This guest post from Katie features nourishing ingredients and is sure to cool you down on a hot day. I use the Cuisinart ice cream and sorbet maker 
Summer days always have me dreaming of ice cream. I think it goes back to summers spent at my grandparent’s house, making ice cream in their old hand crank machine. The ice cream was delicious! I still like to make it today but thanks to modern appliances a batch of ice cream can be whipped out in less than 30 minutes!
This ice cream will give you a little taste of the Middle East. It is a twist on halva, a candy that is often made from tahini (roasted sesame seed paste). Not only is this dessert easy to make but it is full of nourishing ingredients as well. Raw milk and cream are always preferred but pasteurized will taste just as good. If you can’t have dairy, try substituting the cream and milk for two cans of full fat coconut milk.
Tahini and Honey Ice Cream
2 cups heavy cream
1 cup whole milk
½ cup tahini
½ cup raw honey
2 eggs
1 TBS vanilla extract
1 TBS arrowroot powder (optional for extra creaminess)
¼ tsp salt
Add all the ingredients to a blender. Blend on high until everything is completely incorporated. Pour into a frozen ice cream canister and freeze according to the manufactures instruction. The ice cream should be done in about 20 minutes. You can enjoy it soft from the maker or allow it to firm up “ripen” in the freezer for 2 to 3 hours.
Katie Stanley is a dorm “mama” to 12 amazing girls ages 8 to 18 at a home and school for the Deaf in Baja California, Mexico. She and her “hijas” can be frequently found in the kitchen, the garden or making friends with their new chickens. She loves to read, hike the hills near her home and spend time with her girls. In her spare time Katie blogs at Mexican Wildflower about nourishing foods, herbal remedies, simple living, the Deaf, raising her girls and encouraging other women in their walk with Christ.
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Wow, this looks so decadent! I love the combo of tahini and honey–they compliment each other so well. Since I cannot do dairy, I might try this with the coconut milk. Katie sounds like a truly inspirational person and I look forward to reading more about her on her blog.
Thanks Lauren, I hope you like it with the coconut milk!
I’ve never heard of halva, but I’m certainly intrigued! I like most anything with tahini, and this is definitely a new way to enjoy it.
Tahini is wonderful isn’t it?
Wow, that combo sounds AMAZING and unusual!! Thanks for the idea!
Your welcome!
My daughter and I love tahini in humus. where do you find tahini in stores?
I bought my tahini at Safeway. Right now I’m in Nortern CA. I have also found it at Henry’s, Sprouts and Whole Foods.
Any Middle Eastern or Indian market will also carry it, and much less expensively too! We buy it by the quart or gallon. 🙂
I’l have to look next time I’m at a Middle Eastern market. Thanks for the tip!
Mmmm! This looks amazing Katie!
Thanks RJ!
Katie, I am blessed to have a great source for raw milk and raw cream. That said, my Amish farmer’s cream is really “heavy”. So heavy that I have to spoon it out of the jar for my coffee – it doesn’t pour. Do you think that would work in this recipe or should I cut it with a bit of my whole raw milk? This recipe looks absolutely wonderful and I don’t use my ice cream maker enough! I have some family members that are Jewish and they would love this!
That’s a wonderful blessing to have! If your cream is that thick you might want to swap some of it, maybe 1/2 a cup for whole milk. I wish my cream was that thick, I bet you could make some amazing raw butter with it! 🙂
Wow, this has to be the most unique idea for an ice cream flavor I have ever heard of!
My mouth is literally watering to think about it. I am another who will have to try it w/ coconut milk instead of dairy. Thanks for the recipe, very inspiring!
Thanks Hannah, I hope you like it!
Sounds good Katie! I will have to try it sometime. I actually have a bottle of tahini that has been sitting around too long! Need to put it to use 🙂
Mare, sounds like the perfect time to use the tahini. You should make some hummus too!
Fabulous! I love Halvah so much that I will actually overlook corn syrup once a year or so to eat the grocery store brand. It’s like the forgotten amazing dessert! This ice cream sounds super duper! And a great new (to me) use for tahini!
Natali, I over look the corn syrup on a rare ocation as well. My goal is to make my own sometime. I hope this ice cream satisfies your halva cravings! 🙂
I make my own halva by taking tahini paste, mixing it with a drop of honey, and it’ll start to thicken. Add a little more honey and it’ll thicken some more. Add a little water until you have something that is almost solid. Then shape into a log and leave it out to dry. Not the traditional way of making it, but it works.
Sounds amazing Penny, thanks for the tip!
This looks great! Based on ingredients I have on hand… I could do 2 cups coconut milk, some raw milk yogurt, and peanut butter! I wonder if that would work!
I just made this with a mixture of raw whole milk, coconut milk, and raw whole milk yogurt. Peanut butter. So far it’s great! I think the amount of raw honey was a bit too sweet for my taste, so I may reduce next time. YUM! Thanks again for sharing
Sounds like a fun combo! Depending on the recipe I use less honey sometimes too. 🙂
Megan, I don’t know why not. I’ve made ice cream with coconut milk and yogurt before. It sounds good!
I’m making this tonight! Thanks. Yummmm!
Enjoy! I need to make some again too!
This ice cream sounds so delicious – I love the combination of sesame seeds and honey! What a delicious and wholesome treat!
Thanks April!
I just got to your site googling tahini ice cream. I’m want sub it for peanut butter for nutritional reasons. I will be using full fat coconut milk and of course the honey. I can hardly wait. Also, I noticed that you use raw eggs in your ice cream. I do myself, but didn’t know of anyone else who did. Now I do. Thank you for the wonderful recipe.