How does an ice cream maker work?
An ice cream maker is a device which turns and chills a central canister, allowing the custard mixture inside to form into ice cream. In addition to this use, cooks can also utilize an ice cream maker for sorbet, gelato, and dairy free ice creams. Numerous ice cream recipes are available using a wide variety of ingredients, and all of them can be made with a conventional ice cream maker. There are three primary parts to an ice cream maker. An external drum opens so that a canister for the ice cream mix can be placed inside. A central churn is pushed into the drum, so that the mixture will be stirred. Typically, the canister holding the ice cream remains still, while the churn rotates around the inside, scraping down the sides and redistributing the chilled portions of the mixture. As it is churned and chilled, it thickens, ultimately turning into ice cream. Two techniques are used for chilling the mixture in an ice cream maker. The traditional method is ice, which is packed with rock s
Does that mean you don’t have to keep taking the mix from the freezer and mixing up? That would be nice! @mike: Hello Mike, welcome to the site. The Farm shop is in Drybrook; Crooked End Farm. It’s a small, organic farm shop. Do you know it? @Poppy: I remember my Dad using an electric carving knife – he used it every weekend! Funny how these things suit one person and not another. I used my juicer ONCE then Freecycled it; it took longer to clean the thing and by which time I needed a MEAL let alone a juice to make up for all the effort I had expended. It was a cheapy though; perhaps the expensive ones are better. @Kris: Ah, the toastabags; they really work then. Do the edges seal together like they do with a sandwich toaster? I think LMG would love toasted sandwiches. I remember having them before Brownies when I was little; I guess they were a quick, satisfying tea! Poppy says: January 28, 2009 at 11:55 pm One goof today I was making a vegetable gratin type thing to use up all the veg
