Ice cream is a volume-expanded frozen food made by mixing, sterilizing, homogenizing, aging, freezing, hardening and other processes with drinking water, milk, milk powder, cream, sugar, etc. materials, adding appropriate amount of food additives.

Ice cream originated in Italy. Ice cream contains protein, high sugar and high fat. Most flavors contain sugar. The finished product will be in a semi-solidified state with a smooth surface, which can be shaped or scooped with a spoon. There are three types of ice cream.

1. Full cream ice cream

This is a type of ice cream with the highest nutritional value. The ingredients are generally made of pure milk as the main raw material, adding cream, sugar, eggs, various fruits, chocolate, coffee, etc.

2. Semi-cream ice cream

Generally, milk powder is used as the main raw material, and the milk fat content can reach 2.2%. Among them, non-dairy raw materials such as margarine, vegetable oil, etc. can be used, and the fat content is greater than or equal to 6%.

3. Non-fat ice cream

The main ingredients are water, sugar, milk, etc., and vegetable oil and margarine are used. Its similar pure taste and taste are mainly made by special technology, plus the improvement of additives and clever matching. These products do not contain animal milk. (such as milk).

As a dessert, ice cream is not only delicious, in fact, eating it is very beneficial to our health. Let us take a look at the benefits of eating ice cream.

1. Cool down and relieve the heat

Because ice cream tastes pleasant, delicate and smooth, cool and sweet, and has various colors, it can not only help the human body to cool down and relieve the heat, provide moisture, but also supplement some nutrients for the human body, so it is very popular in hot seasons.

2. Balanced nutrition

Ice cream contains sugars, which are composed of lactose in milk and various fruit juices, fructose and sucrose in fruit pulp. Among them, organic acids, tannins and various vitamins can provide the human body with the nutrients it needs.

3. Regulate physiological functions

Ice cream is rich in high-quality protein, lactose, calcium, amino acids, vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin E and other nutrients, as well as other biologically active substances that are extremely beneficial to humans. It has the function of regulating physiological functions and balancing the osmotic pressure of the human body.

4. Improve memory

The fat contained in ice cream mainly comes from milk and eggs. It has more lecithin, which can release choline, which is helpful for improving people's memory. The fat-soluble vitamins in fat are also easily absorbed by the human body.

Ice cream has so many benefits, let's see how to make it. First we need to prepare the ingredients we need.

50 g cherries

10g granulated sugar

50g pineapple diced

300 g whipped cream

230g milk

3 egg yolks

70g caster sugar

1. Prepare 50 grams of cherries, pitted and chopped, marinate with 10 grams of sugar, and cut 50 grams of pineapples into small pieces.

2. Add 70 grams of caster sugar to the egg yolk, and beat until it becomes thick; the milk is heated for a while, the egg yolk paste is poured into the milk and heated, and the bottom of the pot is stirred constantly, and it is boiled and cooled.

3. Whip 300 grams of whipped cream, pour egg yolk paste into the cream and whip again, after whipping, divide into two parts, pour in the marinated cherries and mix well, then pour into the box and put in the refrigerator to freeze; pour the other half into the pineapple and mix well , pour it into the box and put it in the refrigerator to freeze.

4. After one hour of freezing, take it out and stir once, then freeze and stir once an hour, and freeze for 6 hours. Use a spoon to scoop out the ice cream and put fruit on top to garnish.