Ben & Jerry's Homemade Ice Cream & Dessert Book by Ben Cohen, Jerry Greenfield, Nancy Stevens
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Book Reviews of Ben & Jerry's Homemade Ice Cream & Dessert Book
Book Review: This book will change your life!
Summary: 5 Stars
This ice-cream is AWESOME!!!!!!! It was the best I ever had in my life, until we recently had home-made ice-cream at a shop in Colorado Springs, where they apparently use the same process but have perfected all the awesome candy/cookie/goodie combinations that I haven't had the time to yet! But I digress. Whenever I serve this to friends they say the same thing - the best ice-cream they've ever had. Just about every recipe is a winner - french vanilla, oreo mint, peanut butter cup, mmmmm. A friend requested peanut butter banana and the texture was a little strange, but even B&J mentioned that the "health food types" always request that kind, and what kind of a texture would you expect from PB & banana? I look forward to making this ice-cream for the rest of my life. Pair it up with a kitchenaid ice-cream maker attachment or whatever kind you prefer, and you are set. You will (rarely) buy store-bought ice-cream again. I eat this in little tiny bowls, usually just one scoop because it is so rich. Just substitute egg-beaters for the eggs (they weren't so concerned about salmonella when this book was published), and remember their rule of thumb...there's not such thing as bad ice-cream!! Especially when you're using the recipes from this fantastic book.
Oh, and it's funny and entertaining too :)
Book Review: Raw Eggs
Summary: 5 Stars
This book was written, I believe, in the 80s, which explains the raw egg thing. Yes, the book uses uncooked eggs. Modify the recipe to make an egg custard before you freeze it, using the same ingredients. I scald the dairy, adding a vanilla bean or anything else you want to infuse it with if you want, and then temper the eggs. I then return everything to the heat until it coats the back of a wooden spoon. Great custard-making help can be found in the first few pages of David Lebovitz's The Perfect Scoop, a great accompaniment to this book (these for the classic flavors and well known, his for more modern, unusual flavors).
Your other option, of course, is to use those bottled egg products or you can buy in-shell pasteurized eggs. I have never made the recipes with either, but I don't see why that would be a problem.
The recipes are both the classic Ben & Jerry's I have come to expect (Cherry Garcia, etc.) and plenty of flavors I have never had or even heard of. The company and personal history is fascinating.
My only gripe is that it does not have a lay-flat binding or something that I consider to be essential in a cookbook. It's just a small paperback, but well worth that hassle. Totally recommended, as long as you keep in mind that the recipes are made with raw eggs.
Book Review: Nearly perfect recipe book
Summary: 5 Stars
I have a number of ice cream recipe books, and I also have my mother's custard-style ice cream recipe from way back. While I love custard-style ice cream, it is a lot of work, and sometimes I just want to throw together some ingredients and toss them into my MUSSO LUSSINO 4080 (the best ice cream maker there is for the home). That's where this cookbook shines. The recipes are great, and very fast.
One caution: Most of the recipes use raw eggs. I personally don't care, since I buy only locally produced, organic eggs from free-range, non-debeaked chickens. I figure that how happy any animal is, whether human or beast, makes a huge difference in its health, and so far I have never had any problems.
However, if you have concerns, you can use pasteurized egg products. Or you can use an excellent alternative cookbook, The Ultimate Ice Cream Book, which has many recipes that don't require eggs at all. Just be aware that eggs make a big (positive) difference in taste over recipes that don't use eggs.
Book Review: MMMM Good!
Summary: 5 Stars
I love vanilla ice cream...boring to most, but my flavor of choice. I also was very concerned about the raw eggs, but I took the risk (now that others have written about cooking the mixture and it turning out ok, I will try that.) I flipped back and forth between cook books to find the differences, most just used yolks, this uses the entire egg. Having just purchased the ice cream attachment for my Kitchenaid mixer, and still looking for the perfect vanilla ice cream, I had a sample of the product left from the book that came with the attachment, and the Ben and Jerry's vanilla to compare. The Ben and Jerry's made a far superior product. It was smooth and delectible...the other was darn good, but it was harder than the Ben and Jerry's and was somewhat crystalized.. After a couple of days in the freezer in a container (it is ultra rich), the Ben and Jerry's was still smooth and easy to scoop. Now I just have to get over trying to cram a double recipie in maker...it doesn't freeze to a good consistency and you end up wasting too much. Of the ice creams I have made now and in the past, this far surpasses any. I'm going to try the Ben's Chocolate with peanut butter cups....yum!Book Review: victory for ice cream lovers!
Summary: 5 Stars
I have been making ice cream like crazy since my grand daughter received these two items for Christmas in NC. I ordered both items as soon as my husband and I came back to North Platte,Ne. (actually, it was my husband who insisted we get an ice cream maker,he went everywhere in NP looking for one !!!) He then asked me if I knew how to order over the computer! ( He's a little challenged when it comes to technology, Ha! ) !Of course,little does he know how easy it is for me to order from Amazon! (considering I have close to 300 books on my archives for my kindle2) He's going to give me his credit card,not knowing I can buy with "one click" --- and that's it!!! Love it, Ha! Book and ice cream maker are fantastic. And the basic recipe was no problem to memorize (considering I've been making it for weeks!) What more can I say? Customer service is the best ever, esp. for the kindle. My kindle has a mind of it's own,(clicks to buy when I'm still reading the review!!) So needless to say I spend a lot of time with Kindle reps. Not one has been rude, and they all end of laughing at my problems!
Victoria