Category "ice-cream"

How do I get softer peanut butter cup ice cream?

This is similar to this question, but a very different base so I'm asking this separately. I make ice cream fairly often, I have a very reliable base I add flav

Can I substitute agar-agar powder for gelatin in no-churn ice cream?

I saw that many no-churn ice cream recipes use gelatin to prevent crystalization. Unfortunately, I don't have any gelatin left but a lot of agar-agar powder. C

Why does pistachio ice cream not taste like pistachio nuts?

I have eaten pistachio nuts (roasted, salted) many times and I like it. I also like pistachio flavoured ice cream, but I don't find it much similar. If it wasn'

How to make a gel that doesn't harden at below freezing temperatures

So I have an idea for a lemon bar ice cream and I want to swirl in the custard and add chunks of short bread in. I could just make the custard for a lemon bar a

Can I get more overrun despite single-speed machine?

I love making my own ice cream, and have been doing so with a frozen bowl machine for years. I love my machine and the outcome. But over time, I discovered that

How to keep cake soft when served frozen (Ice Cream Cake)

I am a baker and want to offer ice cream cakes, consisting of actual cake with a layer of ice cream on top. I need the cake to stay as soft as possible when fro

Emulsifying (and stabilizing?) a sesame oil ice cream

I would like to make an ice cream based on sesame oil and allulose. According to reasons-for-separating-eggs-in-ice-cream, ice cream can be made French-style wi

Can I use traditional pie crust to make ice cream pies

For the past 2 weeks I have been working on an ice cream pie recipe and I’ve been running into a few issues(I have less than 2 months of baking experience

What does dry ice to to ice cream besides freezing it faster?

From what I've seen, using dry ice to make ice cream makes the whole freezing process a lot faster than a freezer. (Besides speed, the only other benefit I can

Is adding guar gum and lecithin alone enough for homemade ice cream?

I am trying to make decently smooth and scoopable ice cream. I don't have any thickening agent at the moment and I also don't have an ice cream machine, so to m

How to make ice cream base using evaporated milk easier to work with?

I sometimes try to make “chewy” ice cream using evaporated milk or dulce de leche made using the “boil a can of sweetened condensed milk&rdquo

When making lemon/poppy seed icecream, how should I include the poppy seeds?

I want to make lemon+poppy ice cream, and I have a bag of preground blue poppy. I’m not following s specific recipe, I just like the flavour combo and had

Is it safe to eat ice cream that was left in a refrigerator overnight? [duplicate]

A pint of dairy ice cream was accidentally left in the refrigerator overnight. It was then placed back in the freezer. Is there any risk in ea

I just made ice cream. Unfortunately, it became gritty in the end result. What is a way to make use out of it?

I just made vanilla ice cream with my ice cream machine. The taste was amazing, however, the texture was sandy and gritty. I made a awful lot, and I do not want

Thickening cream in a blender to increase fat content?

I've established that it's not possible(or a compromise at best) to mix other things in single cream to increase its fat content. I have 25% and 30%(rarer) crea

What are the effects of heavy cream and milk in ice making?

I want to make ice cream at home with my simple ice curner. I found the NY Times article which states 2 cups heavy cream 1 cup whole milk ⅔ cup sugar U

What could cause ice pops (popsicles) to go soft in the freezer?

I’m having a strange issue with the storage of ice pops (popsicles/ice lollies) in the freezer. I recently bought a new freezer and still have the exact s

How does invert sugar reduce crystallization in ice creams?

I have often read that invert sugar reduces crystallization in ice creams. But why would that be? Wouldn't dextrose/glucose also offer the same benefits that in

Can Ice Cream Maker Wall be Too Cold?

There seems to be a recommended minimum temperature for making ice cream of about -30C. But, the temperature of liquid nitrogen (-200C), which is often used fo

Gelato disappointingly icy [duplicate]

I recently attempted to make this gelato recipe which required procuring some special ingredients (liquid glucose and powdered dextrose). I ha