Does this product make hard ice cream as well as soft serve?
1091507
No. We have been using it since December 2013 when we got it. We have probably used it 10 times. It is only a soft serve. No matter what we have done, it has never came out as a hard ice cream. We make ours and put it in the freezer overnight, and it's been fine. Not so rock hard we couldn't get it out of the bowl. It's hard, but nice. Lately that's what we have been doing. Letting the kids make it and putting it in the freezer overnight and eating it the next day. It's never gotten too hard for us and had to be softened before we could eat it. My kids still really like making the ice cream.
1091508
It does not get hard in the ice cream maker, but I think you could put it in the freezer for a while if you wanted it to be harder. In my experience, once put in the freezer for too long (as in overnight) though it can get too hard and has to be softened.
1091509
Neither. It makes a smoothie texture frozen desert, but you'd be lucky to get anything close soft serve. it's more of a shake mixer. It'll chill the ingredients, but it still needs to be frozen for a few hours inside a freezer for soft serve. Overnight for a hard ice cream. If this isn't what you expected, then this might be better: Cuisinart ICE-100 Compressor Ice Cream and Gelato Maker
272322
I agree with these two people, I do not think it is powerful enough to whip ice cream. The hardest things I have whipped up are bananas, strawberries and yogurt.
402380
I don't know but if it makes yogurt you should be able to make soft cheese . It's whole milk sooooooooo. I've used pasteurized goats milk to make soft cheese but honestly never made hard cheese, not patient enough . If anyone has hope they print it here. Just did a web search and this link has the answer . http://www.cheesemaking.com/store/pg/239-FAQ-Cheesemaking-and-Milk.html#Anchor-DRY-23240
196330
I only use it to make English mince pies. I don't think it would make a good ice cream topping. Too sweet!
376473
No, not rock hard. Not even like refrigerated butter. More like cream cheese. I've never even had one with a crusty layer on the top, it's always been smooth, creamy, and soft.
1344056
It all depends on the recipe. If the recipe has less butterfat and sugar (like ice milk) then it gets icy and hard. More butterfat, more heavy cream, cream cheese, etc. and it stays scoopable. If it has alcohol in it (e.g. rum, Cointreau) it stays slushy. what you want is a r ecipe that is "just enough" of butterfat, surgar and alcohol to give you the texture you like.
2037165
you do not have to make 4 qts,however, you may want to fill ice & salt to top so that your icecream will freeze better.you can always stop the freezing process to make a softer serve icecream. enjoy. to maximize the use of the freezer,fill it full to lines. you just will have more ice cream to enjoy & share
563228
If you run the maker until it stops the product will be fluffy but it has a timer so you can set it to stop earlier which will produce a more dense product...but you would need to place product in the freezer to firm up. I love this machine!
294080
No, just put the ingredients in the tube, fill the outside with ice and salt and plug it in. When it stops the ice cream is ready.
209726
It scrapes the sides very well, but remember that's where the freezing of the ice cream takes place. There has to be a thin layer of frozen ice cream at all times or it's not working properly. When your ice cream is finished you won't find any harder layer of cream
68810
You can do it. I always make mine with little or no sugar. What little sugar I do use is raw blue agave. This helps keep the ice cream from being too hard. Too much sugar is gross! Also you can use pineapple which also causes the ice cream to be softer as well as alcohol. Enjoy!
159712
Yes! I've only made ice cream with my machine. I have yet to make Gelato. I looked up ice cream recipes online and made Ice cream. It worked perfect. The unit isn't huge but it's heavy. I'm not sure exactly how much Ice cream it makes, but I would guess 1 to 1 1/2 quarts.
1033780
Likely possible, but not suggested. Ice cream, made well, is full of fat. Fat takes on the flavors of what surrounds it, making ice cream particularly susceptible to tasting "like the freezer". A covered plastic (or Pyrex) container is a better choice for firming up your ice creams. The advertized Tovolo tub is amazing! I promise I'm not making any money (or anything else) for saying so. It is insulated, so the ice cream doesn't get overly hard. The lid is secure, but I haven't broken nails trying to pry it open. The slim design is perfect both for scooping, and saving space in my freezer. Likely possible, but not suggested. Ice cream, made well, is full of fat. Fat takes on the flavors of what surrounds it, making ice cream particularly susceptible to tasting "like the freezer". A covered plastic (or Pyrex) container is a better choice for firming up your ice creams. The advertized Tovolo tub is amazing! I promise I'm not making any money (or anything else) for saying so. It is insulated, so the ice cream doesn't get overly hard. The lid is secure, but I haven't broken nails trying to pry it open. The slim design is perfect both for scooping, and saving space in my... » Read More Likely possible, but not suggested. Ice cream, made well, is full of fat. Fat takes on the flavors of what surrounds it, making ice cream particularly susceptible to tasting "like the freezer". A covered plastic (or Pyrex) container is a better choice for firming up your ice creams. The advertized Tovolo tub is amazing! I promise I'm not making any money (or anything else) for saying so. It is insulated, so the ice cream doesn't get overly hard. The lid is secure, but I haven't broken nails trying to pry it open. The slim design is perfect both for scooping, and saving space in my freezer. « Show Less
1469017
I had the same problem and returned the unit. I did, however, take that "milky" mixture and froze it and it was an OK ice cream .......not how it should be made !!
1033778
Yes, but you may find it difficult to get the hard ice cream out of the bucket. If transfer to something else first, a bowl maybe, to firm up.
459395
not much, it would work fine for soft serve but not for hard ice cream that we would have at home. I wanted for malts and blizzards but does not work. It has the power but the actual arm that mixes( about the size of a nickle) will not work on the hard ice cream it needs to be larger.'
715357
I'm don't think so. It's advertised as being powerful, but I'm not sure it's up to commercial grade. You have put the ice cream in in smaller portions for it to work best.