Made this sweet potato ice cream the other day, good stuff, but when I went to scoop it I couldn’t help but notice it kind of… crumbles. And I’ve had this happen with a few other flavours in the past. Not all of them so I figure there must be something during mixing that causes this when it freezes.
Any ideas?
by CheapDoctor1697
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I wish I could help you. How do you make sweet potato ice cream?
Post your recipe for help
What was the recipe? The texture could be improved by adding stabilizers or emulsifiers. Or it could be that the recipe is unbalanced. I’ve had this happen when the total solids was too high
Could be the starches in the sweet potato?
Sweet potatoes can be watery. Did you strain it?
Could it be overspun? I heard that make it crumbly
Recipe
1 cup sweet potato mash/purée
1 1/3 cup of milk
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tap cinnamon
1/8 tsp nutmeg
1/8 tsp ground cloves
2 tbsp milk powder
1/4 tsp xanthan gum
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 tbsp corn syrup
50g cream cheese
1 1/3 cup cream
1/2 tsp vanilla
1 tbsp molasses
1. Steep the sweet potato and milk on low heat for about 5-10 minutes.
2. Add the other ingredients and continue to heat but not boil for a few minutes to dissolve everything and blend the spices flavour in.
3. Strain the potatoes solids. Finally chill overnight, churn then freeze.