It turns out that ice cream is not such a new dish in gastronomic culture. The resourceful Chinese discovered the first recipe for ice cream 5,000 years ago. They mixed chunks of ice and snow with the juice of orange, lemon and other citrus fruits and vegetables. This ice cream was more like fruit ice, it is described in the book Shi-King
. Slavic peoples also had ice cream. It was created from frozen cottage cheese, sour cream and jam. Ice cream was a ritual dish at Pancake Day.
Let’s tell you how to prepare modern fast ice cream at home.
Ingredients for ice cream:
- 33% cream – 500 g;
- liquid jam – 300 g.
Preparation of ice cream:
In order to get rid of large pieces of berries in the jam, we whip it with an immersion blender to a homogeneous mass.
Put the cream in the freezer for half an hour beforehand and then shake it.
Cold cream is also whipped with an immersion blender to a thick froth. Make sure that the container for the cream is clean and dry.
Whip the cream slowly at first, gradually increasing the speed
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As soon as the cream is whipped to soft peaks, gradually pour the jam into it. At the same time, at minimum speed continue to whip the cream.
After the cream and jam are mixed, pour the mass into the mold. Level the mass on the surface, cover with a lid and send it to the freezer for 6 hours.
Such ice cream is healthy and tasty, unlike purchased. It certainly does not contain palm fat, flavorings and dyes.
