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Making Ice Cream In A Bag
No ice cream machines needed!
Time: Approx. 40 minutes
Ingredients:
3 to 4 lbs ice (10+ cups)
1/2 C table salt or 1 C kosher salt
1 C milk
1 C heavy cream
1/2 C sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1. Put the ice into a large bowl (glass or plastic), cover with salt and stir.
2. In another bowl, combine milk, cream, sugar, vanilla and a pinch of salt together until everything is dissolved. Pour mix into sealable 1-gallon freezer bag, remove as much air as you can and seal shut.
3. Place a wide plastic bowl with a lid on a towel. Fill bowl halfway with ice. Put freezer bag on ice and flatten. Cover bag with ice, leaving zipper edge sticking out. Put cover on bowl. Let the bag sit for approx 15 minutes, shake it occasionally to settle melting ice.
4. Pour off the covering ice into another bowl. Lift bag out by edge and lay on a towel. Cover ice cream baggie with second towel and gently knead for about a minute to mix liquid and frozen contents.
5. Put bag back in freezer bowl, repack with ice and cover again for 15 more minutes.
6. Take bag out of ice bath, towel off brine. Ice cream is ready to serve, or it can be stored in the freezer until later. Makes approx one pint.
Soft Serve = Best Flavor
Ice cream that is slighty melted tastes superior to ice cream that is frozen hard. Allow homemade ice cream to soften by sitting out at room temperature for a few minutes before you serve it.
Milks and Creams
from low-fat to high butterfat content
- Low-fat milk - one or two percent milk will work okay in modern ice cream mixers for making ice cream, but it definitely produces a fluffier texture, and it can be grainy when used in old-fashioned mixers which take longer to freeze the mix.
- Whole milk - makes a nice quality ice cream all by itself.
- Buttermilk - substitute for 1/2 the milk. Creates a tangy flavor and rich texture.
- Chocolate milk - you can make chocolate ice cream just by using a good quality chocolate milk instead of regular milk.
- Light cream - substitute for 1/2 the milk. Creates a super rich, gourmet ice cream.
Old-Fashioned Ice Cream Makers
these ice cream makers are all operated by hand
If you live off-the-grid or if you like the old-fashioned way of doing things, you might prefer getting a hand-cranked ice cream machine. This is how ice cream was made before electric appliances were invented to do the job.
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The Ice Cream Recipe List
- Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream
- Fresh ice cream only needs some milk or cream, a bit of sugar for sweetening and a thickener to give it some texture. Learn how to make your own homemade vanilla ice cream!
- Chocolate Ice Cream Recipe
- If you are a chocolate lover, then you definitely need to have a recipe for chocolate ice cream.
- How to make organic ice cream
- I'd wondered (before we got our ice cream maker) just how to make organic ice cream. Given that you have a method of making ice cream - that is, turning ingredients into ice cream - it's not difficult at all. The main issue is getting the organic ingredients.
- Fresh Organic Chocolate Mint Ice Cream
- This recipe is amazing. When I tell people that I don't use chocolate or food coloring to make this ice cream, people flip out. The only mint and chocolate flavoring I use is home grown organic chocolate mint.
- Green Tea Ice Cream Recipes
- Want some green tea ice cream recipes? It is a popular dessert in many Japanese restaurants. However, you don't have to go out to eat to enjoy it. It is very easy to make at home.
Take Your Ice Cream To The Next Level
ice cream accessories and serving utensils
Tovolo Icon Ice Cream Sandwich Molds, Set of 3
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Chef's Choice 838 Waffle Cone Express Ice Cream Cone Maker
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Chef's Choice Ice Cream Cone Holder
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Edgecraft Petite Cone Express - M836
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The Great Flavor Debate
Put To The Test: The Rival Ice Cream Maker
Rival GC8151-WN 1.5-Quart Treat Shoppe Electric Ice Cream Maker, White
Amazon Price: (as of 11/30/2009)
Here's the machine I had at my disposal for my recipe experimentation. Simple to operate, definitely handled test batch-sized recipes easily. Handled differently with the different milk/cream combinations and how well the container was pre-frozen. It was fairly easy to clean, but it made ice cream best with a good 24 hours of freezing time ahead of time. For some people, that's too much preparation time spent, and those cooks will probably get an ice cream maker with a built-in freezer.
Cook-Along Ice Cream Videos
how-tos that show you how to make ice cream
We All Scream For Ice Cream!
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