Ice 20 Ice Cream Maker

The Ice 20 ice cream maker is made by Cuisinart and is one of a range of ICE models. These models range from the small versions suitable for at home ice cream making to larger machines that can make large amounts of iced confection for large establishments like restaurants. The number generally indicates the size of the machine. In this case the Ice 20 ice cream maker is a smaller model that is ideally suited for the home and making smaller, on-demand quantities of delicious ice cream.

The Ice 20 ice cream maker is around  8.5 x 8.5 x 11.2 inches. It weighs around 10 pounds. It can make around 1 to 1.5 quarts of ice cream or other treat (sorbet, frozen yogurt).

The machine consists  of a 10 inch diameter  ice cream bowl. The bowl has a non stick inner lining. There is a hollow area between the inner surface of the bowl and the outer surface of the bowl. In this hollow is a liquid that freezes in cold temperatures and delivers a constant temperature as it thaws out. In order to make your own ice cream, you have to place the bowl in a freezer for 8 or more hours (or until the liquid is completely solid).

The other important parts of the Ice 20 machine are the churning arm or paddle, the motor and the transparent view top and spout. The churning arm is attached to the motor and then placed into the bowl. When the motor is switched on the arm turns, thus churning the ingredients inside the bowl.

This process of churning the cream, milk, sugar, flavorings and other ingredients, inside the freezing bowl results in ice cream after about 30 minutes. There is also a transparent plastic lid that goes over the machine. It allows clear vision of how the churning is going. So you can see what kind of consistency the ice cream is at any one time. It may be ready quicker than you expect or it may take longer.

For people that want to experiment with different types of ice cream, the lid can slide open and reveal a spout that lets you add other ingredients to the mixture at an stage during the churning/freezing process. So if you want to make rum and raisin ice cream, you might want to add some raisins half way through. This works for any ingredients (marshmallow for rocky road etc.) and can allow you to become quite creative and experimental with your ice cream making.

The Ice 20 ice cream maker also comes with an instruction manual and recipe book. There are many elaborate recipes and very simple one's too.

For instance, you can make plain old vanilla ice cream, with the minimum of fuss by pouring the recommended ingredients into the bowl and letting it churn for 20 minutes. Or you can go to town and cook the mixture, using eggs, vanilla pods and any other ingredient you may want. All these recipes are covered. You can also find many other recipes on the internet or in many hard copy books.

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