Ben & Jerry's Homemade Ice Cream & Dessert Book

I love B&J icecream and it's wonderful that their recipes are accessible here. In bits and pieces you also learn a bit about both Ben and Jerry and the history of how they grew their ethical business. I do have an icecream maker and make icecream semi-regularly but some of the ingredients for the recipes in this book can be a little hard to find in India, so I don't reach for it very often.

Je pensais vraiment que ce livre n'avait d'attirant que la marque Ben & Jerry's mais j'avais absolument tort, Il est EXTRA! J'ai déjà composé qqs glaces et elles sont aussi bonnes en sortant de la turbine qu'après congélation (si on sort la glace 10mn avant consommation). Et ça en soi, c'est déjà une révolution😍 De plus, le livre est tellement bien fait qu'on peut se lancer soi-même dans la création de glaces. Je recommande à 100% ce livre de recettes Ben & Jerry's.

I recently went out and purchased myself a flashy ice cream maker, one of those ones that you don't need to freeze the bowl for, and to justify my purchase, I set out to find the best recipes. I fell down a rabbit hole and purchased 6 ice cream books - I know I went overboard, but I'm so glad I did. I've tried the book with cream cheese instead of egg, and although I love the idea of it, I couldn't get past the cream cheese taste in my strawberry ice cream. I don't mind a strawberry cheesecake ice cream, but I don't want all my ice creams to taste like cheesecake. Then I went and tried a couple of other recipes which seems to be quite standard from another couple of books which called for cooking the custard. Yes, that worked, it took a really long time (especially when you add all the cooling times) and I did need another set of arms to do it right. In the end though, I found the finished product a little too hard and dense when frozen. Along comes Ben and Jerry's book. I wasn't too sure about using raw eggs, so just to be sure, I pasturized my eggs. I did all the eggs in my fridge as aparently it doesn't affect how you use them and now I'm set to make many more batches of ice cream without having to worry. My husbands first request when I got the new machine was banana ice cream - unfortunately I didn't have ripe enough banana's at the time so I couldn't do that straight up, but by the time I got to B&J's they were ready to go. I made this recipe in my thermomix in just 10 minutes! So simple! I made the base first with the whisk in and since everything was still so cold, it went straight into my machine to churn. Once that was in, simply took out the whisk attachment from the thermomix, ad the bananas and other ingredient, wizzed it up and then it was ready to be added to the final 2 minutes of churning. That was it! Soooo simple! After the churn, popped it in the freezer to harden up some more. Today is 48 hours since it's been in the freezer and OMG, it's sooo yummy! I didn't have to take it out of the freezer to soften, it was great to go straight away! I am in love with this process and I won't be looking back. I'll be trying all the amazing looking recipes. Thanks so much B&J!!

This is an excellent way to get more out of your ice cream maker! Lots of recipes and ideas on how to use it. I am so glad I bought it!

Have been looking for a good boo on ice cream recipies. This book was more than I evpected!

Pour ceux qui l'ignoreraient encore, Ben & Jerry's est une marque de glaces américaine créée en 1978 par deux amis prénommés Ben et Jerry. Ce livre retrace leur histoire et fait partager leurs recettes à leurs lecteurs. Il est divisé en trois grandes parties : 1- Our Story : L'histoire de l'entreprise Ben & Jerry's depuis leur première petite boutique de glaces, très agréable à lire. Evidemment, l'histoire s'arrête avant que les deux compères ne revendent leur entreprise à la multinationale Unilever. 2- Ice Cream Theory : Quelques explications sur la composition des glaces, leur texture, et des trucs et astuces pour toujours les réussie. 3- Recipes : La plus grosse partie. Elle commence par les recettes basiques de crème glacée, puis présente les parfums de Ben & Jerry's qui ont eu le plus de succès. Ensuite viennent les recettes de glace au chocolat, aux fruits, et celles qui ont trouvé leur origine dans leur petit magasin. Viennent ensuite les glaces aux bonbons, gâteaux, cookies et barres chocolatées, les sorbets, des recettes de gâteaux (Ben et Jerry n'allaient pas vous laisser faire une glace au brownie sans vous donner leur recette de brownie!), les sundaes, les sauces à verser sur les glaces et les boissons. OUF! Quelques ingrédients, notamment dans les confiseries, ne se trouvent pas en France mais il est facile d'imaginer par quoi les remplacer. Il n'y a pas de photos (une photo d'une boule de glace n'ajoute pas grand-chose à une recette déjà somptueuse), mais de jolies illustrations dans des couleurs pastel. Le livre est écrit dans un style familier très agréable et encourage le lecteur à tenter ses propres recettes. Il est très complet, je ne pense pas avoir besoin d'en acheter un autre avant très longtemps.