Category "ice-cream"

How to properly fill the ice and salt into an oldfashioned ice cream machine?

I am making ice cream with an inexpensive electric machine that uses a dasher. For a test I put 2 quarts of water in the inner pot. Then I added 8 trays of ice

Why is my soft serve too stiff?

Is there an intelligent commercial machine soft serve calculator? I'm a noob at this, bag powder mixes taste like crap, can't find any fresh dairy mixes here in

Do I need to re-pasteurize my soft serve mix?

I'm using all prepackaged ingredients, and following good sanitization (QA) procedures of utensils and work area. Do I need to re-pasteurize my mix before feedi

Donvier ice cream maker - inserting the bucket

Recently I bought a Donvier 1 pint ice cream maker on Ebay. When I figured out how to put the rim on the chill recepticle it didn't seem that hard. When the i

Does pistachio ice cream need pistachio nut chunks in it?

I have become a big fan of pistachio ice cream, and I do mean the ice cream. I feel the nuts in the store-bought containers I have gotten are to the detriment o

Can I measure solids-not-fat using nutrition facts only?

My first time to ask here. I'm trying to formulate my own recipe of vegan ice cream and am following a certain proportion/percentage for each component (fat 17%

Does 'Non-cold/warm ice-cream' exist?

Is there a food that resembles the texture and consistency of ice cream but is not cold/does not have to be kept cold?

How does adding vanilla extract help make a milkshake if the ice cream is already vanilla?

I recently purchased a professional-style milkshake mixer, and some recipes I've researched say that adding ice cream is a must for making shakes, along with ad

How does freeze-drying ice cream work?

How do they make freeze dried ice cream (like for astronauts)? How does freeze-drying work? It just seems like we should be able to make it at home, or at least

How a liquid chamoy will affect proportions in ice cream making

I'm looking for a rule of thumb so I don't mess up the base custard. So for example, let's take this NYTimes recipe: https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1016605

Scraper for Ugolini & C miniGel L4

I have recently inherited a "Ugolini & C miniGel L4" gelato or ice cream maker that my mother bought in the early 1980s (Williams and Sonoma began importing