Sunday, March 20, 2011

How to Make Ice Cream


Ice is a kind of dessert that is perfect for almost every occasion. It can be especially delicious as a special gift of summer. Although most of the use made of ice you can buy in a market or an ice cream can also be done at home with some equipment and some common elements.

Homemade Ice Cream Recipes
Homemade ice cream recipes come in different varieties, each to be done in several different ways and using their own processes. The two most common cream ice homemade and not vanilla ice cream style cream. For both, the freezing of the ice, creating a very important and can be done in various ways. The most common method is to use the home freezer ice cream machine. However, the ice freezing must be done, even without ice cream maker.

Equipment and ingredients

Ice cream making will require the following:

    * Ice Cream Maker: With or without built in freezing unit
    * Glass Bowl
    * Large Sauce Pan
    * Wooden Spoon
    * 1 ½  Cup of Milk
    * Plastic Container
    * Ice Cream Scoop
    * 2 Eggs
    * 1 Cup of Cream
    * 1 Cup of Sugar
    * 2 Teaspoons of Vanilla Extract

Creating Custard Style Homemade Ice Cream

To start, the 2 eggs need to be whisked. when the eggs are whisked, put in dashes of sugar until the substance is completely yellow and bubbly.  With the eggs getting whisked, place 1 ½ cups of milk in the sauce pan and set the stove on medium heat until the milk is simmering. Once this occurs, take the sauce pan away from the heat source. It can also include a bit of salt and sugar into the milk.

Mixing the Eggs and Milk
With the milk simmered, add it to the whisked eggs. It’s essential to keep whisking the eggs as include milk. Otherwise, the eggs will start to scramble and the milk may start to curdle. Because of this, to be patient with adding the milk or have someone else add the milk while concentrate on whisking the egg.

Custard:
Having whisked all the egg in with the milk, introduce the substance back in the saucepan so it can be heated on a minimize setting. Mixture heat for 5-10 minutes while regularly stirring it. Make sure to use the wooden spoon to scrape the sides and bottom of the sauce pan to get the mixture evenly heated. Dip the wooden spoon into the pan and check to see if the substance is thick enough to coat the backside of the wooden spoon as this is the final check for finished custard. Now, well on way to transforming the custard into custard style ice cream.

Chilling and Aging
Custard requires cool temperatures and time in order to provide the best mixture and texture to make ice cream. The custard should be cooled at room temperature when it is finished being heated. Then, it should be chilled in the refrigerator for 24 hours.

Adding the Ingredients
With a glass bowl full of well aged custard, you can now take another spoon and mix the 1 cup of cream and 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract. Stir the mixture enough so the cream and vanilla extra have blended in with the custard.

Freezing Homemade Ice Cream
A nice chilled custard base with cream and vanilla extract allows you to focus on turning it into actual ice cream by using an electric ice cream maker. The precise method of freezing the ice cream will depend on what make and model ice cream maker you are using. Always cross compare homemade ice cream recipes with the instruction manual of your ice cream maker to get the best results.

Place the entire content of the custard mix into the ice cream can. Most ice cream recipes may be more than enough to fill the can. However, only fill up the can to the designated marker usually located on the inside of the can. Space needs to be reserved for the expansion that will take place.

Setting Up the Ice Cream Maker
Some ice machines are built their Dasher in the lid of the box, while others require the Dasher in the first, then the lid on the top spot. Make sure the rod is exposed to Dasher upper lid. Once the drive is set up, the ice will be stirred almost done.

Note special instructions that require ice machine as you can in the freezer and the block of ice and salt around the ice cap can.

Ready to Eat Homemade Ice Cream
Make sure that the mixture is cold and a thick consistency, which are still very soft. The mixture should then be ready from the box and removed in a plastic container. If you want homemade ice cream with a little more flavor, it is best to add it now before beginning the final freezing step.

Do pack a spatula or large wooden spoon laid the ice in the container so that ½ to 1 inch of space for expansion. Let the gel container for at least 4 hours and you must be prepared, homemade ice cream to eat style.