Homemade ice cream - general principles of cooking
Ice cream can be bought at any store - and everyone who has never tried to make this sweet, delicate treat on their own is doing it. Homemade ice cream is prepared very simply, you do not need to be a professional cook or an experienced hostess. The main ingredients for making homemade ice cream are milk, cream, eggs and sugar. Someone uses all these ingredients together, in other recipes ice cream is prepared on the same milk or cream. This also applies to eggs - sometimes eggs are added whole, but more often one egg yolks are rubbed with sugar. For a more delicate and uniform texture instead of sugar, you can take icing sugar. To please relatives and friends with classic vanilla ice cream, you should add vanilla powder to the mass.
Homemade ice cream can be prepared with any fillings: nuts, candied fruits, berries and fruits, chocolate, etc. It is simply not possible to list all types of homemade ice cream. The general principle of preparation is as follows: the milk is heated and combined with whipped cream and whipped egg-sugar mass. Mix everything thoroughly, put it in a container and send it in the freezer for 1 hour. After that, you need to get the ice cream and mix it again. This is necessary in order to break the crystals and to achieve a gentle homogeneous texture. The procedure of cooling and mixing is repeated 2-3 times, after which the ice cream should be placed in the freezer and left there until complete freezing. Homemade ice cream is much easier to prepare if you have an ice cream maker at home. In this case, you can do without repeated mixing and freezing. Finished homemade ice cream can be served with syrup or honey, as well as sprinkle with nuts, cocoa, coconut flakes, etc.
Homemade ice cream - preparing food and dishes To make delicious homemade ice cream, you will need a bowl, a small saucepan (preferably with a thick bottom) or a saucepan, a freezing container, a whisk and a blender (or mixer). Greatly facilitates the process of cooking machine for homemade ice cream. Such a device frees from the repeated procedure of cooling and mixing ice cream. After the milk mass is passed through the machine, it remains only to place the ice cream in the freezer until it solidifies.
For the preparation of classic vanilla ice cream no preparatory activities are needed. But if homemade ice cream is prepared with fillings (for example, berries or nuts), you need to prepare products in advance. Nuts should be chopped, fruits and berries should be washed and freed from seeds. Fruit pulp and berries without stones can be mashed with a blender. Bone berries should be ground through a sieve.
Homemade ice cream recipes:
Recipe 1: Homemade ice cream
Recipe for classic vanilla ice cream. It turns out that everyone’s favorite delicacy is prepared very easily and simply at home. To do this, you need milk, sugar, cream and yolks, plus - some free time.
Ingredients Required:
- Milk - 250 ml;
- 250 ml of cream (35%);
- 5-6 egg yolks;
- Sugar - 90 g;
- Vanillin - 1 tsp.
Method of preparation:
Milk bring to a boil and remove from heat. Leave to cool to 36-37 degrees. Mix the yolks thoroughly with vanilla and sugar (you can use a blender). Pour the milk to the yolks in a thin stream, without ceasing to stir the yolks. Put the mixture on low heat and heat, stirring, until thick. To determine the readiness of the mass, you can hold your finger on the spoon with which it is stirred. If a fingerprint remains smooth, then the cream is ready. Allow the cream to cool, then refrigerate. Whip cream thoroughly. Stir whipped cream with chilled cream and put into container. Put in the freezer for 1 hour. In order for the structure of the ice cream to turn out smooth and uniform, you need to get the mass out of the refrigerator as soon as it starts to harden. Beat the ice cream with a blender or mixer and put into the freezer again for one hour. Then repeat the beating procedure and send to the freezer for 3 hours. Before serving, ice cream slightly defrost, sprinkle with each portion of grated chocolate or nuts.
Recipe 2: Homemade Ice Cream “Coffee”
The delicious creamy taste of vanilla ice cream is successfully complemented by a tart coffee aroma. Ice cream turns out very easy and gentle, with soft creamy texture.
Ingredients Required:
- 250 ml of milk (3.6%);
- 100-110 g of sugar;
- 2 eggs;
- 450 ml of cream (35%);
- Vanillin - 1 tsp;
- 40 ml of freshly brewed strong coffee (espresso).
Method of preparation:
Pour the milk into a saucepan and put on low heat. While the milk is warming up, beat the eggs and sugar at maximum speed. The mass should become light and increase at least twice. Pour the egg mass in a thin stream into the heated milk (but not boiled). Heat the mixture over low heat, stirring continuously. Bring cream to thicken and remove from heat. Cool cream to room temperature. Whip the cream with a whisk and put it into the cream, mix everything well. Add to the mass of brewed coffee and vanilla. Beat all the ingredients with a blender, put into a container and cover with foil or lid. Put in the freezer for a few hours (preferably all night). After 12 hours of exposure, send the mass to an ice cream maker.
Recipe 3: Homemade ice cream with melon
Very tasty homemade melon ice cream, which is made very simply. For its preparation you need only 3 ingredients, namely: melon, condensed milk and cream. Treat home and guests with such an unusual dessert!
Ingredients Required:
- 250 g melon pulp;
- 200 ml of 35% cream;
- 100 ml of condensed milk.
Method of preparation:
Cut the melon into small pieces. Pureen with a blender to a uniform consistency. In a separate bowl, whip the cream until the "wavy" state. Gently pour condensed milk into the cream, without ceasing to beat them. Put melon puree to creamy mass. Mix all ingredients thoroughly. Put the ice cream in a container and put it in the freezer for an hour. Then remove and mix with an immersion blender. Remove again for an hour and mix again. Repeat the freezing and stirring procedure two more times. Remove the finished ice cream in the freezer until it solidifies. Before serving, hold the ice cream for 20 minutes in the refrigerator or 10 minutes at room temperature. Serve with caramel sauce or honey.
Recipe 4: “Berry” Homemade Ice Cream
This homemade ice cream is prepared without adding eggs. It uses cream and any berries. Raspberries and other berries with stones should be ground beforehand. Strawberries and blueberries can be immediately ground in a blender. The volume of cream should correspond to the volume of berry puree. Sugar or powdered sugar is taken to taste.
Ingredients Required:
- 400 g of cream (35%);
- 3 tablespoons caster sugar;
- 800 g raspberries.
Method of preparation:
Wash raspberries and grind through a sieve, squeeze the juice. It should make about 400 ml. Add powdered sugar to the juice and mix until it dissolves. Beat cream with a blender or mixer until small peaks. Stir the whipped cream with raspberry juice. Transfer the mass into a container and place in the freezer. An hour later, get and beat. Do this 2-3 times. Ready ice cream to keep in the freezer until it hardens.
Recipe 5: Homemade ice cream with nuts
A very simple recipe for delicious homemade ice cream with nuts. The dessert is made from the minimum amount of ingredients - just milk, eggs and sugar. And for the filler, you can take any nuts.
Ingredients Required:
- Walnuts - 50 g;
- 500 ml of milk (6%);
- 5 egg yolks;
- 100 g of powdered sugar.
Method of preparation:
Milk bring to a boil and remove from heat. Finely chop the walnuts and add to milk, leave for 10 minutes. Beat yolks with powdered sugar until a fluffy mass is formed. Milk pour thinly trickle into the yolks and stir. Pour the mass into a saucepan with a thick bottom and put on low heat. Boil, stirring, until thick. Let the cream cool down and send it to an ice cream maker. If there is no such device, you can proceed as follows: transfer the mixture to a container and place it in a freezer for 45 minutes. After the time has elapsed, remove the container from the refrigerator and beat the mass with a whisk, or better with a blender. This is necessary in order to break the icy crystals. Repeat the procedure of cooling and whipping every half hour for 4 hours. After that, put the ice cream in the freezer for 6-7 hours.
Homemade ice cream - secrets and useful tips from the best chefs
- Homemade ice cream will be very gentle and soft (even without constant mixing), if you add a little brandy or rum to the milk mass. At 500 ml of the mixture will be enough 50 g;
- “Fruit ice”, beloved by many children, is prepared as follows: sugar (6 tablespoons) is stirred in heated orange juice (500 ml) until completely dissolved, then 100 ml of pineapple juice is poured into it. The mixture is poured into forms and sent to the freezer for 12 hours;
- Store homemade ice cream should always be under a tightly closed lid or cling film, otherwise the mass will absorb odors of foreign products.
