By Mel Brown Megan Flanders and Hannah Markham
Don't go running down to the store or market for an ice cream fix. If you have salt, ice, milk, sugar, and plastic bags, consider making it yourself. This book will cover a method for making ice cream at home. This is also a great activity to do with children of any age. Here's how to do it.
•1/2 cup of milk •1 tablespoon of sugar •1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract (if you want it to be extra sweet, use 2 teaspoon) •Alternate flavour: if you want chocolate ice cream, add 1 tablespoon of cocoa powder •4-6 tablespoons of salt •2 trays of ice •Small amount of butter (if needed) This recipe is good for making individual servings of ice cream to be eaten promptly after making.
1.Place milk, sugar and vanilla into a small snap-lock bag
1. Take roughly two litres of ice, crushed if possible, and place it into the largesnap-lock bag with rock salt (also known as coarse salt). mixture.
3. Place the sealed small bag with the ingredients into the large bag. Make sure the bags stay sealed. Do not allow the contents to mix at any time. If the bags don't seal sufficiently, seal the top of both bags to ensure they don't open during shaking.
4. Gently agitate, massage, and shake the bags for about fifteen to twenty minutes. In this amount of time the contents of the small bag should start to turn into solid ice cream. It is important that you are mixing the contents of the inner bag, but you don’t want to be so aggressive that you burst the inner bag or cut it on the ice.
If your hands get uncomfortably cold, use a towel or an old T-shirt to hold the bags as you massage them; the bags will be quite cold and might become slippery with accumulated condensation. Consider using gloves or massaging while holding onto the top seal if a towel or similar cloth is not available.
5. Remove the finished ice cream from the sandwich bag and serve.
Flavour combinations are almost limitless. Chocolate syrup is a basic option. Don’t be afraid to add your favourite fruits or nuts! Various flavour extracts that are available in your grocery store's baking section can lead to more exotic variations. Try combining mint extract with chocolate, or adding small chocolate chips.
Enjoy our ice cream from Mel, Hannah and Megan