Ice Cream Maker Rec's - for non-dairy ice cream?

[scheelimama]

What IC maker's do you all have and do you recommend it for non-dairy ice cream? I've looked at the Cuisenart 2 qt. on Amazon, as it has very good reviews, but am not sure that it is good with rice or coconut ice cream. There is also one at Sam's Club that can be done by hand or automatic, says it does not require salt, but on the picture, showed it with ice surrounding the bowl, so I'm not completely sure how it works. So, what should I get? I need to start making my own ice cream since non-dairy options are pretty spendy.

[lil_earthmomma]

I have the kitchenaid mixer icecream maker and I lOVE it!!! You can use any liquid in it and it works wonderfully.

The trick to wonderful icecream is fat though, so I don't really know how to make non dairy icecream. I've made sorbet, and love it so...

hopefully you will get someone who has btdt!

[scheelimama]

We considered that, but we don't have a Kitchen Aid to begin with, so it would be $300 for that and another $79 for the IC maker part. That's a lot of money, but we've been considering getting a KA anyway, so...

Any other recommendations?

[4Blessings]

We use the Cuisenart and love it.

[kjbrown92]

I have one that I got on Clearance at Sears for $15 last spring. I make coconut milk ice cream in it. I have a new recipe that we're trying tonight. Cherry vanilla.

[scheelimama]

Can I ask what brand it is kjbrown?

[crunchy_mama]

We love our Cuisanart- nice and quick. We use it for coconut milk icecream. I cannot imagine making rice milk icecream w/ such a low fat content I would think it would be a horrible texture.

Kathy you have to share your new icecream recipe!

[cristeen]

We have a cuisinart and it's been great. Definitely find one with an extra bowl if you can - sometimes you'll find 2 bowls for the price of 1, and that's great during the summer (it has to be frozen overnight) when you may be using it daily.

I've made coconut milk IC in it, I've also made margaritas and sorbets.

And fat is not the secret to good texture, unfortunately. It's the secret to great mouthfeel, but even the highest fat ice cream is going to turn out as a solid block if you don't have enough sugar in it. Which is why sorbets, sherbets and ice milk work when they're fat-free. If you ever try to make sugar free ice cream, you'd see what I mean.

Find yourself a few "tried and true" recipes and go for it. Any ice cream maker will do, really. Once you have your favorite "base" recipe, you can start changing it up. My favorite is a honey sweetened ice cream, and I've changed it to use it with fruits, nuts, spices, herbs - they all turn out great because the basic chemical composition is sound.

[kjbrown92]

Originally Posted by scheelimama

Can I ask what brand it is kjbrown?

It says "Deni" on it in script. That's the only thing I can find. It's the kind with the bowl you stick in the freezer. I didn't want to spend a fortune because I didn't know if it was even going to work with coconut milk ice cream, and it's done fine.

Originally Posted by crunchy_mama

Kathy you have to share your new icecream recipe!

I only made the stuff yesterday, and it's using my new Great Lakes Gelatin sample, so I had to wait for today (pork day, #3 on the rotation) to make the actual ice cream. I'll do it after all the kids are home from school and I'll let you know if it works. I had to do something non-chocolate since I wanted to taste test it!

[crunchy_mama]

Originally Posted by kjbrown92

It says "Deni" on it in script. That's the only thing I can find. It's the kind with the bowl you stick in the freezer. I didn't want to spend a fortune because I didn't know if it was even going to work with coconut milk ice cream, and it's done fine.



I only made the stuff yesterday, and it's using my new Great Lakes Gelatin sample, so I had to wait for today (pork day, #3 on the rotation) to make the actual ice cream. I'll do it after all the kids are home from school and I'll let you know if it works. I had to do something non-chocolate since I wanted to taste test it!

I'll be waiting I have been wanting a cherry icecream but Luke always wants just chocolate- sigh.... I have scrumptious frozen cherries just waiting. Really I would like to do cherries and some chocolate covered nuts in a vanilla base- but I have been too lazy. Also- my last batch of vanilla is not quite strong enough- My bottle was bigger and I need another bean or two in there to get the taste right.

[Shantimama]

We had a Cuisinart many years ago but it broke. We now have the KA ice cream maker attachment and it works very well. I often use coconut milk for making ice cream - coconut/lime ice cream is a favourite here!

[kjbrown92]

My antibiotics are reacting against each other and I have a horrible metallic taste in my mouth and eating actually makes it worse. So I can't really tell you about the "taste" of the ice cream, but since it's not that much different than my old recipe, I'm figuring it tastes good (it's better than anything else I had today). But the "mouth feel" was much better than my last one. This was like soft ice cream (probably didn't wait long enough; I could have put it in the freezer; and I will be putting the leftover in the freezer; maybe I could try it again when I'm done with the abx).

3 1/4 c. coconut milk (2 14 oz. cans)
1 pinch of salt
1/4 c. Knudsen Black Cherry Juice
4 tsp. corn-free vanilla extract
3/4 c. palm sugar
3 tsp. gelatin (I used Great Lakes Gelatin; made of pork)

In a small bowl, mix 1/4 c. coconut milk and gelatin until dissolved. Set aside.

In saucepan, combine 3 c. coconut milk, sugar, salt, cherry juice, and vanilla. Bring to a simmer and stir until sugar is dissolved. Take off heat. Add gelatin-milk mixture. Stir until completely dissolved.

Chill.

Follow the directions for your ice cream maker.

I cut up bing cherries and mixed them in with mine (DS) didn't want it. He only likes chocolate ice cream so he wasn't as thrilled as I was.

DH tried it and really liked it. He said it had a good flavor, and he doesn't even like the taste of coconut. He said texture and taste was good (and he kept tasting). I have the leftovers in the freezer, but I don't want to try it out until I get my taste back!