Creative Ice cream 2024

Ice cream and frozen desserts are among the most delicious of all preparations and are also perhaps the most complicated. Success with ice cream requires knowledge of many aspects of food science and also the understanding that the simple modification of even one parameter has an impact on multiple aspects of the finished creation.

In this course, we will dive into the science behind frozen desserts and thus discover how to enhance and improve your future creations by improving your understanding of the successful building blocks of a formula, allowing you to unlock your creativity in your own kitchen. By the end of the course, you will have expanded your knowledge on balancing and will be able to create a menu of successful ice creams for either your parlor or your restaurant, as well as create several simple yet creative ice cream desserts, many of them with chocolate of course!

Topics to be covered, but not limited to:

- Properties and differences of stabilizers
- Summary of sugars and their properties and understanding and implementing POD and PAC
- Importance of freezing points and service temperatures
- Introduction to balancing techniques to achieve desired texture and scoopability
- Chocolate in Ice Cream: balancing and applications
- Ice creams with no added sugar
- Sorbets with no added sugar
- Classic gourmet ice creams
- Simple, inventive ice cream desserts