Kenwood IM250 1 Litre Dessert & ICE Cream

Advantages: Delicious icecream with no additives
Disadvantages: Only makes small quantity.

I was browsing in Tesco for something to spend my birthday money on and was idly looking at this icecream maker, when another customer, a young woman, came up to me and started raving about it. She said she had one and she'd bought her brother one as well and even he could use it, it was so easy. Well it didn't take much to talk me into it, especially as it was on offer at £14.99, normal price £19.99. I opened the box and read the first recipe while ...
...up on the ingredients ready to get started straight away. However, on getting home and reading the instructions I was a bit disappointed to find that you have to freeze the mixing bowl for 24 hours before you can make any icecream! I probably should have expected that, but I'd thought that the machine itself did the freezing and you did not need to use the actual freezer. I guess you live and learn. Unfortunately I have rather a small freezer and ... Read review

i know the instructions say to leave the bowl to thaw out completely before washing it, but if you rinse the freezer bowl out with warm water and dry it very very well, then you can use it again much sooner. 6 hours should do it really, although I once used it within an hour. the mixture stiffened slightly, but not completely, and I had to finish freezing it in the freezer with the occasional stir. no problems there, but I would recomment giving it at least 6-12 hours if you refreeze immediately. NB. you have to dry it very very well inside and out or you'll have a nice crust of ice all over that will inhibit the paddle.