My kids gifted me with a new ice cream maker for my birthday.  It needs neither ice nor rock salt, as it relies entirely on it’s high cooling capacity canister which you simply chill in a deep freeze prior to use.  Pour in the ice cream mixture and press a button!  And it has a handy cap in the top assembly which allows for easy addition of extras like crushed candy canes all while allowing the machine to continue to run and freeze the batch.   So it’s really easy, although it makes “just” one quart.  But that’s actually a big plus, as it means one can make delicious, fresh, homemade ice cream more often!

I’ve already used the machine about a dozen times, making butter pecan, peppermint candy cane crunch, chocolate chip, using melted Theo’s chocolate to create stracciatella chunks, peanut butter with peanut bits, and several others.  Here’s the Gianduja Gelato with stracciatella chocolate chips (drizzling in melted top quality bittersweet chocolate).  The base is infused with freshly toasted hazelnuts.

Giaduja Gelato with Theo’s chocolate Stracciatella