Make milk ice cream yourself: this is how it works

Make milk ice cream yourself
This is how it works

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In summer there is no better way to cool off than a delicious ice cream! We will show you how you can make milk ice cream yourself – both with and without an ice cream machine.

Make milk ice cream yourself: the basic recipe

  • 250 ml whole milk
  • 200 ml of cream
  • 150 grams of sugar
  • 2 egg yolks
  • Ingredients of your choice (e.g. fruits, vanilla pulp, nuts or cocoa)

Make milk ice cream yourself with the ice cream machine

  1. Heat the milk and cream in a saucepan, briefly boil them and then let them cool down.
  2. In a bowl, whisk together the sugar and egg yolks. Then you can Pour in the cooled cream milkand stir in quickly.
  3. Then you put the ice cream mass over a water bath and whip for about 10 minutes until creamy. Make sure the cream doesn’t boil, otherwise it will curdle.
  4. After the mass has cooled, you can put it in the refrigerator for half an hour and then put it together with your desired ingredients stir in an ice cream maker. How about, for example, a delicious milk ice cream with salted butter caramel?

Make milk ice cream yourself without an ice cream machine

  1. Prepare the ingredients as described above and put the container in the freezer.
  2. As soon as ice crystals form, you stir the mixture vigorously and put the ice cream back in the cold.
  3. You repeat this process about three to four times every half an hour.
  4. If the ice cream is still too runny, you should Freeze for another hour or two.

Tips for homemade milk ice cream

  • The more sugar you use, the creamier the ice cream will be.
  • Your freezer compartment should be between -10 to -15 ° C, because ice cream freezes at -18 ° C and is then very hard.
  • The egg yolks ensure that the mixture binds, but you can also use locust bean bread or coconut flour instead.

By the way: You can also make other ice cream yourself. If you want to make vegan milk ice cream yourself, try our recipes for nice cream, pistachio ice cream or our melon ice cream. A fruity sorbet is also highly recommended on hot days. Or how about the new ice cream trend, Rolled Ice Cream? You can find more ice cream recipes in our big special about ice cream – for example we show you how you can make yogurt ice cream yourself.