Icecream without a I cream maker

chrisfreelander54

Thinking of having a go at making my own icecream, as the icecream man must come by about 3 times a day, more on weekends, and you can only say no to the kids so many times before caving in.

We do buy cheap lollies and icecream from Aldi and Farmfoods, but would like to have a go as using fruit to make our own.

Is it possible to make icecream without a maker, and how easy/hard is it to get it right and is there any special ingredients I need?

Regards
Chris.

poorly_scammo

Ice-cream is basically frozen custard and you can make it as rich and therefore more expensive as you like by using cream or just use milk. You can make it using bought custard if you want.

To make it all you need to do is make a custard (google 'custard recipe' and/or 'ice-cream recipe' here's an example:http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/realvanillaicecream_14294 ) and then cool it, put it into a tupperware, freeze it for a couple of hours, take it out of the freezer, give it a good mix to break down any ice crystals which might have formed then re-freeze.

Here's Delia's advice on making ice-cream without a machine. http://www.deliaonline.com/how-to-cook/and-the-rest/making-ice-cream-by-hand.html

Seakay

ice cream without a machine is mainly a matter of hard work doing the beating every two or three hours, but some ingredients can be included which seem to make the formation of large ice crystals less of a problem
eg beaten egg white http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/recipes/3344644/Home-made-ice-cream-recipes-Ice-and-easy-does-it-every-time.html

Mrs_Soup

If you mix condensed milk with double cream and add flavouring of choice you just freeze it without beating as the condensed milk stops the crystalising. Not particularly cheap ingredeiants though and I've nly ever made it with chopped up choc bars so not healthy either.

sophieschoice

This looks really easy
http://www.nigella.com/recipes/view/No-Churn-Salted-Caramel-Ice-Cream-5972

roamin_in_the_gloamin

we used to make it as kids

http://www.kidzworld.com/article/26683-science-project-make-homemade-ice-cream

also check out ooo toob!

Steve059

Try this ...

ICE CREAM

Makes approx. 500ml to 750ml

INGREDIENTS

300ml carton of double cream
400g tin of condensed milk

METHOD

Put the cream into a bowl. Whisk until it resembles clotted cream.

Gently stir in the condensed milk.

Gently stir in any flavouring (see below).

Put the contents into a shallow dish.

Put the dish in the freezer.

Every hour or so, move the frozen bits at the edge of the dish into the middle. After 4 hours, it should all be frozen.

ADDITIONS & ALTERNATIVES

Pour some chocolate sauce on top.

Coconut ice cream. Substitute a 400ml tin of coconut milk for the double cream. Mix it thoroughly with the condensed milk.

Malteser ice cream. Put a small bag of Maltesers in the freezer until they are frozen and brittle. Make a small hole in the bag. With a rolling pin or any other blunt object, hit the bag until the Maltesers are completely broken up. Stir in the Malteser bits before freezing or scatter them over the top after serving.

Peanut ice cream. Add half a jar of crunchy peanut butter.

“Snickers” ice cream. Add half a jar of crunchy peanut butter and a tablespoon of caramel or toffee ice cream sauce. Top with chocolate sauce.

Strawberry ice cream. Liquidise and add 450g of strawberries.

Vanilla ice cream. Cut a vanilla pod open lengthways and scrape out seeds. Boil the pod and seeds in 100ml of milk. Leave to cool. Remove the pod. Add the milk and seeds.

theoretica

Much easier, and still fun, is fruit juice frozen either into icecube trays or in plastic water bottles - or proper icelolly moulds. Bits of fruit freeze well too - orange segments on a tray, for instance.

krlyr

If they like banana, banana "icecream" would be far healthier (and I expect cheaper!)
http://www.thekitchn.com/stepbystep-instructions-for-on-97170

You can flavour it with other things - e.g. peanut butter, Nutella, etc. (link at bottom of above page gives various ideas)