Ice-cream churning

Purpose

Turn a cooled, aged base into scoopable ice cream before packing and hardening.

Controls

The recorded bases age below 4 C for 6 h–12 h; follow the machine instructions and use approximately -6 C as the source draw target, not a historical measured result. Inclusions and ripple remain Recipe-specific.

Process

1. Cool and age the complete base as recorded; prepare and chill any inclusions separately.
2. Churn according to machine instructions to the specified draw endpoint.
3. Add the selected inclusion portion or layer the cold ripple as recorded, pack and harden at -18 C for at least 4 h.

Failure Modes

Symptom	Likely cause	Corrective action
Inclusions uneven or ripple disappears	Added too early or overmixed	Add pecans in the final 30 s, or layer cold ripple and fold only once as specified.