Homemade custard ice cream without an ice cream maker

Name: Homemade custard ice cream without an ice cream maker
Yield: About 850 g
Cuisine: Slovak
Ingredients: 4 Egg yolks; 200 ml Milk; 200 g Sugar; 500 ml Heavy whipping cream

Custard ice cream made with egg yolks, milk, sugar, and heavy cream, stirred as it freezes without an ice cream maker. Makes about 850 g.

Slovak cuisine · Translated from Slovak · October 24, 2026

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Recipe at a glance

Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 15 min
Servings: About 850 g
Difficulty: Easy

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This homemade custard ice cream with egg yolks, milk, and cream has a creamy texture and a flavor reminiscent of childhood. The milk is boiled and cooled, then mixed with egg yolks and sugar and brought back to a boil until it thickens to the consistency of condensed milk. The cooled base is combined with whipped heavy cream and placed in the freezer, where it needs to be stirred several times at 30-minute intervals to prevent ice crystals from forming. These four ingredients yield about 850 g of ice cream without added colors or preservatives, and you can adjust the sugar to taste.

Ingredients

Egg yolks 4
Milk 200 ml
Sugar 200 g
Heavy whipping cream 500 ml

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Instructions

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Place the egg yolks in a bowl and gather the remaining ingredients. Bring the milk to a boil and let it cool, then add the egg yolks and sugar; the mixture will thicken. Bring it back to a boil until it reaches the consistency of condensed milk, then let it cool.
Whip the cream with a hand mixer and combine it with the cooled mixture. Pour into a mold or ice cream container and place in the freezer. To prevent ice crystals from forming, remove it from the freezer and stir several times at 30-minute intervals.
This recipe makes approximately 850 g of homemade cream ice cream.

Tip: Stir the egg yolk mixture constantly as it heats, reaching all the way to the bottom of the saucepan, where it can easily curdle. Use a wide, shallow container for freezing so the ice cream freezes evenly and is easier to stir.

Nutrition facts

Approximate values per 100 g, calculated from the ingredients

Energy: 287 kcal
Protein: 3.3 g
Carbohydrates: 23 g
of which sugars: 23 g
Fat: 21 g
of which saturates: 13 g
Fiber: 0.0 g
Salt: 0.1 g

Calculated from the raw ingredients, without frying oil. Where an amount is “to taste”, typical amounts are used. Food composition: USDA FoodData Central and product labels.

This recipe was translated from the Slovak original: Domáca vaječná zmrzlina zo žĺtkov, mlieka a smotany