I purchased this a year ago and have been making home made ice cream since. Takes about 40 minutes thanks to the inbuilt compressor.
Ice Cream Maker with Compressor $149 @ ALDI
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Easy to access ingredients like milk, cream, vanilla, cacao etc. You can experiment with different fruits nuts, chocolate.
add curry , yummy
You will find smoked paprika is far better. Not a joke.
so whats your ice cream like… does it come up good?
It comes up better than the store bought ice cream.
The bonus is you know the ingredients you're putting in and can control the sugar levels in each batch.
great…what are some of your best flavour/combos?
can you put in bits of biscuit, choc etc as well?You can put anything you like.
It can make gelati as well although i haven't tried this yet. Comes with a recipe book as well.
Standard choc ice cream
300mL Cream
125mL Sugar
300mL Milk
80mL Cocoa powder@Duece1995: What kind of cream do you use? You used to be able to buy a regular jar of cream. Now it's all labelled Thickened Cream, or dollop cream, or light thickened cream, or cooking cream.
does it still come out OK with less sugar?
Excellent! No need to wait for salty caramel deals!
Ice Cream Maker: Aldi
I add it to the 'Gold Standard List' next to another German, Helga.
with Compressor
Is this to help me fit into my pants?
Squeezes all the parts though. No exceptions.
🤣
Interesting to note, mosy ice-cream in the supermarket isn't made from cream, lots dont even say ice cream on the packaging anymore!
Make it yourself is the way to go
Mmmmm "Frozen Dessert". Air bubbles suspended in oil, just like nana used to make
Only ice cream worth buying is Bulla for that reason
It is a bit small at 1l , but it has a compressor and you don't need to pre cool. It just means you need to do multiple batches if for a large family.
I tend to store mine in freezer from a 2L containerFair point but I feel this is best consumed fresh. When I freeze out extras Ice Cream, Sorbet just doesn’t have the same texture.
Put it in the fridge for a couple of hours before reserving
Thanks, will try that!
@UltimateAI: The answer is probably going to your local chef supply shop and buying the appropriate stabilisers. Once you try it, you'll never go back: Video explaining.
I remember someone said that it wasn't very economical making your own ice cream vs just buying it from the store. Is that really the case?
It's definitely more expensive but ingredients are all natural, no presevatives.
Also everyone likes the home made more than store bought when I have made itHow much more expensive are we talking about though? I suppose if it's only a few dollars here or there, it might be fine.
Also I wonder if the novelty will wear off once you get bored of trying flavours.
IMO novelty hasn't worn off since getting one a couple years ago. Still look forward to making batches and after my extended family has tasted, they always seem to request we make some!
For around 1.5L it costs me $4.50 for 600mls of thickened cream, milk 500mls let's assume is $1 (based of $4 for 2l Norco) condensed milk is $4 for 250ml nestle ( can probably substitute for aldi) then berries of your choice or if vanilla just add more thickened cream or milk which each have their own costs.
Total cost for around 1.5l would be around the $12 mark.
You can obviously make it cheaper by adding sugar instead of condensed milk.I have kids, so no chance of wearing off lol
@ an average price of $6 per 2L of store bought ice cream, that's 50L of ice cream to you'd need to eat before you even broke even on the cost of this item, assuming you pay absolutely nothing to buy the ingredients for 50L of ice cream… Which obviously you wouldn't…
I don't know about you, but 50L of ice cream would probably last me about 10 years, so no, I wouldn't be buying this machine to "save money", purely as a toy to experiment with making your own ice cream… Or for 90%~ of users, future landfill after the novelty of making your own ice cream wears off.
You're comparing fake ice cream to real traditional ice cream. It's about 20% fat content in real ice cream.. extremely delicious but very unhealthy lol.
If you replaced the sugar with a low/no calorie sweetener, it would arguably be pretty healthy in a low carb diet.
Far healthier than whatever's in the fake stuff though.
$6 for 2L is for the nastiest ice cream in the shop. Better comparison is the gourmet varieties at about $8 for 1L upwards.
Yeah… The figures still don't add up. I didn't even include the cost of ingredients.
It’s more expensive but my favourite is vanilla, it’s just so good and preservative free. Nothing at the shops tastes remotely close.
Hi mate, finally got one. Do you have a recipe you don't mind sharing for vanilla?
Vanilla recipe.
1¾ cups heavy cream
1¼ cup whole milk
¾ cup sugar
⅛ teaspoon fine sea salt
1 tablespoon vanilla extract or 1 vanilla bean split in half lengthwise.simply whisk everything together, then pour directly into the ice cream maker
Chocolate recipe.
1½ cups heavy cream
⅓ cup Dutch process cocoa powder or special dark cocoa *
⅔ cup sugar
½ cup bittersweet or semi-sweet chocolate chips
1½ cups milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
⅛ teaspoon kosher salt
1¼ teaspoons ground cinnamon
If you're just after common flavours like vanilla or chocolate, way more economical just to buy the tub. But then again, you're also paying for the satisfaction of making it yourself or a new hobby/skill.
What I find justifies the economics side is when you make hard to get flavours. Making my own black sesame or matcha ice cream is way cheaper than having to buy it in the long run. Fresh strawberry balsamic vinegar flavour is also an interesting one that makes it gourmet.
I made a blended jackfruit flavoured ice cream for a party which was mad.
Those flavours sound so good
Everything is more economical buying from the store.
This machine is great. I have two of them .
Been using one of these since last year. Definitely works!! You can even do back to back batches which is great.
The recipes aren't good so find your own elsewhere.
It is now more expensive to.make your own icecream as Cream is expensive and Madagascan vanilla beans are expensive. It would be a $15 scoop of ice cream at a boutique ice creamery.
I purchased this a year ago and have been making home made ice cream since
How many freezers have you filled up so far?
Ice cream only lasts a week believe it or not. Only make what you will consume in a week.
And find cheap eggs!! A guy sells 30 tray free range eggs for $12 locally. Takes 5 egg yolks per 700ml batch and 2 cups cream and milk.
Biggest problem is what do you do with all the egg whites..
And find cheap eggs!!
Don't you have your own chickens?
I thought everyone did…
Biggest problem is what do you do with all the egg whites..
I'll give you 20 pavs for Christmas if you want lol
Genius
@jv: Anita's gelato in manly had that same ice cream flavour. So it's a real option!!!
The best flavour I tried is halva pistachio icecream from the same shop… I want to make it,!!!
Also obvious choices for me are coffee and licorice flavoured icecream.. these 3 top my list
By ranking:
1) halva pistachio
2) licorice
3) coffee
4) lemon
5) Vanilla
If anyone knows where I can buy licorice flavouring for ice cream I'd really be appreciative.
Darrell Lea would not sell me theirs!@jv: You really are a genius hahaha
The double benefit is alcohol actually makes ice cream a softer creamier texture so double win
@maverickjohn: 3) coffee
^this!
I haven't found decent coffee ice cream (only coffee, nothing else in it) in 15 years in AU.
I miss my "black cow" floats! (Coffee ice cream in American root beer- YUM!)
Pricier than this, but my family and I have had the Cuisinart version for a couple years and use it more than we even thought we would. To echo the other comments, homemade ice cream does taste 100% better and you know exactly what's going into it. We've gotten pretty creative with flavours and toppings too, very easy to use. Aldi one looks similar for a bargain price, we paid about $380 but the bowl is slightly bigger at 1.5L.
Protip for anyone who has one or gets one: add a splash of alcohol (I use white rum or vodka) to your batch and it'll make your ice cream more scoopable/not as frozen ;)
https://www.thekitchn.com/add-a-little-of-this-to-make-softe…
I personally went for a Ninja Creami over this, few more options (eg mainly for protein mixes, lite ice cream, sorbet) it's easy enough to pre make a mix (or multiple mixes) or use left over fruit and put in freezer. Caters for the varying palettes in my family by having their faves pre-made and ready to turn into ice cream.
vs This Aldi machine makes authentic slowly crystalised ice cream - only downside might be the time it take to create the ice cream (40 mins).
Mind you this would be a great xmas present for someone if you are struggling!I personally went for a Ninja Creami over this
How long does it take to make a few batches of ice cream with that???
24 hours pre-chill in freezer.
5 minute choppy choppy.Creami I bought had 3 tubs and I bought another 3 from Amazon.
I make all 6 at the same time and have them ready to go when the urges and desires become uncontrollable (for ice cream, to be clear)Creami I bought had 3 tubs
So you need 3 freezers ?
How does this compare to the ninja ice cream maker?
I would look at:
- volume of ice cream made
- time taken to make
- power consumption
- ease of use
- smoothness of finished product
- purchase cost
Just watched a review on it and it's some vegan boomer blender… Ice cream is fatty, it is what it is. But that's simply a blender. I could do the same thing with a bamix but that's not how ice cream is made and the results looked flakey and alternative recipes just looked vile (coconut milk instead of cream?!)
coconut milk instead of cream
How can they tell which are the female coconuts?
one person making vegan ice cream in it doesn't automatically make the whole thing a "vegan boomer blender", lol. You can still make full fat ice cream in it… It's also not fair to call it just a blender. You absolutely cannot get through a frozen solid block with a stick blender, even a bamix
Cant compare much but I have a ninja and the only con is that its so loud when in use. I could only handle it by wearing noise cancelling headphones
Lot of items in the catalogue experiencing delays!
We've made slushy fruit tingles and long Island iced teas in our cusinart.
Seems like a decent price - from what I can tell, this is a rebadged ICE-1032Y, commonly sold overseas under the KUMIO badge. So.. if you're after reviews, google ICE-1032Y.
Yeah no, could never trust myself with one of these. Nope nope nope
Are they dangerous?
No, my addiction to sugar is, you have no idea what I would do with one of these. It would be operating 24/7.
I bought this last time and it's great
Usuallly get 2 batches of 1l
Only need
600 ml Cream - $4.50
400ml milk - $1
Quarter can Condensed milk or sugar - $0.5 to $1
Tea spoon Vanilla essence - $0.5
Pack of Cookies or brownies - $3 (or blend a pack of berries)You fill up to the 700ml line as icecream expands to 1l.
Comes to around $4.5 to $5 for 1l but tastes better than the store gourmet brands. I get supermarket branded ingredients and it's fine. No need for eggs if you dont need it custardy.
Alos made matcha icecream, baileys icecream and others. Posted base recipe below
2 questions.
1) So the machine also airates and foams the ice cream or do you need a blender?
2) Taste wise, will this come close to connoisseur ice cream? I understand it depends on the recipe, but generally what do you feel?Thanks.
No blender is required. This is all you need to make ice cream. Imo better than connoissuer ice cream.
Awesome, Thanks OP.
It airates as it has a built in mixer.
Taste can be much better than connoisseur depending on what you put in. Ive always found it better both taste and knowing it has heaps less random addictives like with connoisseur.
Considerating a 500ml of ben and jerries is $7-8 on half price. It's a bargain if you like gourmet icecream plus adding in less sugar if you want it a little healthier
Cool, thanks mate.
Can I know how much matcha powder you use and when to put it in?
I got one of these a couple of years ago. It is really good.
I got one last year.
Makes some great ice cream. I would always do a custard base first, then add flavours. Some of the better ones I did included pistachio, caramelised banana, dulce de leche and a super rich chocolate.
I bought it last year, it is one of the best buy I have ever made. Works great and easy to use. After finishing, it is soft serve, then freezing the rest to make ice cream.
A big tick for me, mainly because we've got a fair number of lactose-intolerant people in my extended family. The lactose-free ice-creams can taste pretty ordinary, and the variety is non-existent, so with this ice cream maker, we can make anything we want, try any variety, and just enjoy the outcome. You can buy a 1L tub of Peters Lactose Free Vanilla ice cream for about $9 at Woolies/Coles, and making your own is much more expensive (300mL of Peters LF Cream is more than $4, plus all the other ingredients), but the variety is the key.
I'll second that, perfect for lactose free!
Just need to account for lactose free cream being a bit sweeter then regular cream, so I adjust the sugar level down a bit.Yes, absolutely. The lack of LF condensed milk means you're not adding sugar there, but you are with the LF cream, then it's the syrup or berry juice, or caramel pieces, or raw fruit, etc, etc. Always a balancing act! I made a terrible batch with dates, pomegranate molasses and nuts because the sugar was out of control. Mind you, making a proper cassata from scratch with our own ice cream blends was fantastic.
What about the plant based condensed milk?
Electricity consumption like?
The Peter's ice cream vanilla lactose free is an exceptional ice cream. Can you make better, and with flavors, eg banana, strawberry, etc
@cobknob: My family can't have coconut milk, and they're coeliac (so no oat milk), so that knocks out most of the alternative condensed milks. I've made my own lactose free condensed milk before, but it takes bloody ages.
You're right, the Peter's LF ice cream is hands down the best commercially available option. It's also a great base for mix-ins - fruit & fruit syrups, peppermint crisps crushed up, nuts, etc. But it's a bit overly sweet, so being able to make our own and adjust the sugar content to match what we want is brilliant.
I can't remember what the exact energy consumption is, but it's only using a motor and compressor, so it's not ridiculous.
Again, this definitely isn't a way of saving money on ice cream, whether that's lactose free or normal. Commercial/bulk production ice cream is just so much cheaper at that scale. But if you want to make a custom blend of liquorice and orange, you can. Or play with sumac or spiced ice cream blends.
I'd like to get an ice cream maker but it would be yet another small appliance in cupboards full of small appliances. I make it in our Thermomix - t comes out great but takes much longer to do than using an IC machine
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Does it need a special mix? Or standard easy to access ingredients?