Comments on Season with Spice: Smoky Vanilla Coffee Ice Cream

Que pinta mas deliciosa!! Me encanta!

2013-01-05T08:17:37.161-08:00

Que pinta mas deliciosa!! Me encanta!

Thanks Memoria! This has been my favorite flavor ...

2012-04-01T18:47:31.450-07:00

Thanks Memoria! This has been my favorite flavor since I started making ice cream at home.

Good question about the gelatin. I didn't use gelatin either in my first dozen or so batches of ice cream, but I found the ice cream froze too hard, didn't have the right "bite", and the texture wasn't as creamy as I would have liked. I gave gelatin a try, and it solved a lot of these issues. Gelatin is a stabilizer that binds itself to any water in the ice cream (from the milk and cream), to prevent ice crystals from forming. So you end up with a creamier, easier to scoop, longer lasting ice cream.

Because of its ability to bind to water, gelatin also gives you the flexibility of using a higher milk:cream ratio, for a healthier homemade ice cream.

As you know, you don't need gelatin to make good ice cream, but I would recommend giving gelatin a try once to see if you like the results (start out with just a 1/4 tsp per liter).

Let the summer ice cream making season begin!

Mark

I never use gelatin in my homemade ice cream, so w...

2012-04-01T17:01:08.290-07:00

I never use gelatin in my homemade ice cream, so what is the purpose of it? This ice cream looks absolutely unbelievably phenomenal! :) I just made some coffee ice cream with vanilla bean and extract, so I'll have to try and compare this recipe later.

Thank you Roger. Appreciate your suggestion. We ...

2011-08-17T06:22:45.691-07:00

Thank you Roger. Appreciate your suggestion. We do have a 'Search Recipes' page that is categorized by spice and recipe category, but we are always thinking of better ways to improve the search feature of the site.

Mark & Reese, Great website you have here! Ver...

2011-08-16T19:18:59.449-07:00

Mark & Reese, Great website you have here! Very helpful for the occasional cook that wants to be adventurous but dont know how to. A suggestion would be to classify the recipies according to genes as it can be quite daunting to find the right recipie in this huge database you have here! :)

Thanks Gretchen! My photos didn't go so well ...

2011-08-06T01:42:29.401-07:00

Thanks Gretchen! My photos didn't go so well in Part 1 (the Malaysian sun allows me about 10 seconds to photograph before it melts the scoop), so I was happy I got the shot I needed in Part 2 before it was too late.

Thank you for the nice comments Marla, and for hig...

2011-08-06T01:36:22.390-07:00

Thank you for the nice comments Marla, and for highlighting the recipe on Family Fresh Cooking. The ice cream (and cake) was gone a day later, so time for another batch...

Thanks everyone!

2011-08-06T01:25:47.383-07:00

Thanks everyone!

mark, this ice cream looks perfect... love the car...

2011-08-05T08:23:52.858-07:00

mark, this ice cream looks perfect... love the cardamom! the photos are fantastic... well done tackling the food styling challenge of ice cream. :)

Loving your blog & this ice cream sounds amazi...

2011-08-05T05:56:22.755-07:00

Loving your blog & this ice cream sounds amazing!! Linking back to this recipe today:)

If you are looking for a coffee ice cream,this is ...

2011-08-04T23:29:26.560-07:00

If you are looking for a coffee ice cream,this is the best one. I said, the BEST! The combination of coffee and vanilla is quite good, and I love the way it melts into my mouth. You will also love this. Trust me!

this ice cream looks and sounds irresistible

2011-08-01T12:41:25.176-07:00

this ice cream looks and sounds irresistible

ice cream looks delicious lovely flavour

2011-08-01T11:55:46.546-07:00

ice cream looks delicious lovely flavour

2011-08-01T09:33:04.535-07:00

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