Anonymous User asked: you mentioned making ice cream as a hobby??? could you tell us more about that? like do you have an ice cream churn or some other tool, or do you do the good ol middle school science class put stuff in an ice filled bag and shake it
there's essentially three kinds:
- Olde Style, which is the kind that uses a bunch of ice and rock salt to keep things cold. these are a joke and mostly sold as nostalgia bait. do not buy one
- Frozen Bowl, which, as you might assume, requires you to freeze a double-insulated bowl to keep things cold. you can buy a kitchenaid stand mixer attachment with one of these and, if you already own one of those, is a great way to get started. i don't use a frozen bowl mixer because i had a bad experience in an old apartment with a shitty freezer and a 95℉ indoor temperature which left me scarred and deformed1.
- Compressor, which has a compressor to keep things cold. I have one of these. they range in price but are very much the High End option. i specifically own a Breville Smart Scoop, which i got on sale and with a stack of bed bath and beyond (z"l) coupons for like $200. i recommend it even though it's expensive. there's other options but i don't know a ton about them.
i based (haha) my recipe off the base in the Salt and Straw Cookbook and have had huge success with it. all good ice cream starts with a good base. once you have that you can do basically whatever and know that, unless you're getting silly in a way that could complicate freezing, you're gonna get something that's Pretty Good.
HERE ARE MY MOST POPULAR FLAVORS:
- Oreo: born of an attempt to make a cookies n' cream flavor for my wife, this ended up being transcendent in its own way. 3 cups base, 8-ish crushed oreos, 1 tsp vanilla extract OR 2" vanilla bean. add the oreos and vanilla in the base BEFORE churning. enjoy
- Cream Cheese Cinnamon Roll: born of a challenge from my wife to make a good cinnamon roll ice cream. succeeded first try. built different. 3 cups base, 8 oz full fat cream cheese (room temp), 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1 tsp vanilla extract, 4 tsp cinnamon. i recommend shaving the cream cheese down with a cheese grater or something. my chunks were too big and froze weirdly, but it tasted fuckin good so who cares.
- Sea Salt: 3 cups base, 1 tsp high quality sea salt, a couple drops gel food coloring if you're going for the kingdom hearts look (i am). this is my personal favorite flavor because it lets the base shine while adding a really nice depth of flavor with the salt. absolutely delicious and a great simple recipe to start with.
- Lucky Charms: 3 cups base, 2 cups toasted lucky charm cereal, 2 cups frozen lucky charm mashmallows, pinch of kosher salt. marinate the cereal in the base for like 5m in the fridge, strain it, add the salt. churn and add the marshmallows towards the end as a mix-in.
- Peppermint Chip: 3 cups base, 1/8 tsp sea salt, 1 tsp vanilla, 1/2 tsp peppermint extract, 1/2 cup mini semisweet chocolate chips, 3/4 cup crushed peppermint candy. sea salt, vanilla, and peppermint extract go in before the churn; chocolate chips and peppermint candy go in at the end.
uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh that's it i think? let me know if you have questions. i love talking about this shit.
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