No Eggs? No Problem. Try These 2 Ingredients In Homemade Ice Cream (2024)
jennifer mashuga
·3 min read
There's something extremely satisfying about making homemade ice cream. Knowing exactly what ingredients it has (and doesn't have) can make it seem like you're eating a healthier dessert. However, the process can also be time-consuming, especially if your recipe involves whisking egg yolks with sugar while cooking them Did you know that you can also make smooth, thick, delicious ice cream at home without cracking any eggs by using cornstarch and cream cheese?
While some swear you need eggs to emulsify and stabilize the ice cream, you really just need a thickener (cornstarch) and protein (cream cheese). While the amount will differ based on the rest of the ingredients in your recipe, a typical quart-size container of ice cream will require 1 tablespoon to 4 teaspoons of cornstarch and 3 tablespoons of softened cream cheese.
The method was popularized by Jeni Britton Bauer, who uses the method in her Jeni's Ice Cream flavors as well as her "Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams at Home" cookbook. "I started working at a dairy and over time realized that we can build body and texture in ice cream without stabilizers by using milk proteins," she told Ohio's Travel Inspiration. She didn't like using eggs because she "felt like it still gave the cream too much flavor, and I wanted it to really be just that flavor of cream." You also don't have to stress about accidentally scrambling the eggs while making your ice cream.
While many people are obsessed with the decadent richness of custard ice creams, not everyone appreciates the eggy flavor often present in the finished product. Luckily, many delicious ice cream varieties don't require eggs, so even if you don't have cream cheese in the fridge, there are many options for the at-home ice cream maker.
One popular eggless ice cream is Philadelphia-style, which many consider one of the easiest to make. Consisting of mainly heavy cream, sugar, and extracts or flavors, Philadelphia-style ice cream is often icier than its egg-based counterpart. As with the cornstarch and cream cheese combo, the flavors become more vivid when there isn't any egginess to compete. Also, there is little stove time, with the cream warmed just enough to allow the sugar to dissolve before the rest of the ingredients are added and then frozen.
For those looking to make ice cream and skip the stove, no-churn ice cream is your answer. If you have strong arms, you can even make it with a whisk, but the rest of us will use a hand mixer. You only need heavy cream, sweetened, condensed milk, and whatever flavoring you desire. Whip the heavy cream until stiff peaks form, and slowly fold the whipped cream into the condensed milk.
Instead of the traditional egg custard base, this recipe uses cornstarch and a few tablespoons of cream cheese to thicken the base. It's not enough that you taste the cream cheese, but just enough to give the ice cream a creamy, silky mouthfeel.
You may have heard it called New York ice cream or American ice cream, but Philadelphia-style is its most common name, and all it means is an ice cream made without eggs.
You can make tasty ice cream without them, but there's a reason that almost every recipe published in the last 50 years calls for them. Here's why: After water, egg yolks are mostly fat and protein. Fat, which freezes differently and less hard than water, makes ice cream soft and creamy.
In egg-free ice cream recipes like this one, you can get that same creaminess by using whole milk. While any kind of milk will work, the extra butterfat in whole milk (as well as the cream!) helps retain the texture of your ice cream while it's stored in the freezer.
As you churn ice cream, individual water molecules turn into ice-crystal seeds — which is what makes cream freeze. The higher the fat content, the more time you have to churn before these ice crystals congregate, resulting in creamier final texture.
"The biggest key for good ice cream is keeping everything very cold," says Plyter, which is why as soon as his ice cream comes out of the machine, it goes straight into a chest freezer that maintains subzero temperatures.
Sugar, corn syrup or honey, as well as gelatin and commercial stabilizers, can all keep your ice cream at a softer consistency. Ice cream also stays softer when you store it in a shallow container, rather than a deep tub, and cover the surface of the ice cream with plastic wrap to keep ice crystals from forming.
It's all about the flavor. Homemade ice cream, without artificial ingredients, fake thickeners, or unnatural stabilizers to keep it "fresh" for weeks (or months!) in the grocery store freezer, is amazingly flavorful and actually fresh tasting. It's true.
Breyers Non-Dairy Desserts are made with ingredients that do not contain any animal ingredients or animal by-products--including dairy, eggs, honey and sugar refined with bone-char.
The proportions of air, ice crystals, and fat used in ice cream determine its melt rate. There is no ideal recipe for the perfect ice cream, and manufacturers adjust these components to customize their ice cream. This is why some ice creams melt quickly, while others never seem to melt at all.
Eggs are used in ice cream to add a rich flavor and color, in- hibit ice crystallization, and also to help stabilize or emulsify the fat and liquid so the resulting product is smooth and creamy. Commercial manufacturers use pasteurized eggs, stabilizers, and other ingredients to produce a safe and acceptable product.
Cornstarch: Often used in non-custard ice creams, cornstarch mixed with milk helps thicken the base and create a smooth mouthfeel. Gelatin: Adding a small amount of gelatin to the ice cream mixture improves texture by reducing ice crystal formation and creating a smoother consistency.
To use aquafaba as an egg replacement in vegan recipes (for example, in meringues, marshmallows, ice cream, or mayonnaise), substitute 1 tablespoon of aquafaba for 1 egg yolk, 2 tablespoons of aquafaba for 1 egg white, or 3 tablespoons of aquafaba for a whole egg.
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