Dorking, Food, Photographs

Homemade icecream has always been something I’d like to do. We’ve made sorbet before using the plums from a garden tree, but it didn’t involve any churning, so it had the wrong texture.

This week we’ve added to our Major portfolio and now have the ice-cream maker and the multi-mill for grinding coffee beans, spices and all manner of fiddly stuff. I was a little wonder-some about why the icecream-maker cost £50, but I think its a nice addition, particularly if I can design recipes that are much less indulgent than this:

Blueberry Ice-cream Recipe

200ml of double cream (bad start)
70g of caster sugar (gosh, does that all really go into lil'ole icecream
400g of blended blueberries (ahh antioxidants, and fruit, thank goodness)
juice of half a lemon
and...that's it

I made sure the mix was cool before putting the Major onto its slowest setting with the pre-frozen bowl (24hrs in the freezer) and the churner assembled and spinning. Then left it to gently churn for 20 minutes before I scooped it out and into some ramekins and the rest for the freezer. Here is the churning process:

And the final result, ready to go:

It seems to have frozen well and I can provide some assurance that it was delicious. The flavour was delicate and not too sweet, and the texture was particularly light.

I better start looking into frozen yoghurt recipes…!