Instant Soft-Serve Ice Cream
Here's how to make classic rich and creamy vanilla soft serve ice cream at home in about 5 minutes.
Equipment
- stand mixer
Ingredients
- 1⅓ C. whole milk
- 1⅓ C. heavy cream
- ½ C. sugar
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp. xantham gum
- ¼ tsp. Kosher salt
- 2 tbsp. light corn syrup
- 2 tbsp. dry milk powder
- dry ice
Instructions
- Into your blender, add all of the ingredients.
- Mix until all of the powders have completely dissolved into the liquid mixture.
- Place the dry ice in the plastic bag and cover it with a towel. (Make sure not to handle the dry ice with your bare hands as it can burn you.) Taking a rolling pin or other heavy object, crush the dry ice into rice-grain-sized pieces.
- Take 500 grams, or about 2 1/2 cups of your mixture from Step 2 and add it to the bowl in your stand mixer. Churn on low and then slowly add the crushed dry ice from Step 3. It should take about 5 minutes to achieve the soft-serve consistency.
- In order to get the classic swirl pattern on your soft serve, put the ice cream mixture in a piping bag and place in the freezer for about 10 minutes before piping.
- Once it has slightly hardened, take it out and pipe into a cone. (I used a wine glass as a stand to hold the cone.)
- Finally, if you’re feeling festive, you can add sprinkles, or chocolate sauce, or your favorite toppings. Enjoy!
Notes
- You'll want to crush the dry ice a finely as possible, about pea-sized or smaller. This will ensure that the dry ice sublimates completely and freezes the ice cream quickly.
Nutrition
Calories: 324kcalCarbohydrates: 30gProtein: 5gFat: 21gSaturated Fat: 13gCholesterol: 78mgSodium: 152mgPotassium: 199mgSugar: 29gVitamin A: 965IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 156mgIron: 1mg
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