Fresh Peach Ice Cream
With fragrant, Georgia peaches piled high in my fruit bowl, it’s no surprise this fabulous recipe for Fresh Peach Ice Cream beckoned me. Chopped and macerated peaches were mixed into a vanilla custard then frozen into creamy deliciousness.
This Easy Homemade Peach Ice Cream is the epitome of summer desserts! Seasonal peaches frozen with a luscious, creamy custard is a most delicious way to keep cool on a hot, humid day.
Why You Must Make:
- Peach season is generally the hottest time of the year, so making peach ice cream is the perfect way to stay cool!
- This ice cream is rich, creamy, and irresistible!
- Made with simple ingredients like cream, half and half, sugar, and peaches, this ice cream was destined to be sublime.
Reader Endorsement:
From the comments:
It’s peach season here in central PA and this recipe looked like a winner. Well, it’s MORE than a winner, maybe the best of all time!!! I followed the directions exactly and hello peaches and cream! A smooth and creamy delight! One warning though, the recipe makes 3 full quarts of liquid, so I had to run 2 batches in my 1 1/2 quart Cuisinart, the 2nd batch came out a little softer than normal but a few hours in the freezer should fix that. Get your peaches and make this recipe NOW!!
Recipe Tips:
- No overnight chilling was needed, just mix and pour into the ice cream maker.
- It took a few hours in the freezer to become firmer than soft serve, but it was worth the wait. I was on cloud nine sampling what was left on my machine’s paddle.
- Since any larger pieces of fruit can get icy when frozen, I recommend a good mashing of the diced fruit.
- My son, Nick, and I doubled up our peach intake by having our scoops of fresh peach ice cream over Peach Crisp. Fruit is healthy, right???
Frequently Asked Questions
If you use fresh, ripe, fragrant peaches the ice cream will taste like peaches. Do not make unless your peaches are flavorful.
You can always freeze the peaches you cannot use before they spoil. Make sure to add a product like Fruit Fresh which will keep the peaches from oxidizing, or turning brown, in the freezer.
You can also make quick bread, jam, muffins, pies, crumbles, crisps, sauces, or salsas.
When an ice cream recipe does not include eggs, there’s a higher probability that ice crystals will form after it freezes. To minimize the chances, adding some alcohol to the ice cream base will lower the freezing point.
According to the New York Times, adding 1½ tablespoons of 80-Proof alcohol for every quart of ice cream base is the rule of thumb.
You May Also Like:
Stock up on peaches so you, too, can make this old-fashioned homemade ice cream recipe and a few more of my favorites!
- Peach Sherbet from TidyMom
- Balsamic RoastedStrawberry Ice Cream from Cooking on the Ranch
- Fresh Peach Clafoutis
- Brown Butter Peach Scones
- Southern Peach Bread
- Fresh Peach Margaritas
- Easy Peach Crumb Pie
- Peach Blueberry Galette
- More Dessert Recipes
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Fresh Peach Ice Cream
This marvelous fresh peach ice cream recipe creamy and delicious!
Ingredients
- 3 eggs, beaten
- 1 3/4 cups sugar
- 5 fresh peaches, peeled, pits removed and finely chopped
- 2 cups heavy cream
- 1 cup half and half
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
- A rounded 1/4 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- In a large bowl, whisk together eggs and sugar till smooth.
- Place diced peaches in a medium bowl and mash a few times with a potato masher.
- Stir the peaches into the eggs, then mix in cream, half and half, vanilla and salt.
- Pour the mixture into the freezer container of ice cream maker and process according to manufacturer's instructions.
Notes
This recipe utilizes raw eggs. If serving to children, the elderly or the immune-suppressed, please use pasteurized eggs to avoid salmonella.
Total time depends on how long it takes your ice cream maker to process the ice cream.
This recipe is half of Lea Ann's original recipe and I still could not fit it all into my ice cream maker. Store unused peach custard in the refrigerator and freeze it within 24 hours.
The recipe is courtesy of Lea Ann of Cooking on the Ranch.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
10Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 384Total Fat: 21gSaturated Fat: 13gTrans Fat: 1gUnsaturated Fat: 7gCholesterol: 118mgSodium: 102mgCarbohydrates: 46gFiber: 1gSugar: 45gProtein: 5g
40 Comments on “Fresh Peach Ice Cream”
It’s peach season here in central PA and this recipe looked like a winner. Well, it’s MORE than a winner, maybe the best of all time!!! I followed the directions exactly and hello peaches and cream! A smooth and creamy delight! One warning though, the recipe makes 3 full quarts of liquid, so I had to run 2 batches in my 1 1/2 quart Cuisinart, the 2nd batch came out a little softer than normal but a few hours in the freezer should fix that.
Get your peaches and make this recipe NOW!!
Thanks so much, Bobby, for taking the time to share your review!! Nothing better in the summer than great peach recipes!!
Just picked my peaches from my back yard tree and this ice cream was the perfect use of them! Absolutely amazing
I love this peach ice cream! We’ve enjoyed some after dinner every night!
Confused as to why the lead in to recipe says no eggs and one of the first ingredients is 3 eggs.
Yikes, you’re exactly right, Pat. I do have a no-churn peach ice cream without eggs, and these tips were added years after this was first posted. I was probably updating both on the same day. Blame it on multi-tasking! Thanks so much for catching my error!
yummm perfect for a hot summer day
got to love no churn this looks marvelous!
The pictures look great and all the comments sounds wonderful so we will try this receipe.
I love peach ice cream and never can find it in our grocery stores here. We finally bought an ice cream maker and tomorrow we will be making peach ice cream. Thank you for the recipe.
What a tasty way to beat the heat!
I haven’t made ice cream once this summer. Must remedy that soon and make this recipe.
Lizzy,
Yum. Peach Ice Cream sounds delicious. Fruit in any form counts as healthy. It must be so nice to meet with other bloggers.
Annamaria
hallo what is this half and half ?
Half and half is sometimes known as coffee cream—less fat than heavy cream. You can simulate it by mixing together half milk and half heavy cream. Hope this helps 🙂
I love peaches at this time of year. I wish I had a ice cream makers so that I could make this ice cream. It looks perfect for summer.
Lea Ann’s recipe is indeed inspired! Double scoop please! (Love the no overnight freezing, too!)
Lizzy I have to try this ice cream when I have peach in summer, look delicious!!
xoxoxo
Absolutely lovely, Liz! I couldn’t imagine a more perfect summer treat.
Se ve muy bien.
Un saludito