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We have a milk cow. We prep our ice cream from scratch in about 5 minutes: two cups of raw milk, 1/4 cup maple syrup, 1t-1T vanilla, 1/4t salt, and 6-8 raw egg
by voakbasda 3mo ago
We have a milk cow. We prep our ice cream from scratch in about 5 minutes: two cups of raw milk, 1/4 cup maple syrup, 1t-1T vanilla, 1/4t salt, and 6-8 raw egg yolks. Blend everything in a quart jar with an immersion blender and pour into a Cuisinart ice cream maker. AFAIK, you literally cannot buy anything close to this good.
As a small farmer, I have nothing good to say about the USDA or FDA. I would rant further, but I’ve kinda given up at this point. I’m selling my farm next year.
- msftgreed 3mo agoYou don't... heat it? Egg yolks change their role in ice cream when heated, increasing their emulsifying power and creating a richer ice cream.
- telesilla 3mo agoAn immersion blender like the Vitamix heats as it blends because of high friction, on high settings. I make soup with mine. https://www.vitamix.com/us/en_us/what-you-can-make/hot-soups https://www.vitamix.com/us/en_us/what-you-can-make/hot-soups
- professoretc 3mo agoA Vitamix is not an immersion blender; an immersion blender is one you "immerse" in the thing you're blending, i.e., a stick or wand blender. https://www.seriouseats.com/best-immersion-blenders https://www.seriouseats.com/best-immersion-blenders Wand blender don't make things hot enough to cook, so OP is indeed using raw eggs in their ice cream. Which is probably fine, it just means their ice cream isn't using a cooked custard base.
- IAmBroom 3mo agoOP didn't say they blended until it was cooked to custard. It's a non-trivial step you added.
- atmavatar 3mo ago> I have nothing good to say about the USDA or FDA. At least in the context of the article, the requirements for labeling ice cream as such forces some brands to change to "frozen dessert" when they skimp too much on ingredients. It's a small win, but a win nonetheless.
- Onavo 3mo agoWhy sell the farm? Somebody needs to keep up the fight against Big Agriculture.
- throwaway27448 3mo agoThe institutions are to keep humans alive, not support the egos of farmers
- cyberax 3mo agoThis kind of recipe is wildly irresponsible to actually sell. Raw unpasteurized milk _will_ cause health issues when used in large quantities. Ditto for raw egg yolks. I lived on a farm during summers as a child, but I will not touch raw milk ever again after getting hospitalized with a bacterial infection from it. And the milk was from our cow, btw. Egg yolks are safer, especially if you take care to extract them properly. Still not safe enough for mass production.
- voakbasda 3mo agoWe test every batch of milk for coliform and aerobic bacteria. I would never consume milk raw otherwise, and I would never recommend others do so either. And we would never even think about selling it, despite knowing that our milk and eggs are demonstrably safe. My recipe makes one quart, so not sure why you inferred and implied that I am selling it.
- dehrmann 3mo agoMilk, not cream?
- voakbasda 3mo agoRaw Jersey milk is 25-30% cream. You only need to add cream (back) to store bought milk.
- gyan 3mo ago> I’m selling my farm next year. What will you do for ice cream then?
- IAmBroom 3mo ago> I have nothing good to say about the USDA or FDA. They have saved thousands or millions of US lives. But hey, they've inconvenienced your profit lines, so boo on them.