How Do Ice Cream Makers Work?
The Ice Cream Dillema In essence, ice cream is a simple creation: cream from cow’s milk is sweetened, flavored, perhaps mixed with texture or color agents and add-ins (such as nuts or chocolate chips) and frozen. However, if you’ve ever tried to create ice cream by placing a container of sweetened cream in the freezer, you’ll know that the results of this process are unsatisfactory: a hard, frozen lump, one that stays full of crunchy crystals even if it melts enough to be edible. In order to create the smooth, soft dessert we know and enjoy, a different process must be implemented: the cream mixture must be constantly mixed even as it is being frozen. This keeps the ice particles from forming in any way large enough to be noticeable, creating a frozen liquid in the consistency of a custard. An ice-cream maker, therefore, is any kind of machine that both mixes and freezes cream. Technology Ice-cream makers that consist of cordless, battery-powered mixers designed to be used inside a con
