Pistachio Pudding Ice Cream

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup chopped pistachio nut (the skinless, unsalted kind) (optional)
• 2 cups whole milk
• 1 (3 1/2 ounce) package instant pistachio pudding mix

Recipe

• 1 put pudding mix in a small bowl, whisk in 2 cups of cold milk.
• 2 pre chill your ice cream machine for about 5 min (if pre chilling is required by manufacture).
• 3 pour pudding mixture into machine and follow manufacturers directions.
• 4 if using the nuts, add them to the mixture when it is about half done, and finish processing; or, follow the manufacturers directions for adding chopped candy bars to ice cream, and add the chopped nuts following those directions.
• 5 store any leftover ice cream in the freezer in a tightly covered container.
• 6 press a piece of plastic wrap into the surface of the ice cream before covering the container, to prevent ice crystals from forming.