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Jeni Britton's Base (Deluxe)

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Base recipe that yields ice cream that has the same taste, texture, consistency, and finish as made in a professional kitchen. This can also be found in the book “Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams at Home” (with recipes for lots of flavors).

Source: saveur.com • Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams at Home by Jeni Britton Bauers

Scaled to a Creami Deluxe tub, using “European ingredients” (mostly regarding fat content), and sane units of measurement.

INGREDIENTS

ℹ️ Brand names are in square brackets [...].

Prep

  • 45ml Milk 3.5% [Weihenstephan]
  • 10g Corn starch

Wet

  • 250ml Milk 3.5% [Weihenstephan]
  • 20ml Light corn syrup (32 DE) [Karo] • US brand; alternative: rice or maple syrup
  • 40g Cream Cheese 23% [Exquisa]↗ • click the link for UK / US equivalents
  • 225ml Cream 32% [REWE Beste Wahl]

Dry

  • 95g Sugar
  • 1g Salt

DIRECTIONS

  1. Mix cornstarch slurry: In a small bowl, whisk the cornstarch with a few tablespoons of the milk until smooth.
  2. Heat base: In a saucepan, combine the remaining milk, corn syrup, sugar, and salt. Bring to a gentle boil over medium heat.
  3. Thicken: Stir in the cornstarch slurry and simmer for 1–2 minutes until slightly thickened.
  4. Add cream cheese: Remove from heat and whisk in the softened cream cheese until fully incorporated.
  5. Chill: Cool the mixture quickly (ice bath or fridge) until completely cold — ideally overnight.
  6. Put on the lid, freeze for 24h, then spin as usual. Flatten any humps before that.
  7. Process with RE-SPIN mode when not creamy enough after the first spin.

NUTRITIONAL & OTHER INFO

  • Nutritional values per 100g/ml: 100g; 213.8 kcal; fat 13.3g; carbs 21.3g; sugar 18.1g; protein 2.7g; salt 0.3g
  • Nutritional values per ½ Deluxe Tub: 340g; 726.9 kcal; fat 45.3g; carbs 72.3g; sugar 61.4g; protein 9.0g; salt 1.0g
  • Nutritional values total: 686g; 1466.7 kcal; fat 91.4g; carbs 145.9g; sugar 123.9g; protein 18.2g; salt 2.0g
  • FPDF / PAC↗ (target 20..30): 21.46
  • Protein / Energy Ratio (ok=12%; hi=20%): 4.96%
  • Milk Solids Non-Fat (MSNF↗, 7-11%): 44.6g • 6.5%
  • Net carbs: 145.9g • ∝ 5 servings@137g: 29.2g • ∝ 3 servings@229g: 48.6g • energy ratio (low <20%): 39.8%