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Home-made Ice Cream

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You don't need an expensive ice cream maker to make ice cream at home!

 

Truly Hand-Made Ice Cream

From www.ice-cream-recipes.com

This method of making ice cream requires quite a lot of time, effort and patience but for those who don't have an ice cream maker it means you can still enjoy our ice cream recipes.

Once you've selected your ice cream recipe and have all your ingredients ready, make up the mixture following the recipe instructions.

Make sure you have a bowl that's quite wide to use for the churning/freezing process that comes next.

Take your ice cream recipe mixture and carefully pour it into the bowl, then chill in the fridge for up to 2 hours, checking on it after 1 hour. The reason it can take longer than an hour is when a recipe mixture has had cooked ingredients added, therefore thorough chilling will take longer.

Take the bowl out of the fridge and transfer to the freezer for about half an hour. Then check just how much the mixture has frozen - ideally, it should have started to freeze at the edges but not fully through to the centre.

Take the bowl out of the freezer and beat the ice cream mixture until it's creamy once again (to dislodge and break up the ice crystals that have formed).

Put it back in the freezer for another half hour, then remove and once again beat with a whisk.

Do this again so that you have beaten the mixture a total of 3 times whilst freezing in between.

Put the mixture back into the freezer for a final time until it's ready to eat. This can take anything from 30 minutes upwards, depending upon the quantity and type of ice cream you're making and also how you like the consistency of your ice cream (some people like it softer, some harder).


10 Minute Rolling Ice Cream

  • 3/4 cup milk
  • 1 cup whipping cream
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • 1/2 Tsp vanilla
  • Ice
  • Salt

You need a 1-pound coffee can, and 3-pound coffee can, both with plastic lids. Any type of can will do as long as they are similiar in size to the coffee cans; you could also use 2 jars (being very careful they don't break).

  • Mix the ingredients in the smaller can
  • Put the plastic lid on the can
  • Put the small can inside the large can
  • Add ice and salt all around the small can, as much as you can
  • Put the plastic lid on the large can
  • Secure the lid with tape or string so it won't come off
  • Roll the can back and forth on the floor or a table for about 10 minutes

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