Bite Catering Couture

By Chef Gavin Grabe

“We all scream for ice cream!!!”

Of all the desserts, ice cream gets everyone’s vote. According to gastronomic historians, it was the Chinese who first discovered the art of making iced sweets; the Italians followed suit in the 17th century and brought the vogue of ice cream across to France and the rest of Europe. 

Nowadays, ice cream lovers do not have to rely on the professionals-they whip up their own confections as easily as they would a cocktail and churn them in a domestic ice cream maker.  Besides the traditional cone, another fun use for your ice cream is to bake off some fresh cookies and make your own ice cream sandwich – yum!

Here are some tips when making frozen products:

• Churn ice cream only a short time before eating it; it will have a softer creamier texture and more subtle flavor
• Over freezing can adversely affect the flavor and consistency, while insufficient freezing yields a thick heavy ice cream, which is low in volume. 
• Before putting ice cream in freezer, be sure to cover the top with plastic to prevent freezer burn