Ptich wrote:
>
> If one searches on the Ebay for an Ice Cream Machine, almost all found
> items will have "soft serve" in their Title fields. Does it mean that
> small ice cream machines cannot produce "hard" ice cream ?
>
> I am thinking of buying a small machine with its own freezer, but would
> like to make sure first that it is capable of producing the regular ice
> cream - not sorbet, not soft serve, not gelato, but the regular creamy,
> hard-to-scoop stuff. Also I would appreciate any recommendation for a
> specific machine.

I have a Cuisinart ice Cream maker with a freezer bowl that has
to be in a freezer for about two days before it can be used to
freeze a batch of ice cream. The process involves cooking the ice
cream custard base, cooling it off, freezing the bowl, then
putting the cooled custard into the freezer bowl mounted in the
machine with paddles in and turn it on for about 20-25 minutes.
The ice cream starts to set up but needs to go into the freezer
for 5 hours or so to really harden up. It has a really nice
texture.