring from the turkish delight is so good.

The Inspiration behind this recipe

I absolutely LOVE turkish delight and Irmik Helvasi!

One of my fondest memories of Turkish Delight is watching The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe with my Dad.

As the scene with Edmund, the White Witch and turkish delight came on, he went into the kitchen and came back with a packet of rose and lemon turkish delights! Safe to say that between us we demolished the whole packet.

I was recently in Bath with the family for a day trip and we bought Turkish Delight Ice Cream from an ice cream parlour directly opposite the Roman Baths. It appeared to be a rose flavoured ice cream with chocolate chunks mixed through.

I had the idea of shaping the ice cream into moulds to make turkish delight ice cream bars and enrobe it with smooth chocolate.

Turkish Delight Ice Cream Recipe Ingredients

Full ingredients with measurements are available in the recipe card below at the end of this post

• Double cream - use heavy or double cream with over 50% fat

• Whole milk - you will need whole milk for this recipe. Do not use skimmed or semi-skimmed milk

• Sugar - I used white granulated sugar. The sugar will be whisked in the milk until dissolved

• Rose syrup - rose syrup is a store cupboard essential in South Asian households. It provides rose flavour and colour to the ice cream. I love using it to make Creamy Rose Lassi - a cooling Indian yogurt drink.

• Rose essence - rose syrup alone will not flavour the ice cream but a few drops of rose essence or rose water will help with this

• Chocolate - I have used plain dark chocolate but you can use milk chocolate or white chocolate. Even ruby chocolate!

Optional:

Add little chopped up pieces of rose turkish delight - though I say it's optional, I strongly recommend adding it!!!

Chopped pistachios to garnish

Rose petals to garnish

Corn starch can help thicken the ice cream before freezing in case it is still runny.

How to make Turkish Delight Ice Cream in an Ice Cream Maker

Full printable recipe in recipe card below.

For a no-churn, no ice cream maker recipe, see the FAQ below!

Making the rose ice cream

The trick here is so make sure the main ingredients are as chilled as possible. The ice cream maker bowl should be sufficiently frozen so make sure to follow the manufacturers instructions here. I've made the mistake by not freezing the bowl for long enough and I end up with a runny mixture and not ice cream.

Keep the cream and milk in the fridge until just required.

Mix together the sugar and milk to allow the sugar to dissolve. You can place the sweet milk back in the fridge for a couple of minutes if you want.

Prepare the ice cream machine. Pour in the double cream and follow with the sweet milk. Churn in the ice cream maker for around 40 minutes. You will see the cream begin to expand in the bowl as it churns and whips.

At this point, fold in the rose syrup and add a few drops of rose essence. The ice cream should look like loose ice cream when it is done.

Tip - in case your ice cream appears runny despite churning in the ice cream maker, mix 1 tablespoon of corn starch with a dash of milk to make a slurry. Add this to the mixture and the ice cream will slowly thicken. As the mixture is cold, it will take time to thicken.

This can now either be poured into ice cream moulds for Turkish delight ice cream bars or straight into a freezer-safe container for scoopable ice cream. You can top the ice cream with chopped rose Turkish delight, chocolate and pistachio nuts.

To prevent ice crystals forming on the surface of the ice cream, cover the ice cream tray/container with cling film.

For ice cream bars

Once the ice cream has frozen in the moulds, you can now dip into chocolate.

Melt the chocolate of your choice over a bain marie. The chocolate now needs to cool to almost room temperature but we do not want the chocolate to set again. To prevent this, keep stirring the melted chocolate to allow it to cool but stop it setting.

Once it is cool enough, dip the bars into the chocolate and remove. Allow some of the chocolate to drip off and lay on a baking tray or parchment paper.

You can now freeze these until ready to serve.

Easy Turkish Delight Ice Cream Recipe

Want all the pleasure of rose ice cream but don't have the time to make your own? No worries, there is an alternative way to make easy homemade turkish delight ice cream.

Simply fold rose syrup and chocolate chunks into vanilla or dairy ice cream and you have the easiest turkish delight ice cream at home! You can also use rose essence with or without red/pink food colouring for similar results.

Turkish Delight Frozen Yogurt Recipe and Ingredients

This frozen yogurt couldn't be easier to make - it's basic but that's what is so good about this recipe. Full fat natural yogurt or Greek yogurt is mixed with rose syrup to create a quick frozen yogurt - no extra sweetener required. You can either use an ice cream maker or churn manually during the freezing process.

Either make the frozen yogurt in a tray or freeze into popsicle moulds

Rose syrup

Natural yogurt - 10% Greek yogurt is best as it is extra thick without too much moisture. This results in a super creamy frozen yogurt.

Optional - use dark, milk or white chocolate to dip the popsicles into if you wish

Mix together the rose syrup and yogurt until smooth and there are no lumps. Pour into an ice cream maker then freeze or freeze directly and mix every 30 minutes to prevent crystals.

You can also pour the mixture directly into popsicle moulds and once frozen, you can dip into melted chocolate.

Other eggless ice cream recipes:

Eggless Cookies and Cream Ice Cream

Eggless Vanilla Ice Cream

Dulce de Leche Ice Cream

Kesar Pista Ice Cream (saffron and pistachio)

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