Preventing Crystalised Dairy Ice Cream [duplicate]

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Is there a magic ingredient that keeps ice-cream soft?

I'm making real dairy ice cream at home, without any sort of machine (which I have no intention of buying). The problem is that it becomes crystalised. I have tried stirring it more and less regularly when freezing, freezing it colder and quicker, adding some glycerine, and whisking the mixture more vigorously to introduce more air. The ingredients I'm using are egg whites and sugar, egg yolks and cream. That combination, from Mary Berry herself, produces a marvelous flavour, whilst maintaining a simple recipe, which I don't want to spoil with things like guam gum. Does anyone know how else to prevent large amounts of crystalisation?



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You don't want to 'spoil' it by adding guar gum but you'll use glycerine? I don't see the problem with using a plant extract like guar gum but if you're adamant there was a great feature on Serious Eats (too long to quote in entirety but worth reading in full) about making ice cream without an ice cream machine which goes into great detail on preventing excess ice formation:

http://sweets.seriouseats.com/2010/07/how-to-make-ice-cream-without-an-ice-cream-maker-the-food-lab.html

So how could I reduce both crystal formation and overrun even further?

A thought struck me: I knew that when freezing meat or fish, the more rapidly the food is frozen, the less cell damage there is due to ice crystal formation. Would speeding up the rate at which the ice cream base froze help me minimize crystal formation as well?

The rate at which a given volume changes temperature is dependent on the temperature of its surrounding environment, as well as the amount of surface area exposed to it. There's no way for me to get my freezer to get any colder, but as it turns out, there's a simple device that is custom designed to freeze liquids in your freezer as fast as possible: an ice cube tray.

The only problem that remained was: who the hell wants to eat ice-cube shaped ice cream?

The solution was as simple as throwing the cubes into a food processor:

In fact, whirling it in the Cuisinart gave me another distinct advantage. I could save the unwhipped portion, freezing just a base of eggs, sugar, evaporated milk, and whipped cream. This cut back on the water content of the mix, further reducing crystal formation. I could then add the cream and the cubes of ice cream directly to the food processor. By doing this, ice crystal formation went down to virtually zero...

The actual recipe is here:

http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2010/07/vanilla-ice-cream-without-the-machine-recipe.html




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Quick Answer about "Preventing Crystalised Dairy Ice Cream [duplicate]"

So, the trick is to cut up, whisk or churn those water crystals until they are so small they don't even freeze closely together. This is why you need to constantly churn your ice cream or whisk the ice cream in regular intervals and don't allow the ice cream to set until the right smoothness is achieved.

How do you keep ice cream from crystallizing?

Add liquor to the recipe for a fun, adult version that won't ice over. Use roughly 1\u20132 tablespoons (15\u201330 mL) of liquor for every 1 US quart (0.95 L) of ice cream that you're making. Alcohol will keep the ice cream from crystallizing, and it will add a dynamic flavor you're looking for a boozy, creamy treat.

How do you keep soft scoop ice cream soft?

Stabilizers are used in ice cream mainly to prevent the formation of large ice crystals. smaller and evenly distributed air cells in the ice cream matrix (2, 16, 35). mix is converted into a viscous foam through the incorporation of air by agitation.

How can you avoid the formation of large ice crystals in the manufacture of ice cream?

Generally very high fat ice creams (super premium) with little overrun (a lot less air in it) will freeze up harder. Overrun is hte amount of air in the ice cream. Some brands have over 100% overrun - really cheap ice cream what when melted looks like it is foaming.



6 STEPS FOR SOFT AND CRYSTAL FREE ICECREAM.




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