1 hour ago, weinoo said:One of the things I’m noticing in this thread is that the Ninja seems to perform nicely; on the other hand, a lot of the recipes promoted for use in the Ninja seem to suck.
has anyone just really followed a Cree, Leibovitz, et al. Ice cream recipe to the letter and then spun that frozen base?
In other words, doesn’t the cooking knowledge on this board tell you something’s just not right with a particular recipe?
Yes the Dana Cree, Migoya, Thomas Keller, Eleven Madison Park etc. recipes on their own all turn out excellent
I think people are hoping to strike gold with a really simple recipe again - the fruits in syrup trick is actually quite wonderful; and the machine advertises to process just about anything into an ice cream. Unfortunately all the other quick fixes just aren't panning out.
My takeaways are that anything with uncooked dairy is at risk of turning to butter, higher fat the higher risk. And that you want your base to be ~ 6c colder than ideal serving temp, this means it should usually be frozen in a -18C freezer.
This is my minute maid pink lemonade experiment - 50% concentrate 50% water. I froze on Lite Ice Cream which I think is my new favourite button. It came out very smooth, no ice crystals again. However, as you might be able to see from the photo it isn't at all scoopable/doesn't pack nice/feels like parking lot snow after it has rained. Probably due to the low solids content.
