Ice cream, no maker

I agree that an ice cream maker makes everything easy,it seems whatever combination can end up in ice cream if thrown into a machine.But good ice cream must have come before an ice cream maker.Just be careful on the ingredients,it's as tasty.

At least I'm quite satisfied with my ice cream so far.I dislike store-bought ice cream.I guess it's better in the US but imported ones are definitely too expensive,China made ice cream is ice,not cream.You see,it hardens as ice if frozen overnight.

strawberry ice cream

ingredients:

250g fresh strawberries

100g sugar

gelatin this varies,depends on your preference of the texture and the quality of your gelatin

250g whipping cream

method:

1.Dissolve gelatin with as little boiling water as possible.

2.Mash strawberries with sugar.

3.Combine strawberries and gelatin.

4.Whip the cream.

5.Fold in strawberries.

6.Put in freezer.

Chocolate banana ice cream

This is a by-product.

Ingredients:

Chocolate filling from 360g sandwich cookies(Can be substitute with chocolate syrup)

2 bananas

250g whipping cream

1.Mash bananas with filling.

2.Whip the cream.

3.fold in bananas.

4.Put in freezer.

Cinnamon ice cream

Ingredients:

1 cinnamon stick

100g sugar

100g water

3 egg yolks

250g whipping cream

Method:

1.Heat the first 3 ingredients until the mixture browns,thickens and bubbles.(Better use low heat to let the cinnamon release its flavour.)Take out cinnamon.

2.Quickly pour the syrup into yolks,whip until fluffy.(Work fast to get the yolks pasteurised.)

3.Whip the cream.

4.Fold in yolks.

5.Put in freezer.

I suggest using heavy cream to make it softer,is it sold somewhere in Beijing?

Nestle's light cream is a little bit harder to whip,maybe it's too white?Arla's looks slightly yellow and is made from fresh milk,seen from the package,Nestle's ingredients contains milk,butter and some additives.