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I love ice cream.
I love to make ice cream.
Back in Febraury, I shared an awesome recipe for homemade ice cream, Philadelphia-style, but there are a lot of possible variations that I failed to mention.
Do you know what Philadelphia style ice cream means? It is easy. Philadelphia style ice cream has no eggs and requires no cooking. It’s most simply cream and sugar with flavorings added. This is different from custard style ice cream, which is cooked slowly and contains eggs. It’s a much heartier ice cream, but requires considerably more work.
Wendy’s Philadelphia-Style Vanilla Ice Cream
- 2 cups of heavy cream
- 1 cup of whole milk
- 2/3 cup sugar
- Dash of salt
- 1 tablespoon of vanilla – I use Mexican vanilla that we bought on our honeymoon, so I use half that amount.
- Mix all ingredients together.
- Refrigerate for 30 minutes or longer.
- Mix in your ice cream maker as directed.
- If you use the ice cream right out of the machine, it will have a soft serve consistency. For harder ice cream, put it into an airtight container and freeze overnight.
Other flavors of homemade ice cream
Once you have a basic recipe like this one, it’s easy to make a variety of flavors.
For fruit-flavored ice cream, I add fresh fruit. You can use strawberries, cherries, peaches, pineapple, bananas… you’re really limited only by your imagination.
- For a fruit and cream consistency – Mash fruit coarsely with a fork. Add 1 1/2 cups of mashed fruit in step one. Proceed as directed.
- For a homogeneously fruity consistency – Puree fruit in the blender. Add 1 cup of pureed fruit in step one. Proceed as directed.
For chocolate ice cream, you have a lot of options. When making chocolate ice cream, I cut the vanilla in half.
- Chocolate syrup – Add 1/3 to 2/3 cup of syrup in step one
- Melted chocolate - Melt a couple of handfuls of chocolate chips with a few tablespoons of heavy cream. Add in step one. In step two, refrigerate until well chilled. It may take a couple of hours.
- Cocoa powder – Mix 1/2 cup cocoa powder in step one. Taste for sweetness, you may need to add extra sugar.
For other flavors, you can experiment with liquors or flavor extracts. Be careful to use only a tablespoon at a time, and do a lot of tasting.
I’d love to hear what you’re making!
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I got an ice cream maker last summer as a housewarming gift. Finally used it last week. Basically followed this recipe without even knowing it, and I’m from Philadelphia, too! I used two cups cream, one banana, a huge glop of natural peanut butter, vanilla extract and a few tablespoons of honey instead of sugar. It turned out great. Made a quart. I’ll be making strawberry banana tomorrow. It’s easy!
I got an ice cream maker last summer as a housewarming gift. Finally used it last week. Basically followed this recipe without even knowing it, and I’m from Philadelphia, too! I used two cups cream, one banana, a huge glop of natural peanut butter, vanilla extract and a few tablespoons of honey instead of sugar. It turned out great. Made a quart. I’ll be making strawberry banana tomorrow. It’s easy!
my mother loves homemade ice cream I never have to much success with it but I am going to try again using this recipe
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my mother loves homemade ice cream I never have to much success with it but I am going to try again using this recipe
.-= angie´s last blog ..Living Easy: Recession Buster Blast #1: Make your Own Season Salt =-.
We made this over this past Christmas break – and it was delicious! I pulled out, and dusted off my old Donvier (that I think is at least 20 years old) and made it with my kids. I set about half the batch of vanilla to the side and mixed in crushed candy canes to see if it would pass for peppermint – it was awesome! I look forward to trying more recipes – fun and easy to do with kids.
We made this over this past Christmas break – and it was delicious! I pulled out, and dusted off my old Donvier (that I think is at least 20 years old) and made it with my kids. I set about half the batch of vanilla to the side and mixed in crushed candy canes to see if it would pass for peppermint – it was awesome! I look forward to trying more recipes – fun and easy to do with kids.
What is Junket? That’s a new one for me.
Hello!
Thank you so much for the wonderful egg-free ice cream recipe! As I am pregnant, I try to avoid ice cream with eggs that might be not cooked enough, but I had difficulties finding a chocolate ice cream recipe without eggs. Yours is wonderful! The texture is great. I made it with my 4 year-old daughter, using milk chocolate and mexican vanilla. The vanilla gave it almost a coconut flavour, and my husband said it tasted almost like a Bounty chocolate bar. Next time, which will probably be this week end, we will try it again, using another kind of vanilla and dark chocolate.
Greetings from Montreal, Canada!
Stephanie
Hi Stephanie!
I’m so glad that you liked it, and I’m also delighted that you were able to make it with your daughter. My 4-year-old and I do a lot of cooking together, too. Those are the days I’ll remember forever.
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