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Does anyone have an ice cream maker?
There seems to be so many on the market, what should I be looking out for?
My Mum bought a Magimix one years ago when they had only just come on the market and it was absolutely ****e. I tried to log into Which?Online for some reviews for you, but it would seem that my father has changed his password. Grrrr!!!
This (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Philips-HR2304-Ice-Cream-Maker/dp/B000PBL64S/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=kitchen&qid=1220032438&sr=8-1) one seems to come out well in the Amazon reviews and I like the fact that you only freeze a disc, not the whole ruddy bowl.
Which? Best Buys, in order - name, score, and price.
Cuisinart Ice-cream bucket ICE 25 78% £50.00
SIMAC Il Gelataio GC 5000 73% £200.00
Russell Hobbs Temptations 13863 72% £25.00
Magimix Gelato Chef 2200 71% £229.00
I don't think I've ever seen one personally that does an even passable job (most of them were downright ****e), but I'll defer to their judgement. I can pull up the reviews if they will help.
Flibster
29-08-2008, 19:21
Good fast food mixer and liquid nitrogen is all thats needed, or at a pinch, dry ice and a food mixer. :D
*been watching Heston again... slow day at work*
Parents had one for a while. It was cack.
Any chance of the review for the £25 one as I really don't want to spend hundreds. When it will only be used several times a year.
My mum makes perfectly nice ice cream all the time and she's never even contemplated buying an 'ice cream maker'. What exactly do they do you can't do yourself?
They just mean that you don't have to spend 8 hours freezing it and stirring it every few hours to keep the ice crystals small. It just accelerates the process, that's all. I don't reckon I'd use one enough to warrant buying one though.
Russell Hobbs Temptations 13863 72% £25.00
Quality of ice cream: 3 stars
Ease of assembly: 5 stars
Ease of operation: 5 stars
Ease of cleaning: 5 stars
he Russell Hobbs Temptations 13863 is a dream to use and clean, but produces ice cream that is less refined than our other Best Buys.
Its unusual design uses a pre-frozen bowl that rotates around a fixed paddle to churn the mixture – most others have a moving paddle and fixed bowl. The bowl rotates quickly, mixing the ingredients very well, but it freezes less consistently than other Best Buys.
We found that the paddle chops and smears soft fruit slightly as it turns, giving you a bitty mixture. The combination of fruit getting stuck between the paddle and the bowl and the mixture thickening occasionally prevented the bowl from turning smoothly.
The mixture is clearly visible and the lid has a large dosing hole for adding it into the freezing cavity without mess or spillage. It freezes quickly, taking less than 30 minutes to freeze pre-chilled mixes - they only need up to three hours in the freezer to firm up.
This model’s quick and very easy to assemble; the housing base and lid lock the bowl and paddle in place with a simple twist-lock action. The controls are effortless to use. The pieces are easy to clean and the paddle can be removed without the user getting messy, but the freezer bowl must be allowed to reach room temperature before it can be washed in warm water.
It’s provided with 39 recipes, including ice cream, sorbets and mousses and also healthier options, such as sugar-free ice cream.
Pros: Exceptional value, easy to use, quiet
Cons: Ice cream is not superb, must pre-freeze bowl overnight
Credit: Which? Online
They just mean that you don't have to spend 8 hours freezing it and stirring it every few hours to keep the ice crystals small. It just accelerates the process, that's all. I don't reckon I'd use one enough to warrant buying one though.
Exactly, I don't make it often but if I can get a cheap one which does a reasonable job I'll be happy.
I want to make some chicory ice cream to go with a chocolate marquise. For the next meal I do, which will be almost before I move into my new place. Can't wait to start having dinner parties again.
Cheers mark, sounds like it'll be good enough for what I want. not planning to make any with fruit ion it.
My mother occasionally makes ice cream sans ice cream maker and it still comes out really well.
I did toy with the idea of getting an ice cream maker but didn't bother in the end and carry on giving Mr. Ben & Mr. Jerry money instead.
.. carry on giving Mr. Ben & Mr. Jerry money instead.
I have Phish Food in the freezer.
Shame it's at home and I'm at work.
Lom, keep off!
(And where's my laptop?)
Justsomebloke
30-08-2008, 11:54
This is where I Freak out ;D
ICE CREAM MAKER :shocked:
ICE ****ING CREAM MAKER :angry: + ;D
My mates Missus got Ripped to bits by me for buying & using an Ice cream maker :p
She is one of these women that are bored all day so goes out & buys ridiculous things that she reckons she Needs :p
First it was a bread maker, Cost about 50 quid & makes ****e bread & real bread costs £1.65 ;D;D
Ice cream maker cost about the same & costs god knows for the ingredients & because she is a fat greedy cow puts far to much sugar in so it tastes like sickly sugary ****e ;D Ice cream at Tescos costs a Quid a tub ;D
ICE ****ING MAKER OMGG LOL ;D
I should point out that this couple are both within my Humour circle & the Ripping goes both ways :cool:
I have Phish Food in the freezer.
Shame it's at home and I'm at work.
Lom, keep off!
(And where's my laptop?)
Cookie dough is where it's at.
Laptop is on my desk in the office and will be winging it's way to on Monday or Tuesday.
Cookie dough is where it's at.
Laptop is on my desk in the office and will be winging it's way to on Monday or Tuesday.
Cookie dough is next on the list, being half price in Tesco atm. :D
And I love you..
B&J is rubbish ice cream. At least get Hargen Daz which is at least acceptable.
B&J tastes crap even though over 50% isn't ice cream to try and hide the ****e taste.
I didn't realise that ice cream was such an emotive subject :D
I borrowed a cheapie bung the whole machine in the freezer overnight jobbie. Ice cream was made with double cream and sugar, nothing else, ready in about 20 mins after a load of grinding and whirring and boy it tasted guuuuuuuuuuuuuuud. Frozen yoghurt was just yoghurt, cream and fruit and tasted amazen*. Sorbet was just sugar syrup and crushed fruit and also tasted grrrrrrreat.
*West country for amazing
B&J is rubbish ice cream. At least get Hargen Daz which is at least acceptable.
B&J tastes crap even though over 50% isn't ice cream to try and hide the ****e taste.
To be honest, all the overpriced branded bollocks tastes crap compared to Asda's range of special and organic ice creams, £2, 1L tub. Obesity here I come.
LeperousDust
31-08-2008, 01:45
First it was a bread maker, Cost about 50 quid & makes ****e bread & real bread costs £1.65
I think the point is here, its an investment. You laugh at the initial outlay, but the ingredients cost maybe a few pennies. So whos laughing then? Assuming you go through a loaf a week (i go through more myself), you'll have made that up within the year. You'll be eating freshly baked bread (can't beat it) and know what's "in" your bread, or you could make special bread with different things in you'll pay over the odds for in the shops too. Quick google link (http://www.kenwoodworld.com/uk/breadmaker_recipes.php) of ideas.
The same obviously stands for ice cream too since its drastically marked up in price compared to ingredients, and is also full of a lot of hidden stuff which home made won't be :).
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