I am trying to make ice cream using liquid nitrogen and I am seeing that the ice cream melts very quickly. I'm using a spatula to mix the base with the liquid nitrogen in a vessel.
Initially, I thought maybe I was using too little liquid nitrogen , so I added more liquid nitrogen to the mixture to only see the base forming frozen pieces of ice cream and not in a scoopable format.The scoopable format of ice cream I get starts melting immediately after O stop mixing
I'm currently using 1 part milk,1 part fresh cream & sugar for the base.
Will using corn syrup or a stabilizer like Guar gum solve my issue?
Best Answer
I used to use a cream and condensed milk recipe to make LN ice cream. It sounds like you're not using enough LN - while you should end up with something scoopable it takes quite a bit of beating to get there.
We tended to work as a team, with one (often me) beating as someone else slowly poured in the LN. This minimised solid lumps (which then needed to be beaten back in). Getting it slightly too hard and then allowing it to soften to the desired texture seems to work well.
In this case I'm the one holding the bowl, while one person stirs and another pours.
You're also probably making it harder for yourself using milk, as the high water content means you'll form much more solid ice.