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ice cream formulae
white
notes
- milk fat content: 20%
- water content:
- sugar content:
ingredients ^white-ice-cream-formula-ingredients
- dairy
- 500 g half and half
- 500 g heavy cream
- emulsifier (optional)
- stabilizer (optional)
- white
- 200 g sugar
- dash of salt
instructions ^white-ice-cream-formula-instructions
- warm cream and milk in saucepan until bubbly but not yet simmering
- sugar
- if using emulsifiers
- cream yolks and sugar
- temper eggs/starch
- blend in stabilizers
- if emulsifier-free
- dissolve sugar in hot milk
- blend in stabilizers
- if using emulsifiers
- cook mixture in saucepan until thick (coats back of wooden spoon)
- cool/refrigerate (overnight preferable), strain, churn, freeze
fruit
notes
- milk fat content: 20 %
- water content: reduced through boiling of milk or fruit. if fresh fruit taste is desired over cooked fruit, use milk powder
ingredients
- white ice cream dairy base:
- 500 g half and half
- 500 g heavy cream
- emulsifier (optional)
- stabilizer (optional)
- fruit
- 500 g produce, measured after processing
- 200–250 g sugar + non-water liquid (e.g., maple syrup, reduced wine)
- baseline 100–200 g sugar
- dash of salt
instructions
- dairy and fruit
- cook diced produce with dairy base and any additional liquid
- purée, strain, and reduce to 1 l, stirring frequently to prevent burning
- continue with white base step 2
chocolate
ingredients
- white ice cream dairy base:
- 500 g half and half
- 500 g heavy cream
- emulsifier (optional)
- stabilizer (optional)
- chocolate
- 200 g sugar
- 85 g dutch-process cocoa powder
- dash of salt
instructions
white base instructions, dissolving chocolate into base after adding sugar and emulsifiers (step 2)