Ice Cream Accessories

To make homemade ice cream properly with the minimum of fuss and maximum of ease, you really need to be prepared by having the right accessories and kitchen equipment to hand. Not everyone thinks of this when making ice cream at home – they tend to just focus on a good ice cream maker. However, that’s just one part of the equation.

In my experience when making ice cream at home you need to have:

A good ice cream maker – I prefer an electric one that freezes as it batches
A good, basic blender and different sized mixing bowls
Choice of 2 different sized saucepans (eg. for making custard or simple syrup)
Wooden spoon (especially useful when making custard and testing the consistency)
Good quality whisk (eg. for mixing sugar and eggs or for whipping cream)

Once you’ve made your ice cream and are ready to serve it, you will find the following accessories are also useful:

Ice cream scoop – a quality one is worth investing in as it will be easy to use and last a long time

Ice cream spoons – you need the long-handled ones especially when serving ice cream sundaes

Ice cream glasses - various shapes and sizes help cater for a single scoop serving through to a giant Knickerbocker Glory

1 or 2 quality, plastic containers with a lid – you may wish to store your ice cream and good containers are essential for this.

Ice cream freezer – always have space free in your freezer to store any homemade ice cream that’s not eaten on the day you make it.