Ice Cream Sweeteners

Honey, Maple Syrup - these tend to work best in nut ice cream recipes because of the flavor they impart.

When using Honey and Maple Syrup in your homemade ice cream recipes, you might want to consider the following:.

Honey - honey can be used instead of sugar pretty much in a 1>1 ratio but it will impart a different flavor to the ice cream and affect its texture, especially after freezing when it can be harder and quite crumbly.

Maple Syrup - can be used instead of sugar but need a little more (about 1 cup>3/4 cup ratio). Again, like honey it imparts a different flavor to the finished ice cream. Also the water content in maple syrup usually needs to be offset by using it in a cream base recipe with a high butterfat content. You may want to use less milk and more cream than a standard recipe suggests to help increase the butterfat %.

Artificial Sweeteners
I don't use artificial sweeteners in any of my homemade ice cream recipes.

Corn Starch (Cornflour)
There are many people who use corn starch (cornflour) in ice cream making and they say it helps stabilise the custard they make, even potentially reducing the risk of curdling. Personally, however, I prefer not to use corn starch (cornflour) in my ice cream recipes wherever possible. My prune ice cream recipe is one exception!

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