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Recipes (20)

• Pistachio gelato

  Gelato made with 100 % pistachio paste, with no colouring or flavouring. Brownish green, nutty and with a faintly salty finish.

• Tiramisù gelato

  Mascarpone and egg-yolk gelato, layered with espresso-soaked ladyfingers and dusted with cocoa.

• Salted caramel gelato

  A milk gelato made with homemade caramel and a pinch of salt — a deep, faintly bitter sweetness.

• Frozen vanilla skyr

  Thick frozen yogurt made with skyr — almost 7 g of protein per 100 g, yet properly sweet and creamy.

• Vanilla mochi

  Balls of vanilla ice cream in a thin, soft glutinous rice wrapper — classic mochi, from filling to wrapping.

• Matcha mochi

  Green mochi filled with matcha ice cream — slightly bitter green tea balances the sweet rice dough.

• Daifuku-style strawberry mochi

  Strawberry ice cream wrapped with a thin layer of sweet anko bean paste — a frozen take on ichigo daifuku.

• Mango sorbet mochi

  Vegan mochi filled with creamy mango sorbet — free from milk, eggs and gluten.

• Salted caramel ice cream

  Dark caramel with butter and sea salt in a smooth egg custard. Bittersweet and addictive.

• Cookies & cream

  Vanilla cream ice cream packed with pieces of cream-filled chocolate biscuits.

• Tvaroh (quark) ice cream with lemon

  Like a frozen cheesecake: smooth tvaroh (quark), cream, vanilla and lemon zest. No cooking.

• Dubai chocolate gelato

  Pistachio and tahini gelato with milk chocolate and crisp toasted kataifi — a home version of the most visible flavour of the last two seasons.

• Matcha gelato

  A milk gelato with Japanese green tea: a grassy aroma, gentle bitterness and a deep green colour with no colouring.

• Ube (purple yam) ice cream

  A Filipino classic: purple yam, coconut milk and condensed milk. Gently vanilla-and-nutty, and naturally purple.

• Mango sticky rice ice cream

  The Thai dessert turned into ice cream: a coconut and mango base with a pinch of salt and pieces of sweet sticky rice.

• Cottage cheese ice cream with raspberries

  The viral cottage cheese ice cream, done our way: quark and skyr blended smooth, about 7 g of protein and around 110 kcal per 100 g.

• Speculoos biscuit ice cream

  Caramelised cinnamon biscuits blended straight into the warm base, with more broken in at the end. It tastes of caramel, cinnamon and baked dough.

• Peanut butter and raspberry jam ice cream

  The nostalgic pairing from a childhood sandwich: a thick peanut butter base with a tart raspberry ripple.

• Protein ice cream with quark and skyr

  A fitness favourite for the Ninja CREAMi: quark, skyr and erythritol. Over 8 g of protein and about 65 kcal per 100 g.

• Matcha frozen yogurt

  Green frozen yogurt with matcha — gently bitter, refreshing and lighter than cream-based matcha ice cream.

Related articles

• Gelato, soft serve and cream ice cream: what’s the difference

  Scooped, soft serve, cream, milk or sorbet — what the names mean in Slovakia and Czechia, and how they differ in production, serving temperature and composition.

• How to spot good ice cream in the display case

  Colours, the height of the mounds, covered tubs, the ingredient list and a seasonal menu — what to look for when choosing an ice cream shop.

• Protein and quark ice creams

  Quark (tvaroh) and yogurt ice cream have an official place in both Slovakia and Czechia. What protein does in ice cream and why it isn’t enough on its own.

Recipe collections

Lists of recipes by what you are after — each with a note on what that kind of ice cream needs.

• Vegan ice cream

  Vegan ice cream recipes built on coconut, cashew and oat bases — no dairy, no eggs, with the mix composition worked out from the ingredients.

• Lactose-free ice cream

  Lactose-free ice cream recipes made with lactose-free milk and cream — and what separates “lactose-free” from “dairy-free”.

• Sugar-free and lower-sugar ice cream

  Ice cream recipes with no added sugar or less of it — and what taking the sugar out does to how hard the ice cream sets.

• Ice cream for kids

  Ice cream recipes for children — no alcohol, no raw eggs, gentler on sugar, and what to watch out for with the youngest.

• Ice cream from 2–3 ingredients

  The simplest ice cream recipes — two or three ingredients, most of them with no cooking and no machine.

• Seasonal ice cream recipes

  Ice cream by season: elderflower and rhubarb in spring, strawberries and apricots in summer, currants and pears in autumn.

• Bold flavours

  Savoury, spiced and roasted ice creams — olive oil, miso, goat cheese, wasabi, beer. They sound like a joke, but the mix is worked out to the last gram.