Ice Cream Bases: The Foundation of Ice Cream

Chocolate, vanilla, cookies and cream, mango, pistachio, and many more are just some of the flavours that we love about ice cream. There is a step by step process involved when it comes to creating ice cream. To many, it might seem as a complicated task to fulfil. However, creating this heavenly dessert entails in-depth knowledge about the ingredients and the processes involved regarding its creation. The ingredients usually vary from what the maker or the customer prefers. As you may know, there are a lot of flavours that you can choose when it comes to ice cream. Over time, there have been new flavours that came out.

Ice cream bases are the perfect foundation for making homemade ice cream. It is considered as the key ingredient in creating ice cream. No matter what flavour you choose in making ice cream, you cannot create it without an ice cream base. It provides the groundwork for any ice cream flavour that you wish to produce. As an example, in creating a custard style ice cream, making a basic vanilla ice cream from scratch using a vanilla pod or vanilla extract, three egg yolks, white sugar, and double cream. You can also get creative in mixing any ripe fruit or fruits of your choice. You can also add some nuts such as walnuts, almonds, and many more if you wish to enhance the taste of the ice cream.

There are different styles in creating ice cream bases. As aforementioned, custard style is just one of the many types of ice cream bases that one can creates. The ingredients that are needed are usually hot milk, egg yolks, double cream, a dash of salt, and vanilla extract. Its process usually involves mixing all of the ingredients, churning, chilling, and freezing. However, there are other ice cream makers who prefer to add air to the mix. This makes the ice cream volume bigger but less dense, less rich and creamy compared to the ones that are not infused with air. The custard style falls under the dairy based ice cream category. It is grouped together with the Philadelphia style, French style, gelato, buttermilk base, sour cream base, sweetened condensed milk base, frozen yogurt base and many more. These different dairy cream bases are unique in their own way.

Philadelphia style contains milk, cream, and sugar but it does not contain eggs. French style has a rich and silky texture. It uses more milk than cream and egg. Its recipe is cooked. Gelato, on the other hand, has no distinct style but it incorporates less air into the mix as compared to the other ice creams. It usually contains egg yolks and it is cooked. Buttermilk base is a derivation of the French style ice cream but uses buttermilk instead of milk. It is comparable to frozen yogurt. Sour cream base replaces half of the normal cream ingredients with sour cream. Sweetened condensed milk base is a unique ice cream base that makes silky ice creams that store well in the normal refrigerator freezers. It is considered to be the ultimate base for coffee ice cream. Frozen yogurt base uses yogurt as an added ingredient in the base.

The Non-dairy Vegan Base is another category of ice cream bases that does not use any kind of dairy products. As the name suggests, the makers will not use any kind of dairy products in creating their ice cream base. This is the kind of ice cream base that vegans would enjoy. It normally uses coconut milk, fruits, or vegetables in creating the base. You can also add nut milks to add texture and smoothen the mixture. There are different non-dairy based ice creams. Some of the popular ice cream bases are coconut-based ice cream, rice based ice cream, banana-based ice cream, nut-based, and many more. These bases have one thing in common aside from being enjoyed by vegans. It contains organic ingredients as well. This kind of ice cream base is deemed to be a healthy choice for vegans, people who are lactose intolerant, and those who are on a healthy diet.

There are still several bases that are yet to be discovered or that are not mentioned here. The beauty about bases is that when you learn to make them, you can try to experiment on different things. With this, you can be able to create a unique ice cream flavour that would best fit your taste. With these two different bases and the different kinds that each category has, one can safely say that the ice cream has evolved into its different forms over the years. Since the ancient times, the creation and discovery of ice cream and its bases has been talked about worldwide. There are several accounts which mentioned ice cream back in the seventeenth to eighteenth century, up to the first freezer that was created, and its evolution into how simpler it is to make now.

In conclusion, almost all of us loves to eat ice cream. It is one of the desserts that people enjoy during hot summer days, birthday celebrations, and even every after each meal. Ice cream is one of a wide variety of desserts that people usually prefer over cakes and many more. With the evolution of bases that's considered to be the essence of ice cream, it is no wonder that it has become a popular confection since the ancient times.