February is going to end soon and we will be welcoming the summer season officially. To kickstart the new year’s long hot summer, I would recommend you to try one or all of the 5 boozy frozen dessert recipes that you can easily make at your cozy home. Just be sure to invite your dear ones over to have a fun frozen dessert-making weekend!
1. Sparkling Ice Cream
One of the simplest and purest forms of ice cream, this recipe of Sparkling ice cream will have you eating prosecco till the wee hours. Just make sure your pet doesn’t finish every bite when you leave your bowl unattended for a minute!
What you’ll need:
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1/2 can sweetened condensed milk
- 2 tbsp honey
- 30 ml prosecco
- 2 tbsp sprinkles
Instructions:
- Add heavy cream to a stand mixer
- Beat for 5-7 mins
- Add honey and condensed milk
- Fold in with a spatula
- Add prosecco and fold it in
- Transfer mixture to a loaf pan
- Top it with sprinkles
- Freeze for 5 hours
- Serve
2. Moscato Ice Cream
This one has berries and booze, what else will you need in life to be this content? A sweet boozy treat, serve some to your parents and ask for that sweet Macbook you have been eyeing for a while or for permission for the trip you have been planning since a year. I am sure they will be buzzed and happy enough to say yes!
What you’ll need:
- 90 ml Moscato
- 90 ml sugar
- 30 ml instant vanilla pudding mix
- 110 ml cold heavy cream
- 1/4 cup chopped raspberries
- 1/4 cup chopped blueberries
Instructions:
- Chill the stand mixer bowl in freezer for 30 mins
- Whisk moscato, sugar and pudding mix in another bowl
- Whip heavy cream in the chilled bowl for 2 mins
- Reduce the mixer speed and add moscato mixture to it
- Whip for 1 min and turn it off
- Add berries to it with a spatula
- Transfer it to a loaf pan
- Cover with saran wrap
- Freeze for 12 hours, and serve
3. Gin and Lemon Sorbet
If you are a gin enthusiast, you need to buy your favourite bottle of the liquor and make Gin and Lemon sorbet to have a fine boozy dessert to treat yourself after a hectic work day. And if you are feeling too generous, take some for your colleagues to bring the Friday vibe to a Wednesday!
What you’ll need:
- 65 g sugar
- 200 ml carbonated bitter lemon
- 65 ml fresh lemon juice
- 40 ml gin
- 1 egg white
Instructions:
- Add sugar and bitter lemon to a saucepan
- Simmer for 5 mins and keep aside to cool off
- Once cooled, add gin and lemon juice to it
- Refrigerate until cold
- Whisk an egg until frothy
- Add it to the gin mixture and whisk
- Churn for 15 mins
- Freeze it overnight and serve
4. Salted Watermelon Margarita Popsicles
Welcome your siblings to adulthood with a tequila popsicle with this recipe of salted watermelon margarita frozen dessert! To make it more fun, make the popsicles together while drinking tequila and recalling silly childhood memories.
What you’ll need:
- 240 ml watermelon juice
- 120 ml sugar
- 60 ml fresh lime juice
- 45 ml tequila
- 1 tbsp orange liqueur
- 5 lime slices
- Salt
Instructions:
- Add 120 ml watermelon juice and sugar to a saucepan
- Simmer till sugar dissolves
- Remove from heat and add 120 ml watermelon juice, lime juice, tequila and liqueur to it
- Add a lemon slice to popsicle moulds
- Pour the mixture into the moulds
- Freeze for 6 hours
- Serve with sprinkled salt
5. Rosé Sorbet
This recipe is not only quick and easy to make but also gives you an extremely delicious frozen dessert to eat while streaming your favourite Netflix series after dinner. Make enough to last you for a few days and you will start seeing life with Rosé-tinted spectacles!
What you’ll need:
- 240 ml Rosé wine
- 50 ml sugar
- 3 cup frozen raspberries
Instructions:
- Add wine and sugar to a saucepan
- Whisk constantly while bringing the mixture to a boil
- Remove from heat once sugar dissolves
- Add the cooled-off wine syrup and berries to a blender
- Blend until smooth
- Transfer it to a loaf pan
- Cover with saran wrap
- Freeze for 2 hours
- Serve
