How to choose the right ice cream machine for the home: expert advice

Ice cream from the store is now not as tasty as it used to be. After all, it is made from powders and flavors, and not from natural milk. But, fortunately, there are appliances on sale that allow you to cook it yourself! In this article we will tell you how to choose an ice cream machine for the house, since the options are different and their prices are also different.

Of course, if you really want to, ice cream can be made without special ice cream makers, but the finished product will be less airy and melting in your mouth. And the process itself will take more time. At the end of the article we will give you the best recipes for ice cream according to GOST, the one from the USSR.

Why ice cream worth buying?

If you have children, then you should definitely buy this unit. Products that make modern ice cream are just disgusting! Milk is used not natural, but dry, and, of very low quality, plus a large amount of starch. Instead of eggs and butter, palm oil is put and the whole hellish mixture is seasoned with a large number of emulsifiers and all sorts of flavors. And it turns out that we buy children a sheer poison! And they want ice cream often.

Therefore, it is better to still buy. With an ice cream maker, making this dessert is much easier than manually. The main thing is to choose it correctly.

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How does the ice cream maker work

The principle of the ice cream maker is very simple. The necessary ingredients are placed in a special bowl and it begins to slowly stir and beat it for 30-40 minutes. It freezes due to the fact that the walls of the bowl are very cold, below zero temperature.

As you can see, it is quite difficult to reproduce this process manually. And the big trouble of home cooking is that the bulk of the crystals remain folk that spoils the final taste of the product.

What types of ice cream makers are there?

Ice-cream machines are of three types:

• Mechanical
• Semi-automatic
• Electric

Let's take a look at each of the options in detail and you will choose what is more affordable for you and how it works.

Mechanical - the most budget option. Designed as a double-walled bowl. Between them, you need to pour a mixture of salt and ice chips, and in the tank itself to place the stirred mixture for the future of ice cream. Then a cap is put on the bowl, to which the blades are attached, and on top there is a handle. It needs to be scrolled every 2-3 minutes, for half an hour, and maybe a little more.

The process is quite time-consuming, given the fact that you need to pre-prepare the ice crumb and stand over it for 40 minutes, stirring continuously. But, this homemade ice cream maker can work without electricity!

Although, of course, this argument is doubtful, with all the above inconveniences.

Semi-automatic - they also have a double bowl, but unlike completely mechanical, no ice is needed. The removable bowl has a refrigerant in the space between the walls, which must be frozen beforehand in the freezer. The effect of such freezing is enough for one batch( and this is approximately 400 grams of the finished product).Then the bowl must again be placed in the freezer for about 5-6 hours.

You also do not need to interfere manually, the blades rotate independently, after connecting the device to the network. These ice cream machines are not very expensive, therefore, we can assume that this is an ideal and budget option.

Automatic - these ice cream makers are made like a mini-fridge, and work at the expense of freon. Connected to the network, laid the right ingredients and everything, the process is fully automated. After preparing one serving, you can immediately upload another.

Automatic ice cream machine is, of course, very expensive. But, if you are not constrained in means, then it will be the best choice. No preliminary preparations and most importantly, it is possible to make a large amount of ice cream at once. And it is quite convenient in moments when a children's birthday is planned or guests come to you.

In the case of a semi-automatic machine, the process of preparing 3 kilograms of ice cream will be delayed for a week( you won’t get up at night and cook it).So, of course, it would be right to choose the electric one, because this purchase is not for one day.

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What to look for when buying

The volume and dimensions of the bowl are a very important point, because the final yield of the finished product depends on it. If you save and take a very small cup, you will soon regret it, as only 200 grams of ice cream will come out at a time, and it will consume almost as much electricity as a larger model.

Also, be attentive to the size of the bowl, if you take a semi-automatic. Do not forget that the bowl must be placed in the freezer. Do not lose the size! It will be very disappointing if it simply does not fit there.

Bowl material - they are plastic and metal, stainless steel. Of course, it is better to give preference to the second option. It is more durable and keeps the cold better. But, plastic, of course, cheaper.

The material of the rotating blades - also, there are plastic and metal. Plastic often "slip", unable to turn the mass, which came out a little thicker than necessary. And break that worst. Therefore, it is better to take metal, even though it is more expensive.

The capacity of an ice cream machine - as in any device, the bigger it is, the more intensively it consumes electricity. And do not forget that it works from half an hour! If you do not need a large amount of product right away, then you should not take a two-liter bowl, it is better to prefer the middle variant, one liter. Although, in fairness, even the greatest power of these devices is about 200W, that is, roughly speaking, it is like that two half incandescent 100W lamps will burn within half an hour.

Availability of additional functions - there are not many of them in ice cream makers, therefore we will give you the most useful ones:

• A window in which the mixing process is visible
• Ability to cook yogurt
• Sound timer

These additions are very good, but the cost will be higher. Here you decide whether they are so necessary.

Recipes from childhood - ice cream according to GOST

And now, let's move on to the most interesting: recipes. Of course, there are a great many of them, but, as a rule, those people who buy ice cream makers want one thing: the Soviet one, which is so reminiscent of childhood.

We give you the cooking recipes manually. But, if you buy an ice cream maker, the result will be much better: the finished product will come out airy, whipped and very tender. But in order to achieve such a result manually, you need all the time to get the container from the freezer and stir. But even this will not save from small crystals of ice.

Recipe for ice cream No. 1

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  1. Take a saucepan and pour 850 grams of milk there( 150 should remain) and heat to a warm state.
  2. We put butter into warm milk, melt it and bring to a boil.
  3. In a bowl, mix sugar, vanilla sugar, yolks and starch. Grind everything until smooth and add the rest of the milk to it. The consistency will come as a liquid-liquid sour cream. There should be no undissolved sugar. Beat everything with a mixer.
  4. At this time, the boiled milk cools a little( at least up to 50 degrees) and the resulting mixture needs to be poured into it in a thin stream( very slowly), while stirring constantly. Beat again with a mixer.
  5. Bring the resulting mass to a boil, but let's not boil strongly in any case. It should just start to bubble a little.
  6. Place the pan in a bowl of cold water and, while stirring, cool to room temperature. Periodically, you need to change the water in the pelvis to a colder one.
  7. Stir the mixture well with a mixer until it increases slightly.
  8. Put the finished ice cream in a plastic mold and put in the freezer.
  9. Every hour, reach and stir the mass with a broom to prevent the formation of ice.

  Recipe for ice cream No. 2

  There is a recipe without butter, it should be replaced with fatty cream. Both that and other recipe very tasty and similar to taste. But in this recipe, the yield of the finished product is slightly lower and the concentration of ingredients is stronger.

  • Cream 33-35% fat - 300 grams
  • Milk - 100 grams
  • Sugar - 150 grams
  • Vanilla sugar - an incomplete packet

  Cooking step by step:

  1. Milk is heated to 35 degrees, removed from the fire, add the yolks and beat the micro.
  2. Add sugar sand and vanilla, whisk again.
  3. Put the mixture in a water bath and heat and cook until thick.
  4. Then cool the mass and filter through cheesecloth.
  5. Then pour cream into some container and beat, until the mass is significantly increased in volume.
  6. Combine whipped cream and egg mixture, beat again.
  7. We put the ice cream in the form and put it in the freezer, pulling it out every hour in order to mix it.

  As you can see, the cooking process in these two recipes is completely different. But, you can choose any of them, which is more convenient for you, and prepare according to it using one or other ingredients.

  Now you know how to choose an ice cream maker for your home and we very much hope that our advice will be useful to you!