What company makes ice cream using the french pot method?”
Graeter’s is the oldest surviving ice cream manufacturer in the United States. It was founded in Cincinnati in 1870, and today they are the only company left that still makes ice cream using the French Pot method. This Graeter’s, in the upscale Hyde Park neighborhood, opened in 1922. Their secret recipe of fresh cream and egg custard is swirled along the chilled sides of a slowly spinning French Pot freezer. As the blend thickens, a blade scrapes the sides of the pot, folding the ice cream into itself. Their fresh ingredients are then added to complete their unique flavors. The folding process prevents air from whipping into the ice cream and this accounts for the extremely dense and creamy consistency. The ice cream’s extreme density also makes it too thick to be packed by any automated method, so each pint must be hand-packed. Graeter’s uses fresh cream from local dairys that don’t use artificial growth hormones. They also use premium hand-selected Oregon triple-washed black raspberr
Graeter’s is a regional chain of shops offering ice cream, baked goods, and candy which originated in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1870. Their premium, thick ice cream has been featured on Food Network, and has earned them many dedicated fans including Oprah Winfrey. Graeter’s ice cream is made in a French pot process. The ice cream mix is placed into a chilled, spinning French pot. As the liquid freezes, a worker scrapes down the sides of the pot with a blade. For flavors that include chocolate chips, liquid chocolate is poured into the pot, and freezes into a thin shell on top of the ice cream. A worker uses a blade to break up this shell and mix it into the ice cream, resulting in Graeter’s’ famous huge dark chocolate chips. Each batch of ice cream is only about two gallons and is thus very labor intensive. The resulting ice cream is so thick that it must be hand-packed into pints. The ice cream is sold in pint containers at Graeter’s stores, and at food markets, including Giant Eagle grocer
