Hi Bold Bakers.
A few years ago I showed you how you can make amazing ice cream without the need for an
ice cream machine.
All you have to have is an electric mixer.
Now it doesn’t get much easier than that, right?
Wrong.
I’m gonna show you how you can make homemade ice cream and all you need is a jar.
That’s it.
Stay tuned until the end of this video because I’m gonna show you how you can turn that
ice cream into loads of flavors.
And I wanna give a shout out to Kevin who is behind the camera and little baby George
who is hanging out on set.
So Gem where do we start?
So first things first, let’s talk jar.
Now all you need is a 12 oz jar this is really standard.
As you can see, mines been used a few times.
I’m gonna put a link on my website of where you can actually get these as well, along
with the recipe.
Now what you want to do is before you make your ice cream, pop this into the fridge for
around 30 minutes and let it get nice and cold.
That’s really important.
So just so you know you need a jar to make this recipe.
If you try to make it in a plastic tub or Tupperware the ice cream is gonna come out
the sides, so you need something that’s going to seal really tight so a jar is best.
Now lets talk cream.
You want a heavy whipping cream here.
You want something that’s around 36% fat content and you can see that on the container.
You want something that’s going to whip up really well, just like in our original
ice cream flavor.
So im just going to pour my cream into my jar.
Now just so you know there is no substitute for fresh dairy cream.
You need this ingredient to make the ice cream.
Ok so next up is our condensed milk.
This is a liquid sugar that we add to our ice cream to make it more scoop able and a
little sweet.
So here’s the thing, if you don’t have condensed milk in your country you can always
make it and I have a recipe for that on BiggerBolderBaking.com.
Super easy, all it is is milk and sugar simmered down and you get this awesome syrup.
This is also a very important ingredient in the ice cream.
So just go ahead and add that into your cream.
So now just give these two ingredients a good mix together.
Just to make sure all the sugar doesn’t sink to the bottom.
So just make sure they’re nice and mixed.
I think George is trying to help out a little bit.
I think baby George is gonna like this ice cream in 2 - 3 months because he can’t have
ice cream yet!
So there you go, lovely.
Now just screw on the lid nice and tight.
Remember we don’t want that ice cream coming out.
So now we’re just gonna shake this for a few minutes.
Because our jar was cold and our cream was cold so it’s gonna whip up much faster.
So what you’re looking for or what you’re listening for is, right now it’s really
liquidy.
In few minutes it won’t sound as liquidy and you can tell that it’s thickened in
the jar and that’s what we’re going for.
A thick mixture.
So, set your timer because you’re gonna be doing this for a while.
I think it sounds like George might be ready for a nap.
It sounds like George is not into this.
It sounds like George is ready for another nap.
If you stay awake you get ice cream!
So you’re talking around 5 to 6, maybe even 7 minutes.
But what we’re really looking for is, you hear how it’s liquidy?
We’re gonna keep on shaking until it doesn’t sound as liquidy, you can tell in the jar
that it’s thickened a lot.
Gem this looks like it’s a workout.
It’s a workout!
So what we’re doing here is actually whipping the ice cream mixture.
Incorporating air as we’re shaking it, so leaving out the need for it to be churned.
So let me just address one thing, can you over shake this?
And yes you can.
If you shook it for like 10 minutes you could absolutely split your ice cream and you don’t
want that because unfortunately there’s no going back from that.
So if you want to, just take off the lid, have a little look and see.
Don’t shake it until it almost splits.
Gem I see you have a single hand technique here, I wonder if others are gonna have their
own techniques.
I think the secret is to change it from hand to hand.
Like you’re making cocktails.
Like you’re making cocktails!
Kevin I think we’re almost done.
You see how you can’t hear it?
You can’t hear it whipping now.
See?
You hear a tiny bit.
Let’s have a look.
Yep, there you go.
That’s what you want.
Thick billowy ice cream.
Look at that.
You don’t want it, if it’s a little bit thin keep shaking it.
But this took me probably around 5 minutes Kevin.
Not too long!
There you go.
Nice and thick.
Beautiful.
So what you have here is a blank canvas to make any ice cream your heart desires.
But I’m gonna tell you how to make three of the most popular flavors of ice cream.
For vanilla , we’re going to add in a little bit of vanilla extract and a little bit of
vanilla bean paste.
And then just give that a big stir up.
For strawberry we’re gonna add in a few tablespoons of pureed strawberry mixed with
sugar and give that a big mix in.
And let’s not forget chocolate, add in a little bit of cool melted chocolate and give
it a big stir up.
So now we have some fun flavors, now lets talk freezing.
I don’t want you to freeze this in your glass jar.
So you can put it into Tupperware or you can put it into these ice cream containers and
I’ll put a link on my website for these.
You want to freeze your ice cream for around 6-7 hours, and then it’s ready to enjoy.
Best of all it can keep in your freezer for up to 6 weeks, and that’s if it lasts that
long.
So I couldn’t wait to taste my ice cream, so I made a little bit in advance.
Oh my gosh.
This blows my mind that with just a few ingredients you can make this incredibly rich, creamy,
sweet, soft ice cream.
Delicious, and you can make any flavor you want.
Kevin you can make a peanut butter flavor.
Chocolate and peanut butter!
Here’s the thing, I’ve got loads more ice cream videos with 50 more flavors.
So watch those, get inspiration for what you want to make, grab a jar and head into the
kitchen.
I can’t wait to see what you make.