This unusual Amaretto Poppy Seed Ice Cream recipe is just delightful, with a complex almond flavor and a bright crunch from the poppy seeds, it’s an unexpected treat!
I’m sending up a flare here —Â If you like ice cream, almond, Amaretto, and poppy seeds, you have to try this. If you like almond poppy seed muffins, you’ll think you’ve died and gone to heaven.
I stood over the ice cream maker as it was churning and added the almond extract and Amaretto until it was just perfect. I said it before, but I just love the way you can interact with the ice cream as it freezes, through the open top in this Cuisinart machine. You can actually create a flavor as you go. For someone like me who loves experimenting with unusual combinations, this is a blast.
The almond flavor in this ice cream is dreamy. The crunch of the poppy seeds is so unusual and so delightful. You will love it!
I really like that my ice cream maker makes very manageable sized batches of ice cream. It’s just right for a small family, an intimate group of friends, or just you and your partner. Or just you. In any case you’re not going to be swimming in extra ice cream, which is a good thing.
You know, every minute you waste staring is a another minute you can’t be putting this in your mouth.
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Amaretto Poppy Seed Ice Cream
Equipment
- ice cream machine this is the one I use
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup whole milk
- 1 3/4 cups heavy cream
- 1/2 cups poppy seeds
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 1/2 tsp almond extract
- 1 1/2 tsp Amaretto liqueur
- 1/2 tsp vanilla paste or extract
Instructions
- Heat the milk, cream, sugar and poppy seeds in a saucepan on the stove, just until it comes to a simmer. Take off the heat and add the almond extract, Amaretto, and vanilla. Let it cool and then refrigerate for several hours until completely chilled.
- Pour the chilled mixture into the bowl of your ice cream maker and process according to your machine's directions. Mine took just 20 minutes of churning.
- Eat right away or keep in the freezer for a firmer texture.
Nutrition
This ice-cream looks so elegant! I love almond and poppy seeds so this could make me like ice-cream!(shocking, I know)
Ooh! This may have to happen as soon as it gets warm enough & I can clear out a space for the ice cream maker bowl in the freezer. I love poppyseeds, and even have a sack of them just waiting for a recipe exactly like this… 🙂
I’m all out of poppy seeds now, so I have to restock. You’re going to love this, I can’t say enough about it.
Love it! Thanks for recipe 🙂
divine!… I do love Amaretto so much!… must make a fabulous ice cream x
I made sure to put enough amaretto and almond so that the flavor was strong. I could just sit there and inhale that aroma and be happy.
Your flare landed in the right place. Love this combination. Perfect for summer!
Oh Sue this looks great. I love poppy seeds and almond flavor – and of course Amaretto – so yes please – thanks for this recipe!
First drink I ever ordered (underage) in a bar was an amaretto sour. I thought I was pretty cool 🙂
It would be even cooler to drink my amaretto via ice cream like you did!
I think my first drink was a White Russian, which, come to think of it, would make a pretty good ice cream, too.
Oh man, I’d love to try some of this. Looks amazing.
I know the picture can’t really convey it, but it’s reeeeaaaaaalllly good 🙂
This looks MAGICAL!
Wow! Props to you, Sue, this looks amazing and insanely creative.
Thanks, Amy, I’m proud of this one!