Icecream Recipes - Eric Praetzel

I have a Donvier icecream maker. It is hand-turned and takes about 20 min. to make 1L / 1 qt of icecream using a chill-cylinder that you put in the freezer overnight.

I'm not quite sure what I think of this machine yet. The chuner is plastic and I've made some icecreams that made it nearly impossible to turn the handle right after I put the icecream mixture into the chill-cylinder! That was using frozen raspberries with milk / cream from a very cold fridge.

Also, the rubber ring that slips around the chill-cylinder does not stay in place when I put it into the insulated tub. Without it the cylinder turns when trying to mix the icecream.


Types of Milk and fat content

Cooking Terms

Comments / Problems

Cheats

Recipes

Coffee Yogert

750ml of plain unsweetened 2% yogert
1/3c sugar (vanilla suguar) - you may want to use more - sweeten to taste
1 tbl instant coffee - add more to taste
1 tsp vanilla

Mix and eat unfrozen put into an icecream maker. Note: I've found that it freezes very hard.

Fruit (Raspberry, sour cherry, blueberry)

2 cups fruit (cherries, berries, etc)
1 cup milk
1 cup whipping cream
3/4 cup sugar

The fruit is best chopped/pureed while frozen.
Blend everything, puree.
This froze too quickly in the cylinder when using frozen fruit.

Fruit

This is like the Raspberry recipe above but:
- I used lower fat milk
- I used a thick fruit drink that was blended raspberry & bannana

2 cups liquid berry juice
1 cup 2% milk
1/2 cup 18% milk
1/2 cup 10% milk
3/4 cup sugar

Stir everything and chill in freezer for 20 min.
Worked quite well.

Lemon/lime that'll peel paint!

2 cups lemon / lime juice and pulp
2 cups sugar
zest of 2 or 3 lemmons [not used]
1 cut whipping cream
1/2 cup water.

blend everything together

Chocolate

3 egg yokes
3/4 cup sugar
1 tsp instant coffee
1 tbl amoretto
1.5 cups table cream
1/3 cup sifted cocoa
1.2 tsp pure vanilla extract

beat eggs, beat in sugar
heat milk / cream and beat in cocoa
when milk is steaming, stir in sugar/egg
add vanilla
cool overnight [3 hours was not enough].

Tasted very nice with the instant coffee powder. Not enough to fill icecream maker.
Didn't freeze well -> cool overnight before using in maker.

Chocolate (easier / experimental)

3 eggs
1 c sugar
1.5 c milk
2 c 18% milk [made with 10%, cream, 1% !]
1.5 tbl instant coffee [ too much! ]
2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 c cocoa powder [sifted]
1/4 c semi-sweet chocolate chips melted into milk [optional]
1/2 c ground up semi-sweet chocolate chips [optional]

Make just like the chocolate recipe above.

French Vanilla

3 eggs
2 cup milk
1 cup sugar [vanilla]
beat and low heat for 10 min till thick
cool
add 2 cups light cream
add 2 tsp pure vanilla extract

Caramel Vanilla

4 egg yolks
1 cup sugar (used vanilla sugar)
1.5 cups milk
1.5 cups half/half
2 tsp vanilla

heat sugar slowly till melted, stiring constantly
scald milk in a pot and SLOWLY pour into sugar and cook till sugar is disolved
in a large bowl, beat egg whites and add hot milk/sugar
Cook slowly till thickened
cool
stir in cream and vanilla
refrigerate and freeze

Kiwi Sherbert

12 medium kiwi fruit
1 cup sugar
1 cup water
1 tbl lemon juice

Heat the water, lemon and sugar until the sugar is disolved.
Puree the fruit and mix in the liquids.
Chill the mixture for 6+ hours in a fridge and frezze in an icecream maker.
This has an ok taste; but I'm not really a fan of it.

Alternately, if you don't have an icecream maker, you can partially freeze the mixture, puree it, put it back into the freezer and puree it again and again until you get a reasonable consistancy.

Kulfi Cardamom

The source of this recipe is unknown. It was passed to me by a friend but I have not tried it because it uses doublecream.

Ingredients

1/4 pint fresh milk (150ml)
2 tablespoon ground rice
1 tablespoon ground almonds
14 oz can evaporated milk
1 teaspoon ground cardamom seeds
2oz sugar (60g)
3/4pint doublecream (430ml)
1 tablespoon rosewater or 5-6 drops other flavoring (vanilla, almond
ext,etc)
1 oz unsalted pistachio nuts, lightly crushed (30g)
Instructions
Heat the milk until it is lukewarm. Place the ground rice and ground almonds in a small bowl and gradually add the warm milk a little at a time to make a thin paste of pouring consistency. Stir continously to break up any lumps. If any lumps remain, seive the mixture.

Heat the evaporated milk to boiling point and add the ground cardamom. Take the pan off the heat and gradually add the almond and rice mixture, stirring continously. Add the sugar and cream and place the pan over a medium heat to cook the mixture for 12-15 mins, stiriing continuosly. Remove th epan from heat, and allow the mixture to cool slightly. Add the rosewater (etc) and half of the pistachio nuts, stir and mix well. Allow the mixture to cool completely, stirring frequently to prevent a skin from forming on the surface.

When the mixture has cooled completely, put it into a plastic icecream box or individual molds. Top with remaining pistachio nuts and place in the freezer for 4 to 5 hours. Place the kulfi in the refrigerator for 1-1/2h before serving. This will soften it slightly and make it easier to cut. The time required to soften the kulfi will vary according to the size of the container used for freezing.


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