Recommendations for choosing a form for ice cream

Many housewives prefer to cook ice cream on their own. It turns out the product is not inferior in taste to its purchased competitors, and it is also a harmless dessert, because there is no doubt that homemade food is not included, since harmful additives, flavorings and chemical flavor enhancers are not included there. To facilitate the work on the preparation of ice cream, the hostess can not do without a special silicone mold that allows you to freeze the dessert in the desired form.

The essence of the silicone product is to maintain the shape of the ice cream. The fruit contents prepared in the ice cream maker need to be poured into a mold, put sticks and put into the freezer for several hours. Usually the mixture for the manufacture of this delicacy turns out to be liquid.

Silicone is also flexible, and if it is a quality product, then ice cream can be easily removed from the mold. Most high-quality models withstand temperature drops from -60 to +230 degrees, which means that they can be used not only for ice cream, but also for baking. In addition, many manufacturers in advance offer sets that already include ice cream sticks, and the buyer does not have to overpay for them separately.

Unlike metal products, silicone cookware is an inert material and does not react with food. Even if the molds are used for the oven, there is no need to oil them.

Silicone products for freezing can have different shapes. So, popsicle or fruit ice is easiest to cook in a vessel of the classical form, consisting of several cells. Usually, housewives prefer to choose this traditional version for making homemade dessert, which looks like a set of containers with lids. For convenience, the covers are equipped with holders. This is a convenient form that does not take up much space and allows you to cook several servings at once.

Popularity enjoy children's molds. They can be in the form of fairy tale characters or animals. This is an environmentally friendly dish, absolutely safe, even for a child’s body. Usually looks like a container with several chopsticks. Children love to experiment with this product, they come up with homemade recipes themselves, they are looking forward to the morning when they can try the ice cream delivered in the freezer in the evening.

Often in the kitchen ice cream is used products in the form of a cone. Usually, housewives prefer to make a waffle cone in this container, but this recipe is only available to experienced home-made confectioners. In this form, you can get traditional homemade ice cream from juice, fruit and gelatin.

And also shops offer forms in the form of cups. In this case, the fantasy of the hostess can be limitless. It can be used repeatedly, it is easy to clean, and when removing frozen contents it is recommended to squeeze its bottom for a couple of minutes so that the dessert is easily out of shape.

Judging by the feedback from customers, three of the most popular manufacturers of silicone ice cream molds can be distinguished.

Users note that these products are easy to use, compact and well-washed. Throughout all service life the surface does not darken. The ice cream is easily removed, does not stick to the walls, the portion turns out neat, miniature, such delicate ice cream seems light, airy, appetizing. The sticks are easily held in the dessert.

Buyers recommend washing the molds before each use and drying them well, as the material can absorb odors. In addition, small debris can stick to the walls. Among the advantages noted the ability to use when cooking pastries.

This form of the American brand is most often bought by young parents. Children like this tableware, as the manufacturer offers molds in the form of cats, hares, frogs and other animals - only 8 variations. It is noted compactness of the form, its bright design, which is very attractive for children, as well as the possibility of choosing the form. Today, a child can cook a frog from a kiwi fruit, and tomorrow - a hare from a banana.

This Italian product receives very high marks. Celebrated product durability its ability to use in the oven. Ice cream does not stick to the walls and is removed without problems. In addition, these forms are used not only in the home kitchen, but also in professional catering establishments. Silikomart silicone molds are often purchased by coffee shop owners and children's cafes. Therefore, the kits include many cells and sticks at once.

Among the benefits - product availability, as you can buy goods through online stores. The main and only negative, according to users, is a very high price of the product.

Many reviews receive silicone molds from China. Usually, Russian hostesses order them on Chinese websites or buy them in budgetary economic departments. These products do not get high marks. According to customers, regardless of what you freeze, it is possible to extract only half of the ice cream. Sometimes only one stick is taken out. Even popular extraction methods like using warm water cannot correct the situation.

The operation of silicone forms is not difficult. Cooking ice cream consists of a number of stages.

1. Combine all the ingredients prepared for ice cream. Use a blender if necessary.
2. Pour the mixture into the silicone mold to the specified level, insert the sticks.
3. Put the molds in the freezer for 8 hours. It is recommended to freeze the ice cream in the evening, then in the morning you can already enjoy the dessert.
4. Remove the molds from the freezer and gently remove the treat by the wand, gently pressing the bottom with your fingers, as if squeezing the briquette.
5. If the mixture is frozen and does not get from the dish, hold it for no more than a minute under hot water.

When making homemade ice cream using a silicone mold, use a few more recommendations from experts.

• Do not be afraid to experiment with recipes, freeze your favorite delicacies. It can be a mixture of juice, yogurt, cottage cheese, fruits, berries, sour cream, cream, nuts, raisins, honey.
• It is not necessary to grind the whole mixture, even whole slices of fruit will do. For example, ice cream looks very aesthetically pleasing, in which, like in an ice cube, a piece of fresh kiwi fruit is frozen.
• For making popsicle, you should make chocolate and butter icing. We take forms from the frozen contents out of the freezer, remove the ice cream, dip it in warm icing, put it on baking paper and send it back to the freezer before the chocolate freezes.
• When making fruit ice, having your favorite juice and silicone forms on hand is enough.Pour juice in the cell and send in the freezer. When the liquid hardens a little, insert the sticks and send again to the freezer until it solidifies.
• If the hostess has not yet had time to get a silicone form, then a cup from under the yogurt will be suitable for the first experiments with ice cream. The wand can be used from the purchased popsicle.

An overview of the forms for ice cream, see the presented video.