Vanilla Ice Cream

Yayyy!! everyday is ice cream day for us (esp. my hubby). Since my hubby is the biggest fan of vanilla flavour, I have to make 2 different ice cream flavours at the same day. Well...vanilla is a must for him. So, I tried my best to make different kind of vanilla ice cream. Then I found this recipe here, and it turned out so well and tasted like vanilla ice cream from our fave supermarket.

This one is so soft, creamy and egless (most of the vanilla ice recipes I've tried required eggs) and my hubby said this is the best home made vanilla ice & tasted better as the one from supermarket ^_^. So, it's really a keeper!

I made a bit change from the original recipe as I only have strawberry jam in my fridge, so I ommited the peach with the jam. And the taste is soo fresh & delicious!
I divided the batch into 2, one is pure vanilla flavour and the other one is with strawberry jam (just in case my hubby doesn't like it). Actually, I want to make the swirl effect on my ice but it didn't work that well *sighs* and the jam made the color look weird :-(.

Today is quite hot here, and the ice melt so fast (as you can see at the 2nd picture) and I had to hurry myself taking the shots of my ice cream *pheww* and at the end of the photo session, my husband took the ice and enjoyed it til the last spoon *LOL*


Ingredients:
2 cups half-and-half (I used light cream / kaffeesahne in germany)
1 cup whipping cream
1 cup minus 2 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons peach preserves (I substituted it with strawberry jam)
1 vanilla bean, split and scraped

Directions:

Combine all ingredients (including the bean and its pulp) in a large saucepan and place over medium heat. Stirring occasionally and bring it into simmer or until you see bubble hit the surface.DO NOT LET IT BOIL!

Remove from heat and allow to cool slightly. Remove the hull of the vanilla bean, pour mixture into lidded container and refrigerate mixture overnight to mellow flavors and texture. (I refrigerated for about 5 hours only)

Prepare your ice cream maker and freeze the mixture inside until it reaches the soft consistency and the volume increase by 1/2 or 3/4 times. The remove the mixture into ice container and let it hard for about 1 hour.

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Cacao Ice Cream

Ow ow..someone is in ice cream fever now!!! Yup yup..I am!. I can't help it since it's not so complicated to make this delicious dessert. The other reason is that my hubby is the ice cream monster at home. He's really addicted to ice cream & not a day goes by without ice cream ^_^. So...you can tell that ice cream a must in our freezer. I found this recipe here, it's very simple and it's egless, that's what I like. The taste is great, but from the consistence I like my strawberry ice cream better, it's so creamy & softer compares to this one. I substituted some ingredients here based on what I have in my kitchen *im too lazy too go out today as the weather isn't that nice*, maybe that's the reason why the consistence isn't creamy as the other one. I guess I will try again next time with the right ingredients :-)
Here is the recipe:

Ingredients:( for 5 servings)

1/4 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
7 g Cocoa Powder
130 ml heavy cream(I used milk+butter)
65 ml light cream
4 ml vanilla extract

Directions:

1. Prepare a saucepan, then mix condensed milk and cacao powder. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly until mixture smooth & slighly thickened. Remove it from heat & let it cool.

2. Gradually add heavy cream, light cream & vanilla extract into the mixture. Then whisk until well blended. Refrigerate until cool

3. Prepare your ice cream maker, then add the mixture gradually and let it stand for 15-30 minutes or until u get the desired consistence.

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Home Made Strawberry Ice Cream

It's been very hot here lately and this home made ice cream is a perfect cooler!! It's easy to made & I guarantee that u won't have so much mess in your kitchen..hehe. U can also make this with or without ice cream maker.

What you need:
100-150 gr Strawberries (Fresh/Frozen)
50-70 gr icing sugar
150 gr plain yoghurt
200 gr whipped cream
1 tbsp lemon juice

Method:
- mixed strawberries with 1/2 of icing sugar, lemon juice & yoghurt. Then bring them into Purée using a hand blender or blender. Set aside
- Add the rest of icing sugar into whipped cream then beat until it reaches the soft peak, then add the strawberries mixture gradually then stir it until well blended.
- Put the mixture in refrigerator for 15 minutes and let it cool, then put in the ice cream maker for 15-30 minutes until you get your desired consistence. Then remove it into a cool box then put in a freezer until the time you serve it.
- If you don't use an ice cream maker, after the mixing process u can just put it directly into the freezer and let it stand for 6-7 hours

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