Ice Cream recipes

Going to a picnic thing this weekend and want to make the BEST ICE CREAM EVER.  ;D Will take flavor suggestions too!
So what is everyones secret recipe that your willing to share???  :

LOL- here I was thinking of zucchini recipes! I feed the extras to the cows but still overrun!
I'll do some looking for ice cream recipes.

Red

Custard base (cream base) recipe
Ingredients:
4 egg yolks, 1/2 pint  milk, 1/2 pint double/heavy cream, 1/2 cup sugar, 2 teaspoons vanilla extract (or according to taste)

First of all beat and mix together the egg yolks and sugar until thick. Separately, pour the milk into a saucepan and scald it (bring slowly up to boiling point). Pour the hot milk into the egg yolks and sugar mix whilst continuously stirring. Then pour the mixture back into the pan and heat gently, stirring until the custard thickens - DO NOT BRING TO THE BOIL OR IT WILL PROBABLY CURDLE. When you can see a film form over the back of your spoon it's time to remove the saucepan from the heat. Leave to cool. This is the custard base and one you can use in many other ice cream recipes where you want a rich, creamy ice cream. When the custard base is cold, stir in the cream and then the vanilla extract, then transfer the whole mixture into an ice cream maker and freeze according to the manufacturer's instructions.

Chocolate cookie crumb ice cream!
This chocolate ice cream is made on the stovetop, custard style. Cookie crumbs are adding while ice cream is freezing.
INGREDIENTS:
1 3/4 cups heavy whipping cream
1 cup milk
1 cup sugar
3 egg yolks
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 ounces unsweetened chocolate, melted
2/3 cup coarsely crumbled chocolate sandwich cookies
PREPARATION:
In a heavy medium saucepan over medium heat, stir together the cream, milk and sugar until the sugar is dissolved and the mixture is scalded.
In a mixing bowl, beat the egg yolks until lemon-colored.
Gradually whisk in about 1 cup of the hot cream mixture; then slowly whisk the egg mixture back into the saucepan. Cook over medium-low heat, stirring constantly, until the mixture is thick enough to coat the back of a metal spoon. Whisk in the melted chocolate and vanilla.
Set the bottom of the pan inside a bowl or dishpan filled with ice and water; stir until the mixture is about room temperature. Pour it into a bowl, cover with plastic wrap, and chill in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour. Pour the mixture into an ice cream maker and churn following manufacturer's directions, for 20 to to 30 minutes.

Double Chocolate Ice Cream- (do we see a theme here?)
A rich chocolate ice cream with chocolate chips and heavy cream.
INGREDIENTS:
2 1/2 ounces unsweetened chocolate
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup milk
2 cups heavy cream
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 to 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips
chopped nuts or mini marshmallows, if desired
PREPARATION:
In a 2-quart saucepan, heat chocolate, sugar, milk, cream and vanilla until chocolate is melted. Cool. Pour the mixture into a blender and process until smooth. Add chocolate chips (or chunks of your favorite chocolate bar) and blend until chips are broken up.
Pour into prepared ice cream maker and freeze according to manufacturer's directions. Just before done, add chopped nuts or marshmallows.
Makes 1 quart.

red's recipe is the base recipe for most ice cream.  the variations to try are less yolks, and less cream.  if you put too much cream in it, it will be waxy.  more is not better.  unless you put xanthum gum and the other "solidifyer" if forget the name, the ice cream won't come out like store brands.  it will still melt quicker as it doesn't have the "insulation" of the store brands to keep cold.  try a few percentages before the big bang.  i have a 2 quart gelato.  it works great.  they are kinda pricey.

also, the more you eat this stuff, the more you will taste the vanilla.  after the shin ding, get different qualities vanilla, including bean and try them after you have standardized on the number of eggs and cream content.  another tip is if you like oreos in your ice cream, only add at the last second, or you won't have any chunks.  it's pretty hard to duplicate the swirls at first, as the texture is totally different.  prechill them in the fridge, or even freezer if you don't want them mixed.


here's an updated model.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0002WRM8E/ref=nosim/?tag=sz-kitchen-20&creative=380333&creativeASIN=B0002WRM8E&linkCode=asn

Show Heifer said:

Going to a picnic thing this weekend and want to make the BEST ICE CREAM EVER.  ;D Will take flavor suggestions too!
So what is everyones secret recipe that your willing to share???  :

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Take your churn to the nearest Dairy Queen and have it filled with vanilla soft serve.  Insert paddle, pack pack the freezer with ice, and throw a towel on top.  Sit back, and listen to everyone rave about the Best Vanilla Ice Cream ever.

haha 

Banana or peach ice cream.  And us Vanilla brought it from Mexico.  Its the real stuff!  Although probably just about as much as alcohol as everclear.

For a regular large ice cream maker coarsely chop 6 king size  Butterfinger candy bars and churn as usual.  Haven't served it to one person that didn't love it, even folks that don't eat Butterfingers (me for example).   I cut back the sugar in the recipe a little.

Gypsy said:

For a regular large ice cream maker coarsely chop 6 king size  Butterfinger candy bars and churn as usual.  Haven't served it to one person that didn't love it, even folks that don't eat Butterfingers (me for example).   I cut back the sugar in the recipe a little.

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;D ;Dthat's the good stuff right there. ;D ;D

use the DQ ice cream and you just have a big blizzard!!!

Red's base recipe is what I've always used, but haven't made ice cream in a pretty good while.
Like Chambero's Extras. Peaches with Mexican Vanilla or the vanilla beans  ground up, is hard to beat.

For real overkill, buy one of those tubes of chocolate chip cookie dough, chunk it in little bits and throw it in! yum

Forget this weekend....might try some of these sooner!!! YUMMY!! Thanks all, gonna try the Peach vanilla (with fresh peaches of course) and the Oreo chunk (maybe WITH cookie dough??) YUUMMMYYY
Was it ME who posted the diet string????  :

For my birthday I did get a Ice Cream Ball. Have ya heard of it? Its a ball you put the ice cream mix in the middle, the ice and salt around it. Put the lid on then roll around, kick (kinda hurts the foot) whatever....in about 20 mintues you have really nice ice cream, one quart at a time!!!

  In the last few years we have literally made thousands of gallons of ice cream. A couple of the favorites are, Chunky Monkey & our green chococolate chip mint.
base mix= 3 cups heavy whipping cream, 1 cup 1/2 & 1/2, 1 can of evaporated condensed milk,(keeps the ice cream smooth), 3 cups of sugar, 1 heeping TBS double strength vanilla, pinch of salt. Churn this until ready to take out.

Chunky Monkey= 2 cups mashed bananas, 2 cups dove chocolate cut into small chunks. Stir into vannilla ice cream well. Enjoy.
  Chip Mint= 1-12oz bag of mini chocolate chips, 1 cap full of mint extract,( real stuff, not mint flavoring), may have to get this on the black market, not available in very many states anymore. Missouri does have it. Have to add 1/2 cap full of green food coloring. People will not eat it if it's not green. I don't know why.
    I'll have to share our recipe for Chocolate Raspberry ice cream sometime.
    We have in the past followed RAGBRAI, ( bike ride accross Iowa each summer) vending only homemade ice cream. The oddest one that we have on our list of recipes is Rhubarb Cream. People do love it. If you like rhubarb pudding you can imagine what this one tastes like. Hope you try the recipe, we use to use a egg custard mix when we first started, but needed to change to this base as time retrains demanded as the cooling period killed us. Have tried the premix once, not even close to good. Brent

There's a little place near Broken Arrow, OK that makes the best ice cream known to man. In fact, I just finnished a bowl of vanilla with a little Nestle's Quick chocolate mix on top. Anybody want to guess what kind ?

mmmmmmm...... ;D