After 5 minutes, take the small bag out of the big bag. Scoop the ice cream out of the small bag and into your favourite bowl.
Enjoy!
Whatʼs happening?
To make ice cream, we want to get the ingredients as cold as possible as quickly as possible. We use ice for
that, but adding salt makes ice work even better. That's because salt lowers the freezing temperature of water. As the ice melts, the salty ice water gets even colder than ordinary ice water, and as it sloshes around next to our ingredients, it grabs heat from them even more quickly. In just a few shaking minutes, it turns liquid cream into the ice cream we all know and love.
The ice–salt combination gets colder than pure water ice and can freeze the ingredients in the ice cream machine (and in the bags you used in this activity), turning them into ice cream.
Step 1In a small resealable plastic bag, combine half-and-half, sugar, and vanilla. Push out excess air and seal. Step 2Into a large resealable plastic bag, combine ice and salt. Place small bag inside the bigger bag and shake vigorously, 7 to 10 minutes, until ice cream has hardened.
The two-bag method works because of the combination of salt and ice. Salt causes the ice in the bag to melt at a lower temperature than usual (if you've sprinkled salt on an icy sidewalk, you know the drill), keeping everything much colder for longer.
“…salt dissolves into water molecules it spreads them out, preventing them from bonding together and forming ice crystals. The more salt in the solution, the lower the freezing point will be.
Place a fresh ice cube or frozen ice pack on a small plate or other dry surface. 7. Carefully remove the glass of supercooled water and slowly pour the water directly onto the ice and watch it freeze instantly on the ice. Purified water can be chilled below freezing temperature and still remain in liquid form.
When it comes to great ice cream, cold temperatures and speed are your friends: the faster you bring your base from liquid to solid, the creamier it'll be. In a 2-quart unit, a typical batch of ice cream will take between 18 and 25 minutes to churn.
The baggies with the most salt should freeze first while the bags containing decreasing amounts of salt take longer. The greater the salt content, the lower the freezing point of the water. At the same time, dissolving salt in the liquid water causes the water temperature to drop, generating ice cream quicker.
The dreaded freezer burn is formed when water in your ice cream melts and refreezes. To prevent this, the Passionate Penny Pincher suggests keeping your ice cream in a sealed bag in the freezer. It's also supposed to keep ice cream softer.
Similar to how a winter coat can help buffer against cold air, a plastic bag acts as an insulator in the freezer. The cold must penetrate the bag, the air within it, and then the carton itself before finally affecting the ice cream. The plastic bag layer helps keep the ice cream soft and easily scoopable.
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