Turkish · Dessert

Chewy Turkish-Style Konjac Ice Cream

Name: Chewy Turkish-Style Konjac Ice Cream
Total time: 2 h 46 min
Yield: Makes about 2 litres (2 quarts)
Cuisine: Turkish
Ingredients: 1.6 L whole milk; 410 g sugar; 8 g konjac flour (glucomannan powder); 2 g mastic (large tears of Chios gum), frozen, then ground to a fine powder; 2 L liquid nitrogen, optional, in place of the ice cream machine

A stretchy, chewy Turkish-style ice cream. Konjac flour stands in for salep as the glucomannan thickener, with a little mastic resin for perfume.

YieldMakes about 2 litres (2 quarts)
Hands-on1 h 10 min
Total2 h 46 min
Difficulty

Ingredients

1.6 Lwhole milk
410 gsugar
8 gkonjac flour (glucomannan powder)
2 gmastic (large tears of Chios gum), frozen, then ground to a fine powderoptional
2 Lliquid nitrogen, optional, in place of the ice cream machineoptional

Diet

Vegetarian (lacto-ovo)

Contains

Gluten
Dairy
Tree nuts
Pistachio
Konjac
Gums and thickeners
Lactose
FODMAPs (any)
Mastic (mastiha)

Taste

Sweet
Richness / fat
Herbal / fresh
Aromatic spice

Texture

Chewy

Equipment

Stovetop
Stand mixer
Probe thermometer

Season

Summer

Occasion

Weekend project
Entertaining

Effort

45–90 min active
1–3 hours total
Difficulty 4
Needs advance prep
Make-ahead friendly

Nutrition

Calories: low
Protein: low
Carbs: high
Fat: low
Fiber: low
Sodium: low

Budget

Budget: moderate

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