Recipe Booklet

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RECIPE TIPS
The recipes that follow offer you a variety of options for
delicious frozen desserts. You may create or use recipes of
your own, as long as they yield no more than 1½ quarts.
• Frozen desserts from the Cuisinart
®
Automatic Frozen
Yogurt–Ice Cream & Sorbet Maker use pure, fresh
ingredients. Because of this, the desserts and drinks do
not have the same characteristics as commercially
prepared frozen desserts and drinks. Most store-bought
versions use gums and preservatives to make them firmer.
If you desire a firmer consistency, transfer the dessert
to an airtight container and store in the freezer until
desired consistency is reached, usually two or more
hours.
• Some recipes use precooked ingredients. For best results,
the mixture should be chilled overnight before using. Or,
chill the recipe over an ice bath, until it is completely
cooled, before using.
• To make an ice bath, fill a large container with ice and
water. Place saucepan or other container into the ice bath.
Cool precooked ingredients completely.
• Prior to freezing, most recipes may be stored in the
refrigerator for up to 3 days.
• You may substitute lower fat creams (e.g., half and half),
milk (reduced fat or lowfat) as well as non-dairy milks (soy,
rice) for heavy cream and whole milk used in many recipes.
However, keep in mind that the higher the fat content, the
richer and creamier the result. Using lower fat substitutes
may change the taste, consistency and texture of the
dessert. When substituting, be sure to use the same
volume of the substitute as you would have used of the
original item. For example, if the recipe calls for two cups
of cream, use a total of two cups of the substitute (such as
1 cup cream, 1 cup whole milk).
• You may substitute artificial sweeteners for sugar. If the
recipe is to be precooked, add the sweetener after the
heating process is complete and ingredients have cooked.
Stir the mixture thoroughly to dissolve the sweetener.
• In recipes that use alcohol, add the alcohol during the last
two minutes of the freezing process. Otherwise, the alcohol
may impede the freezing process.
• When making sorbet, be sure to test the ripeness and
sweetness of the fruit before you use it. The freezing
process reduces the sweetness of the fruit so that it will
taste less sweet than the recipe mixture. If the fruit tastes
tart, add sugar to the recipe. If the fruit is very ripe or
sweet, reduce the amount of sugar in the recipe.
• The Cuisinart recipes listed below will yield up to 1½ quarts
of dessert. When pouring ingredients in through the
ingredient spout, DO NOT fill the freezer bowl higher than
¼-inch from the top of the freezer bowl. The ingredients
will increase in volume during the freezing process.
• When making more than one recipe at a time, be sure the
freezer bowl is completely frozen before each use.
Additional freezer bowls may be purchased on the
Cuisinart web site (www.cuisinart.com).
• Make sure mixing paddle and lid are in place before turning
on machine.