Recipe: Pomegranate Swirl Ice Cream @Not Quite Nigella

Pomegranate Swirl Ice Cream (Jackson Pollock style)

January 23, 2009 by Not Quite Nigella

I must apologise for the incessant rambling on about this but there are only a few days to go for voting. Not Quite Nigella has been nominated in two categories for Well Fed Network’s awards! Thankyou so much for the wonderful people that nominated me And if you would like to vote you can do so on:

Best Food Blog – Post (for my Freeganism story)

Best Food Blog – City

Lots of love and happiness,

Lorraine aka NQN

xxx

And now onto the story..

I don’t claim that Jackson Pollock had anything to do with the recipe for this ice cream. The title has more to do with my husband’s first reaction to seeing the ice cream in its about to be frozen state. I don’t even know if Jackson Pollock ate ice cream-do brilliant artists even eat normal food? I always picture them subsisting on cigarettes, tortured stares and “inspiration”.

I’ve spoken before about my love for Twister ice creams. Twister was a Vanilla ice cream cone with a swirl of strawberry and passionfruit syrup through it. I say “was” as I don’t think they even make it anymore which makes me crave it that much more. January is the hottest month here in Sydney and the best, tastiest way to cool off is with ice cream and a home made one is always preferable to me. After making some Pomegranate syrup and finding it absolutely heavenly, I thought I’d give ice cream a bit of a stab. I’m on a bit of a health kick at the moment (although I must admit that the Krispy Kreme “Christmas Pudding” donut I had earlier was a bit of an aberration as far as that endeavour was concerned), so I wanted to make a low fat vanilla ice cream so that you could feel like you’re not contributing to the Christmas poundage whilst trying to stay sane in the heat.

The resulting ice cream is luscious. The Pomegranate syrup is divine and the combination with the vanilla reminds me so much of the Twister ice cream. If anything I might add some sweetened passionfruit puree to truly recreate it. That is, if there’s any left after my husband scoops himself as much as his hungry heart desires.

Pomegranate ice cream (Jackson Pollock style)

An original recipe by Not Quite Nigella

1 cup POM wonderful pomegranate juice
4 tablespoons of sugar
1 cup thickened cream
2 cups milk
3/4 cup granulated or caster sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste

1. Firstly make syrup. Put POM Wonderful juice in a small saucepan with sugar and boil on medium/high heat until reduced by half (about 7-10 minutes). Cool well (you don’t want this even slightly warm).

2. In a bowl, whisk the cream, milk, sugar and vanilla until the sugar has dissolved. Then place in ice cream maker and churn according to directions.

3. Place ice cream in a freezer proof container or cake tin and then spoon over half of the Pomegranate syrup. Using a chopstick or a blunt knife make swirls with the syrup. You don’t quite want to invoke Jackson Pollock by splattering the syrup about. Freeze until firm and serve with some extra syrup doused on top and some Pomegranate seeds if you see fit.

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1. snookydoodle | January 23, 2009 at 8:13 am | #

oh my god! this looks so awesome good! i would kill to try it and think that i m not even a fan of ice cream.
2. Su-yin | January 23, 2009 at 8:30 am | #

Am I reading this correctly when I think I don’t need an ice cream maker to make this? I’m knackered after a long day so I might be mistaken… but if it is – yay! I always want to make your ice creams but I don’t have an ice cream maker you see.
3. belle | January 23, 2009 at 10:12 am | #

This sounds perfect for the warm days we’re having. I suppose if you don’t have an ice cream maker, you could mix the syrup with some bought ice cream. And definitely with passionfruit for a Twister-y effect! Yum.
4. kate | January 23, 2009 at 3:27 pm | #

good to put a face to a blog. you’re chinese?

i love pomegranate!
5. Paula | January 23, 2009 at 3:35 pm | #

Another pomegranate recipe – thanks! I love them!
6. yaelian | January 23, 2009 at 5:44 pm | #

That ice cream looks absolutely divine! And so pretty looking too. You asked for the English word for “kookoshiutaleet”, it means coconut flakes.

And good luck in the blog contest, I voted for you in both categories!
7. tara | January 23, 2009 at 6:40 pm | #

If you dont have an ice cream maker, you can still make ice cream. Put it in the freezer and whisk every 20 min for 2 hours to break up the ice crystals and make its the right texture.
8. Cappucino | January 23, 2009 at 9:29 pm | #

Hey NQN, I’ll be over shortly! Please tell me you haven’t finished the ice cream yet… I really need some nice cold ice cream in this heat wave
9. pigpigscorner | January 23, 2009 at 10:19 pm | #

oh wow, that looks good! Love the colours!
10. Blond Duck | January 23, 2009 at 10:34 pm | #

Gorgeous photos, as always! It looks so rich and creamy…
11. Navita Hakim | January 23, 2009 at 10:45 pm | #

hi dear,

glad u liked my recipe..n i love the swirl ice cream!
12. Not Quite Nigella | January 23, 2009 at 11:54 pm | #

Hi snookydoodle-Thankyou so much! You know what? I’m not a big ice cream eater either (half a scoop is about the most I will usually have) but I really liked this

Hi Su-yin-I think with icier ice cream (ie ones with more milk) an ice cream maker helps break up the crystals but you can do the freeze and then break up method where you freeze it until semi frozen and then put it in the food processor and then blend it again maybe once or twice

I only got my ice cream maker recently so I do have some recipes that don’t require an ice cream maker. Here are some links-hope you like them!

Cinnamon ice cream

Avocado ice cream

Gorgonzola ice cream

Wild fig and rose ice cream

Brown bread and honey ice cream

Sweetcorn ice cream

Hi belle-Absolutely! That way it’s even easier!

Hi Kate-Thankyou so much and yes! I love Pomegranates too

Hi Paula-I like how I can feel like I’m doing something healthy by eating them. I bought myself a Pomegranate yesterday thinking how virtuous I was being

Hi yaelin-Thankyou so much! Ahh ok coconut flakes, fantastic. Thanks for letting me know Thanks for voting for me!

Hi tara-Yes that’s an effective way of doing it too indeed.

Hi Cappucino-LOL it’s the perfect weather for it isn’t it!

Hi pigpigscorner-Thankyou so much! I loved the colours too

Hi Blond Duck-Thankyou! And it’s low fat too

Hi Navita-Thankyou The swirl is definitely my favourite type of ice cream.
13. grace | January 24, 2009 at 1:53 am | #

lorraine, this is gorgeous! pomegranates are taking over the world, but if they do it like this, i don’t mind at all.
14. Gera @ SweetsFoods | January 24, 2009 at 2:50 am | #

Hi Lorraine!

So this is really appealing!
The colors are like a painting, the difference is that this painting is extremely yummy
15. Patricia Scarpin | January 24, 2009 at 3:57 am | #

Hey, beautiful! Congratulations – you certainly deserve being nominated!
And, speaking of beauty, what a perfect ice cream, Lorraine!
16. Sandie | January 24, 2009 at 6:48 am | #

Congratulations on your nominations! I am in the process of making a homemade ice cream as I type this, and your pomegranate version is making me wish I were already done (cravings)!
17. Iron Chef Shellie | January 24, 2009 at 1:56 pm | #

This just looks divine!
18. Kevin | January 25, 2009 at 6:06 am | #

That pomegranate ice cream looks so good!
19. wintkat | January 25, 2009 at 11:18 am | #

hi, linked to your site for the 1st time today via foodgawker and definitely will return

i have a technical question-
re: the 1st pix in this post- how do you modify the image to obtain the transparent section with text over the ice cream pix, that’s a great effect

thanks for sharing
wintkat
20. Not Quite Nigella | January 25, 2009 at 2:18 pm | #

Hi Gera-Thankyou so much Hehe I like the idea of edible art a lot

Hi Patricia-Thanks! Long time no see, hope you are well Thanks so much

Hi Sandie-Thanks so much! Cool, what flavour are you making? I bet it’s gorgeous!

Hi Iron Chef Shellie-Thankyou very much!

Hi Kevin-Thanks so much!

Hi wintkat-Thanks! I do it in Adobe Image Ready or Photoshop. I add a new layer, draw a rectangle using the marquee tool and then hit edit=>fill and then choose my transparency. Hope this helps!
21. diva | January 26, 2009 at 4:42 am | #

beautiful ice cream! that swirl is sexy! can’t believe i didn’t discover your blog earlier. shall be adding you to my blogroll now! read your ‘About’ section. have you seen Chanel’s latest vendetta nail polish?? it’s love at first sight. x
22. Not Quite Nigella | January 26, 2009 at 10:08 pm | #

Hi diva-Thanks, I admit I do love the dripping action shots Thanks so much, yes I really want one! Chanel always hits the right notes with nail polish colours!
23. red door read | January 27, 2009 at 1:35 am | #

wow, this looks fantastic. you always have fab icecream ideas!

thanks NQN.
24. Marc @ NoRecipes | January 27, 2009 at 3:33 am | #

Mmmm I love pouring a little pomegranate molasses on top of vanilla ice cream. This has a much nicer color though.
25. Jude | January 27, 2009 at 4:22 pm | #

The red swirls.. Oh my. Pretty amazing how you captured that first photo
26. Not Quite Nigella | January 27, 2009 at 10:20 pm | #

Hi red door read-Thankyou so much!

Hi Marc-I’ve tried Pomegrantate molasses on ice cream and it was too sour for me I think this syrup is for the sweet tooths like me

Hi Jude-Thankyou! I love the drips