Hi, sometime ago I was at a market where as you watched, fresh fruit was put
into a large machine which churned and obviously cooled it making a healthy
fruit snack of a soft serve ice cream consistancy (which of course they were
selling). I would love to be able to do this at home, have tried blending
frozen fruit in the blender only to have a mushy icy mix at the end like
baby food. I tried blending some fruit and putting it in a regular ice
cream maker so it could churn it etc, but it came out a solid lump. I've
seen soft serve ice cream makers advertised - does any one have one, which
could do this? In looking online I've seen ones advertised which don't need
a canister to be frozen, (which would be much more convenient!), and
supposedly they do smoothies and some alcoholic beverages as well. They
would be great if they really did all that, easily, but more importantly the
fruit as well. Can anyone recommend anything they think might work? Also
I'm in Australia, so it would need to be available here (or not too
expensive to ship).
Thanks for your thoughts

"SaxLady" wrote in message

I tried blending some fruit and putting it in a regular ice
cream maker so it could churn it etc, but it came out a solid lump.

It would freeze hard as is. What makes ice cream scoopable is sugar. Same
with Popsicles. The sugar free may have some other additive to prevent them
from being rock hard. Maybe some experimentation will get you there.

Perhaps the machine you saw had better temperature control than the typical
ice cream maker. I've never seen one, commercial or home use.
Ed

http://pages.cthome.net/edhome

I make a soft icecream from fruit -- well you can call it soft ice cream
because you can't suck it through a straw.
I use a Vita-mix to do it.
I freeze or near-freeze my fruit -- bananas, and anything else I want. Or
you can buy the large bags of already frozen fruit in the discount stores
of berries, strawberries, peaches, etc.
If I use milk in it, I stick it in the freezer for a short while first.

Then I put it in the vita-mix and I have a soft serve. It probably wouldn't
set on a cone, though. It is a little more solid than what some might refer
to as a smoothie. And cold enough to really hurt your nose.

Dee


"SaxLady" wrote in message
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Hi, sometime ago I was at a market where as you watched, fresh fruit was
put
into a large machine which churned and obviously cooled it making a
healthy
fruit snack of a soft serve ice cream consistancy (which of course they
were
selling). I would love to be able to do this at home, have tried blending
frozen fruit in the blender only to have a mushy icy mix at the end like
baby food. I tried blending some fruit and putting it in a regular ice
cream maker so it could churn it etc, but it came out a solid lump. I've
seen soft serve ice cream makers advertised - does any one have one, which
could do this? In looking online I've seen ones advertised which don't
need
a canister to be frozen, (which would be much more convenient!), and
supposedly they do smoothies and some alcoholic beverages as well. They
would be great if they really did all that, easily, but more importantly
the
fruit as well. Can anyone recommend anything they think might work? Also
I'm in Australia, so it would need to be available here (or not too
expensive to ship).
Thanks for your thoughts