Vanilla ice cream

Vanilla ice cream is a very easy to make and a wonderful ice cream at the same time.

We all love it – especially my kids – and they always ask for more. It’s simple, fast and easy to make. I love making my own Ice cream and with the exception of certain brands – I make most of our ice cream myself. It’s also a wonderful project to get your kids involved in some fun and sweet kitchen fun.

You can also add chocolate chips and other ingredients to your vanilla ice cream. Here is my candied orange peel and vanilla ice cream video:

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Natural vanilla ice cream protocol:

 Preparation time:  20 minutes

 Complexity:          Very simple

Required tools (as shown in the “how to” pages):

  1. A blender or electric mixer
  2. A 1 liter bowl
  3. A silicone spatula
  4. Ice cream maker

 Ingredients:

  1. 1/3rd cup (= 70gr or 2.5oz) granular white sugar
  2. 200-250ml of heavy cream (15% or 32% fat).
  3. 200ml milk (I use 3% fat)
  4. Vanilla sugar (blend a vanilla pod into a cup of sugar) – one teaspoon.
  5. OR – instead of no.4 above – use one teaspoon of pure vanilla extract.

Note: In any case do NOT use vanilla flavor or vanilla flavored sugar – they taste very poorly as they are synthetic and that will make a poor ice cream.

Protocol:

Blend or whip your ice cream ingredients in a bowl until homogeneous.

Once the sugar has dissolved – your ice cream mix is ready. Turn your ice cream maker on and once the blade starts to rotate in the ice cream maker bowl – pour the mix into the ice cream maker.

[This is the perfect time to wash all the dishes!]

Allow the ice cream maker to run until the ice cream spins along with the mixing blade. It usually takes 15-20 minutes depending on how cold your freezer is. A standard refrigerator freezing box cools to roughly 18C (or 0F) – and it will take your ice cream maker about 20 minutes. A standard full size non-frost freezer cools to -21c (or -6F) which takes roughly 15 minutes to make it.

You can eat the ice cream immediately or place the ice cream in a container and place it in the freezer.

Important notes:

  • Always make sure to start your ice cream maker BEFORE you add the ice cream. If you do not – the ice cream mix layer that is touching the walls will instantly freeze and your ice cream maker motor will not be able to move and rotate the blade.
  • Make sure the sugar has completely dissolved! This is vital or the sugar crystals will form round ice balls in your ice cream.

Yours sweetly,

Saar