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Ice Cream with Master Chef Mark Baumann
Added: (Mon Apr 05 2004)
Ice cream with Mark Baumann
What better way to enjoy the summer than by making some real homemade ice cream. Silvernutmeg.com has teamed up with Master Chef of Great Britain, Mark Baumann, and we caught him between shoots on his new program ‘Baumann Goes to Market‘. Mark gave us some great recipes for making ice cream in minutes with Silvernutmeg.com’s ice cream makers, including his sweet Asparagus ice cream!
“The basis of ice cream is Crème Anglaise – a mixture of milk,
cream, sugar and egg yolks. To this can be added virtually
any puree, coulis or fruit. The secret of good ice cream is getting the Crème
Anglaise just right. I’ve used the Magimix Le Glacier 1.5
machine from our kitchen supplier Silvernutmeg. These
are excellent machines, reasonably priced and child’s play
to use. The Magimix I used was great but you should
consider the next model up if you are going to be a
regular.”
Gaggia Gelatiera Ice Cream Maker £279.00 This is the ultimate ice cream maker with its built-in freezer and removable bowl. The Gelatiera is so easy to use and clean. The motorised paddles churn the ice cream well, making it smooth and creamy. It is ready to use in 10 minutes and produces 600g of ice cream. It comes with an additional removable bowl so that you can make multiple batches of ice cream. 2 year warranty
Magimix Gelato Ice Cream Maker –Stain Steel Finish £269.00, White £215.00
The ultimate ice cream and sorbet maker. This also has its own built-in freezer and makes incredible ice cream in as little as 20 minutes!
Magimix Ice Cream Maker, Chrome Finish With a 1.5L (2 pint) capacity. This ice cream maker represents excellent value and, although it does not have the in-built freezer, you can still have ice cream in 20 minutes. £69.95
Recipes
To make about 11/2 litres you will need:
500ml full fat milk
500ml double cream
150g caster sugar
10 Egg Yolks
For Mint Choc Chip add: 100ml Crème de Menthe, 50g Bourneville chocolate
For Butter Pecan add: 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, 125g chopped pecans
For Choc chip add: 250 grams of dark choc chips (Bourneville)
Mark even has a sweet Asparagus ice cream where it is pureed in caramel sugar and water and added to the Crème Anglaise mix!
What to do
(If you are using the Magimix machine first chill its ice
cream bowl for a good 12 hours in the freezer).
1. Put milk and cream in a heavy bottomed saucepan and
slowly bring to the boil.
2. While waiting, separate the egg yolks and whisk them
with the caster sugar using a balloon whisk.
3. When the milk and cream have boiled, add about half of
the mixture to the sugar and eggs, stirring continually
with a wooden spoon.
4. Return this liquid to the pan, mix in, keep stirring and
cook on a low heat to thicken. Under no circumstances
allow the mixture to boil or the eggs will split.
5. Stir constantly until the mixture is thick enough to coat
the back of the wooden spoon. You have now made a
Crème Anglaise.
6. Strain the Crème Anglaise through a sieve into a chilled
glass bowl, ideally standing it in another bowl filled with ice.
7. Stir until the mixture is chilled, add the Crème de
Menthe, and then put the glass bowl in the refrigerator,
without the bowl of ice.
8. Chop up the dark chocolate.
9. Pour the Crème Anglaise into the ice cream bowl from
the freezer and start to churn.
10. Just before the ice cream sets, mix in the chopped
chocolate.
11. Continue to churn, then remove the ice cream,
place in a lidded plastic container – and enjoy!
A bit about Mark Baumann:
Mark Baumann runs the Baumann’s Brasserie in the market town of Coggeshall, Essex.
This is a restaurant that has attracted fantastic reviews from food critics and a hugely loyal clientele. He has won many awards, including the title of Master Chef of Great Britain, and the Brasserie features in all of the major food guides.
Mark is currently filming an 8-part series, ‘Baumann Goes to Market’ where he visits various farmers markets in the UK and cooks with the ingredients he finds there. He is set to become a familiar face on our screens with his personable character and fantastic recipes. The show airs on Sunday June 6th at 12pm.
Who are Silvernutmeg.com?
Silvernutmeg.com supplies kitchen equipment to top chefs such as Mark Baumann but it also has a successful website which sells this professional equipment to the domestic cook. Visit www.silvernutmeg.com for more information or call 01254 820478
For more information and images please call:
Nicola Snell
Zero2one
01483 829833
nicola.snell@zero2one.com