Tips & Tricks: The Secret to Super-Smooth, Scoopable Ice Cream

 

 

When you want ice cream, you want the good stuff. No crunchy bits of freezer burn, no crumbly texture. Nope, you want ice cream so smooth a scoop sails straight through it like George Clooneys speedboat traversing glittering Lake Como. But how do you get that silky-smooth texture every time? First things first: youll want to make your ice cream at home. This involves effort, sure, but its the sort of effort that will be richly rewarded. Take your favorite recipe, combine and cook your ingredients to make a base, then take that base and dont make ice cream. Because the secret to super-smooth frozen desserts? Its time. Stick that base in the fridge and let it sit for a few hours or even overnight. During those few hours, the fat droplets will undergo a transformation that helps them stick together during churning, trapping air bubbles and leading to a soft, silky, irresistible texture that will make you the hero of any human gathering. After all, theres no party guest more welcome than the person who brings homemade ice creamprovided, of course, that its super smooth and scoopable."

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