Home Made Ice Cream (2015– )

[paulraphael]

On 1/8/2025 at 10:55 AM, Tropicalsenior said:

Ever since you mentioned this I have been absolutely dying for one but living in Costa Rica I figured that it was a total impossibility. However, my grandson is here visiting and we checked the internet. It is available in Costa Rica. Today he went into San Jose and he bought me one. I am in 7th Heaven. At least I am right now. I'm still going to have to verify that will work on my machine. It says it will but I don't trust it. I have to see for myself.

Yesterday in preparation we defrosted one freezer and rearranged two others so that I now have a dedicated spot just for it, ready to freeze the bowl and make ice cream tomorrow.

Now I have to locate all those great EG threads on making ice cream.

If you can set the freezer you chill the bowl in to -4°F /-20°C, or even a bit lower, you can get extremely good results. I've had freezing times under 8 minutes. Lower is always better, all else being equal. You have to pay lots for a compressor machine with this kind of power.

[Tropicalsenior]

On 1/11/2025 at 5:53 PM, SLB said:

Anyway, I am very excited about everthing except all of these egg whites

I feel like I'm late to the party because I just found out that all our posts had been moved to this topic. I wondered where they went.

I use whole eggs in my custard. I don't know what difference it makes but I have been happy with the ice cream results so I'm not going to change.

On 1/14/2025 at 11:41 PM, JoNorvelleWalker said:

wonder if your new KitchenAid works as well or better than the Cuisinart ICE-100?

I don't know if you saw my answer to this or not. I've been reading through the ice cream topics and it sounds like you have this down to a real science. I'm just fumbling around experimenting with an initial base that I can add flavors to.

I have developed a sensitivity to sugar so I'm not able to eat much of it and my purpose in making ice cream is mainly for my housemate, Carlos. He is lactose intolerant and has never been able to eat ice cream before. He's not a connoisseur and he has been enjoying it immensely. For him it doesn't have to be perfect. He's happy with however it turns out.