Does anyone have a Cuisinart ICE-100 ice cream/gelato maker?

[thewayne]

I'm moving closer and closer to buying one. The other models are nice, but I like the gelato feature. Probably be ordering it thru Best Buy.

My mom made a wonderful peanut butter ice cream mix for my dad. He had an amazing ice cream mixer that he built: it could churn two gallons of ice cream at a time: big square box with two fold-out stands, the buckets were fiberglassed (by him), and the heads connected to a reversible motor to decouple them easily! It was a pretty amazing thing. I have no idea where it ended up. While I would have loved to have it personally, I have no need whatsoever to be able to make two gallons of ice cream at a time! This Cuisinart with 1.5 quart capacity is perfect: small batch size gives you lots of opportunity to experiment and refine recipes.

I have two boxes of my mom's recipes, I hope the peanut butter ice cream mix is in there! I know I'll have to down-size it, though....

https://www.cuisinart.com/shopping/appliances/ice-cream-and-yogurt-makers/ice-100

Comments

[motodraconis]

I think the difference between gelato and ice cream is in the recipe and the quantity of air pumped in? Because I had a look at the specs and there seems to be only one setting... on and time, which is the same as my cheapo ice cream maker, so... TBH, I'd be inclined to think any old ice cream machine will do the job, you just want to pick one that makes quantities useful to you and is vaguely fuss free and easy to use and clean.

[thewayne]

This one is nice because it has a compressor, it'll maintain a colder temperature while mixing. I really don't want a larger quantity, I think 1.5-2 quarts is quite adequate as I don't want to put on too much weight! And this one is definitely easy to clean. You can make a second batch with about a 10 minute rest after the previous!

As far air insertion is concerned, that seems to be a function of which blade you're using, the gelato or ice cream blade. I've had excellent results, durability, and warranty service with Cuisinart in the past, which gives them lots of points in brand loyalty.

[disneydream06]

What exactly is gelato?

We/I have an old ice cream maker that hasn't been used in decades.
I wonder if it even still works. :o
Hugs, Jon

[thewayne]

The main differences between ice cream and gelato is the recipe is slightly different, giving it a different butter fat content, and the mixing method and blade is different, giving it - along with the recipe change - a different mouth feel. It's creamier and richer, you normally serve smaller amounts of it because of the richness.

Then when you get into sorbettos and sherbets you're getting into frozen fruit-based desserts with very little or no dairy and little or no egg.

Don't ask me about yogurts, I don't have a clue! :)

[disneydream06]

Hmm, now I want to try some gelato. :)

[thewayne]

There's a restaurant chain called The Old Spaghetti Factory that will give you a generous scoop of gelato for dessert.  And you can buy it at the grocers if you look.

[disneydream06]

Yeah, I think I have seen it in the grocery store. :)

[thewayne]

Here is a gelato recipe, well, just the ingredients: Hazelnut Gelato 1 3⁄4cups heavy cream2 1⁄4cups whole milk, divided1/2 cup granulated sugar2 tablespoons cornstarchpinch sea or kosher salt1 cup chocolate-hazelnut spread, such as Nutella®1/2-1 cup chopped hazelnuts (or you may use the sameamount of chopped Baci candies)
Here's an ice cream recipe's ingredients:Simple Chocolate Ice Cream 3⁄4 cup cocoa powder, sifted 1⁄2 cup granulated sugar 1∕3 cup packed dark or light brown sugar pinch sea or kosher salt 1  cup whole milk 2  cups heavy cream 1⁄2 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
SO.  Gelato has a total of four cups of dairy to ice cream's 3 cups total, giving it more dairy fat.  Both recipes are from the instruction book for this particular ice cream maker.  I won't say it has 1/3rd more fat as you'd have to look at the actual fat content of whole milk and heavy cream and total it up, but it might be fair that it's a good 20% increase?  And you're using the gelato paddle: I have no idea how much of a difference that would make on the aeration.  Some day I may take a gelato recipe and make it with the ice cream paddle.  Of course, I'd have to buy the machine first.  Which I will.  I'm thinking it's going to be a Christmas present for us, though it's going to be hard to hold

[disneydream06]

I'll be over for some soon. :)