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Food-Processor Lemon–Olive Oil Ice Cream

Makes about 1 quart

10½ hours 20 minutes active

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Fruity, peppery extra-virgin olive oil brings unexpected flavor and richness to cakes, muffins and quick breads, and it adds lushness to this bright, refreshing ice cream. If you have a bottle of top-shelf olive oil, this is the time to use it, but we’ve tested decent supermarket brands and had great success. Just be sure to use extra-virgin olive oil, which has much more character than refined regular and light olive oils. Crushed amaretti cookies or crumbled shortbread are great mix-ins for this ice cream. And try drizzling scoops with a little olive oil and finishing with amarena cherries or a sprinkling of flaky salt.

Makes about

1 quart

Tip

Don’t forget to chill the evaporated milk. If room-temperature or barely chilled, it will not whip properly. Also, don’t whip the evaporated milk until it holds stiff peaks. If overbeaten, it will cause the ice cream base to deflate during the initial freezing. Lastly, be sure the base is fully frozen before processing. If it is only partially frozen, it may separate as it freezes.

10½ hours

20 minutes active

Ingredients

  • 1

    14-ounce can sweetened condensed milk

  • 3

    tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil

Directions

Reviews
Chris a.
July 18, 2026
Just right
Lemon is so tangy in this- served with lemon poppyseed tahini cookies crumbled on top
Daniel H.
July 24, 2025
Fantastic
This was a great summer treat. The olive oil gave it such a. . . Velvety(?) mouth feel and the lemon was delicious. Super easy to throw together (I didn't make any substitutions and followed the recipe as posted)

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