Krups GVS1 Ice Cream Maker Review

There is no cranking or stirring and no ice or salt required. This is low maintenance ladies. Even cleaning the machine is simple. (But Jackson still had fun "making" the ice cream by measuring and mixing up the ingredients and pouring it in the machine. For his short attention span, he sure thought he worked hard for his ice cream.)

And if you want to make it more elaborate, it comes with a recipe booklet full of gourmet ice cream and sorbet recipes. You will shock your summer guests with your elaborate creations like Pineapple sorbet with Creme Brulee flavour, Kiwi and fresh mint sorbet, or Sorbet of fresh and dried figs in brandy. You can be as fancy or as simple as you want - and it will do all the heavy work for you. (We made good old fashioned vanilla ice cream for our first run.)

This is the final step in making homemade ice cream. We made ice cream -opeach and the initial prep steps are outlined there. Also see the cute pictures when the boys  whip cream near the end. You basically take the frozen Krups cylinder that has been in the freezer for a few days and dump a bunch ice cream goolash into it, Only fill it about 2/3'rds the way up - as it expands a bit as it entraps air. Fire up the motor and away you go - it will take about 15 minutes and you'll start to hear the motor strain a bit near the end. Use a spoon to stir it a bit as it goes ... and, of course, sample a bit. All of a sudden, the motor will just STOP - the ice cream has frozen enough that it no longer has enough torque to keep spinning.

Serve the ice cream straight from the container - it will be very creamy. If you don't finish it, fill the smallest tupperware container and seal it up, tossing into the freezer ... but this isn't near as good the next day ... so just eat it all right now! ;-)