You don’t need a fancy machine to whip up these refreshing no-churn ice creams

South Africa’s summer heat can be intense – and we often go straight to the coolest thing we can find to eat or drink: fresh salads with light zingy dressings, grilled fish and chicken and, of course, smoothies, fridge tarts and ice cream! 

We’ve rounded up 6 recipes that don’t require the use of an ice-cream maker. Simply pop them in your freezer until they’ve reached a scoop-able consistency. It might take a while longer to get there than with a proper ice cream machine, but the wait will be worth it. Promise. 

Try these the next time you need to beat the heat! 

No churn passion fruit lime ice cream

5-ingredient berry and lemon instant ice cream

Double chocolate cookie dough ‘nice’ cream

Blueberry cheesecake ice cream

No-churn condensed milk, custard and koeksister ice cream

Amasi and condensed milk ice cream

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