Ice Cream (makers and recipes)

mink35

Delia says you can make your own chocolate blancmange here


Does look complicated though!

Zziggi

Thanks loadsabob.

mink35 wrote:

Delia says you can make your own chocolate blancmange here


Does look complicated though!

Hmm, after reading your link I think i'll stick with the cheap ASDA sachets thanks Mink35! I guess if you're eating well and OS most of the time, the odd sachet foods won;t hurt too much...

Lucie_2

I haven't used my ice cream maker for a couple of weeks now, but I've been desperately busy with a new job & huge garden project, so haven't had time for anything at all, let alone making ice cream.
It is lovely & very easy to do. Don't spend a fortune on one - if you can get one with advantage points etc then you won't feel guilty about not using it.

Zziggi

One of the reasons i asked about the soya milk/goats milk question was because i am sure i read an a thread about freezing milk that soya milk seperates when frozen/thawed. So i wondered about soya/goats milk suitablility when used to make ice-cream.

I can only seem to get chocolate flavour dairy-free ice-cream at the supermarket (swiss delice). kids sick of chocolate flavour so I've been giving them ice-pops. Now they want to know why they can't have ice-cream like their friends. They're still really young and don't really understand that it is the ice-cream that makes them sick, gives them tummy ache and the contents of their nappies... well you just DON'T wanna know!

apprentice_tycoon

Would sorbet be an alternative for a cold dessert if they are fed up with the Swiss Delice?...you can make allsorts of flavours such as orange, lemon, apple, strawberry, lychee etc. it's easy to make without an ice cream maker, if you have a processor it's even easier and you will know what goes into it.

Zziggi

apprentice_tycoon wrote:

Would sorbet be an alternative for a cold dessert if they are fed up with the Swiss Delice?...you can make allsorts of flavours such as orange, lemon, apple, strawberry, lychee etc. it's easy to make without an ice cream maker, if you have a processor it's even easier and you will know what goes into it.

Hmm good thinking Batman!!! (err.. I mean apprentice!) Off to the recipe sticky now to find a recipe for sorbet.

Thanks again.

apprentice_tycoon

My lychee and elderflower sorbet is in the recipes, in the snacks section I think, I've been meaning to ask for it to be moved and forgot. If you think that the elderflower cordial is too grown up for them just try the lychee on it's own, to the kids it'll be like an ice lolly in a bowl

culpepper

In the instructions for my Yoghurt maker, it says you can eat live yoghurt even if allergic to lactose as the lactose has already been digested by enzymes in the yoghurt (might be an idea to check this with your doctor but it sounds logical).

Forgot to say,Ive got 2 yoghurt makers.One is a sort of wide mouthed flask.Heat the milk and add the yog then stir in and leave.Easy! The other is a heated thing with little pots.Turn it on put in milk,add teasp yog to each pot.Turn off in 6 hours(bit more hassle). Well worth it though.

Our icecream maker goes in the freezer for 24 hours,take it out,add icecream mixture made to the recipe,churn and dole out. Quite good but you do have to know you are going to want icecream in advance so you can remember to freeze the bowl and buy the cream/eggs

squeaky

apprentice_tycoon wrote:

My lychee and elderflower sorbet is in the recipes, in the snacks section I think, I've been meaning to ask for it to be moved and forgot.

Done

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Bossyboots

culpepper wrote:

In the instructions for my Yoghurt maker, it says you can eat live yoghurt even if allergic to lactose as the lactose has already been digested by enzymes in the yoghurt (might be an idea to check this with your doctor but it sounds logical).

Forgot to say,Ive got 2 yoghurt makers.One is a sort of wide mouthed flask.Heat the milk and add the yog then stir in and leave.Easy! The other is a heated thing with little pots.Turn it on put in milk,add teasp yog to each pot.Turn off in 6 hours(bit more hassle). Well worth it though.

Our icecream maker goes in the freezer for 24 hours,take it out,add icecream mixture made to the recipe,churn and dole out. Quite good but you do have to know you are going to want icecream in advance so you can remember to freeze the bowl and buy the cream/eggs

I'm lactose intolerant and even at my very worst, I can eat yoghurt.

It is also very good if you have an upset stomach as the enzymes in yoghurt balance the gut. (That is direct from a consultant at the hospital and it works a treat).