Magimix Le Glacier 1.1 Litre Ice Cream Maker

I always said that once I got a place of my own, there’d be a bucket full of mushrooms in the larder and a freezer full of ice-cream. Of course, it hasn’t quite turned out like that – I buy the occasional bag of frozen peas too! Quality ice-creams (especially a freezer full) can work out expensive so that’s why I invested in an ice-cream maker. My Magimix 1.1 litre ice-cream maker cost £39.99 from Rackhams six years ago. Unfortunately I haven’t used it much over the last couple of years, as whenever I used to make any, my husband and daughter would eat it all before I even got a look in! Making the ice-cream can be quite ...

I was really looking forward to getting this (well, trying it out when I got it for my mother's birthday), but I have to confess that it wasn't what I'd hoped for. Since the other two reviews here give more details about how it's all meant to work and what you get (and since I haven't actually used the machine recently enough to remember all of that precisely!), I'll just explain why I didn't like it. To begin with, the bowl needs to be completely frozen before use, at least 10 hours in the freezer I think it was. The idea is that the bowl then stays cold for as long as it takes to make the ice cream, which, by the way, was ...

Our ice cream maker was a Christmas present and we have got through gallons of double cream during the first year. Having taken a while to get to know the basics, the ice cream maker is one of the easiest appliances to use at home. We found the recipe book was a little short on ideas so surfed the eb and raided WH Smith for a few more ideas. Most useful of all was the recipe made with egg whites. Nowadays we make two batches together - one using the egg white which can be frozen immediately after mixing up whilst the other is made with egg yokes which have to be heated to make a custard and allowed to cool overnight and in the fridge. The ice cream maker is ...